Raffles Istanbul

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Inside the Zorlu Center, with its own mall, theater and heated helipad, Raffles became Istanbul's first Forbes Five-Star hotel in 2019. Rooms mix creamy brown tones with Turkish turquoise, carpets woven only for the hotel and headboard murals of blurred chandeliers from the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque. The Long Bar pours a Bosphorus Sling, a twist on Singapore Sling.