Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus

Istanbul, Turkey. Located on a green hillside in Harbiye overlooking the Bosphorus, close to Taksim Square.

Hilton Istanbul BosphorusIstanbul, Turkey

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Practical information

Address: Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus
Cumhuriyet Caddesi No. 50, Harbiye
34367 Şişli, Istanbul
Türkiye
Telephone: +90 212 315 60 00
Official website: www.hilton.com
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499 rooms, each with a private balcony, alongside executive rooms and 13 suites; the longest-operating Hilton outside the United States.
Restaurants and bars including the Bosphorus Terrace, the Veranda Grill & Bar, the Lobby Lounge & Bar and the Pool Café.
Sentinus Wellness Spa with Turkish baths, fitness centre, and indoor and outdoor pools.
Located on a green hillside in Harbiye overlooking the Bosphorus, close to Taksim Square.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

19 Dec. 1950
Conrad N. Hilton announces an agreement with the Turkish government to build a 300-room hotel in Istanbul, budgeted at US$5 million.
9 August 1951
The final contract is signed: the Turkish Pension Fund provides the land and US$3 million, the US Economic Cooperation Administration US$2 million.
Summer 1952
Ground is broken on land of a former confiscated Armenian cemetery. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Gordon Bunshaft designs the building with Turkish architect Sedat Hakkı Eldem.
20 May 1955
After a record 21 months of building, the hotel opens provisionally as the largest in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
10 June 1955
Official opening of the Istanbul Hilton with Conrad Hilton and Hollywood guests flown in for the occasion, among them Olivia de Havilland, Merle Oberon and Irene Dunne.
Since 1955
Heads of state received include Queen Elizabeth II, Charles de Gaulle, King Hussein of Jordan, Prince Rainier III and George W. Bush.
1964
The hotel appears in an exterior shot of Jules Dassin’s heist film Topkapi.
2018
The hotel launches “Local Kitchens – Global Tastes”, inviting women’s groups from seven regions to share Turkish home cooking; the project is halted by Covid-19.