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Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Bosphorus
Istanbul, Turkey · Mövenpick · Accessible Luxury
This Balmumcu tower went up in 1996 at the foot of the Yıldız ramp, and for years it traded as Mercure The Plaza. It shut for a rebuild in April 2020 and reopened on 15 October 2021 as a Mövenpick, with 221 rooms and 36 suites, some of them turned toward the Bosphorus. The table worth the lift is Da Vittorio on the top floor, where Vittorio Sindoni cooks Italian with the strait in the glass. The address is Barbaros Bulvarı 165.
- Opened 2021
- Neighborhood: Beşiktaş
About Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Bosphorus
- Sindoni's dining room is not the famous Da Vittorio of Brusaporto. It is his own, on the hotel's top floor, and Gault & Millau Turkey gave it one toque in 2025.
- The Royal Bosphorus Suite is the one Accor now shows at 193 square meters. The Presidential is 143. Both are a different stay from the 30-square-meter rooms on the floors below.
- During the 2020 shutdown Otis replaced eight elevators and pulled out machines that were 22 years old, which is a small mechanical proof of the 1996 date.
History
Elevator World dates the building to 1996, at the bottom of the Yıldız ramp in Balmumcu. It traded as Mercure Istanbul The Plaza Bosphorus. Renovation started in April 2020. On 15 October 2021 it reopened as Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Bosphorus, under İlker Şen, with Betül Çiçek in sales. The reopening notices count 221 premium rooms and 36 suites, in 11 categories, from about 30 square meters up to the large suites.
Da Vittorio, on the top floor, is chef Vittorio Sindoni's Italian restaurant, not a branch of the Cerea family's Da Vittorio in Brusaporto. Gault & Millau Turkey scored it one toque, 11.5 out of 20, in a note dated 24 January 2025. The 2021 stories also promised French and Turkish kitchens beside the Italian one.
The setting
Barbaros Bulvarı No. 165, Balmumcu, is the European side's office slope, filed under Beşiktaş. The Yıldız ramp climbs from here toward Yıldız Palace. Ortaköy and the Beşiktaş waterfront are downhill. Some rooms see the Bosphorus. Many see the boulevard. It is a city hotel with a strait view on the right floors, not a yalı.
Restaurants and bars
- Da Vittorio — Restaurant
- Safir Restaurant — Restaurant
- L'Avenue Cafe — Café
Experiences
- Da Vittorio panoramic dining — Panoramic dining experience with Bosphorus views at Da Vittorio.
Awards
- Gault & Millau Turkey 1 Toque (Da Vittorio) (2025)
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