Turkish Digest
 
ISSN No 1554-8414
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Çiragan Palace, Istanbul
"Çiragan Palace, Istanbul

John Henzell

* Last Updated: November 19. 2009 10:17PM UAE / November 19. 2009 6:17PM GMT

The Çiragan Palace Kempinski offers great views of the Bosphorus. Courtesy Kempinski Hotels
The welcome

One minute we were snarled in traffic on the road leading along the European bank of the Bosphorus and the next we had descended below street level to the arrivals area of the Çragan Palace, insulated with unexpected efficiency from the road chaos outside. We were then met by a phalanx of scarlet-coated staff who look like they could have done service with the British Army in the Napoleonic wars, only to be dragged back to the 21st century by the airport-style scanners used to vet luggage and guests."

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