Venues similar to The Rooftop at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

Rooftop cocktails and a Bosphorus view at Bebek Hotel by The Stay

14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Pier-tip bar-lounge with live music surrounded by sea on three sides

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

270° rooftop terrace above Gümüşsuyu, Bosphorus and peninsula at once

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW