Ciragan palace


Description


Description

The royal and beautiful palace of Ciragan is located in the European part of Istanbul and in the Besiktash section and next to Bosphorus Strait. This palace is now a 5-star hotel but it used to be one of former Ottoman palaces which was built in 1863-1867 at the time of Abdulmejid I and by an Armenian architect (Nigoğayos).

For now, this palace is one of the hotels in Kempinski hotel group. Sultan Abdulmejid’s room now costs 15000 dollars for a night and it was enlisted as the 14th most expensive hotel room in the world by CNN in 2012.

The palace was rebuilt in 2007 and is now a baroque style palace.