The venue
A palace, still working
Built for Sultan Abdülaziz in 1863 and now the only Ottoman imperial palace operating as a hotel, the Çırağan holds the address every Istanbul event wants: directly on the Bosphorus, with its own pier. Guests arrive by boat, dine on a terrace that seats nine hundred, and take coffee in a restored palace hammam. Named Türkiye's Best MICE Hotel by the World MICE Awards.
Staged & delivered by Ambiente Turizm — our own team in Istanbul.
MICE & corporate
Congresses, board retreats, product launches and gala dinners across fifteen venues — ballrooms with the strait as their backdrop, a pier lounge guests reach by boat, and the terrace for the kind of dinner Istanbul talks about afterwards. In-house production, an awarded banquet team, and the Sultan's Dinner as the set-piece finale.
Brief us on a corporate event →
Weddings
Vows on the terrace with the Bosphorus as witness, then dinner in a room built for a sultan. The palace keeps a dedicated wedding team, a culinary brigade writing bespoke menus, and florists who turn these spaces into something closer to a garden. Grand celebration or intimate gathering — the palace does both, and we run the guest journey around it: arrivals, visas, blocks and the days either side.
Plan a wedding here →The fifteen venues
The palace's published schedule — area and capacity by setup. Every room requests individually.
| Venue | Area | Banquet | Classroom | Cocktail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palace Terrace The Bosphorus terrace — the palace’s grand open-air stage. | 1,693 m² | 900 | — | 2000 | Request → |
| Secret Garden A walled garden for receptions away from the water. | 1,173 m² | — | — | 300 | Request → |
| Enderun Ballroom The larger of the two historic ballrooms. | 425 m² | 240 | 70 | 350 | Request → |
| Bosphorus Pier Lounge On the water — guests can arrive by boat. | 400 m² | 220 | — | 300 | Request → |
| Mabeyn Ballroom Ottoman ballroom in the historic palace wing. | 375 m² | 220 | 164 | 300 | Request → |
| Yildiz Flexible mid-size hall for congress days. | 250 m² | 150 | 120 | 250 | Request → |
| Historical Hammam The restored palace bath — a reception space unlike any other. | 164 m² | — | — | 60 | Request → |
| Şimal Daylight meeting room. | 131 m² | 80 | 63 | 100 | Request → |
| Kaftan Intimate salon for board-level dining. | 91 m² | 50 | 30 | 50 | Request → |
| Bosphorus Meeting room with the strait in view. | 87 m² | 50 | 30 | 60 | Request → |
| Ottoman Panelled meeting salon. | 76 m² | 50 | 30 | 60 | Request → |
| Bebek Breakout room. | 50 m² | 20 | 24 | 30 | Request → |
| Üsküdar Breakout room. | 50 m² | 20 | 24 | 30 | Request → |
| Boardroom Fixed boardroom table. | 50 m² | — | — | — | Request → |
| Ortaköy Small private room. | 50 m² | — | — | — | Request → |
Venue areas, capacities, imagery and the hero film are the hotel's own, reproduced courtesy of Kempinski Hotels. Final seated numbers depend on staging, catering and production build, confirmed with the palace in your proposal. Every “request” opens a quotation brief pre-filled with that venue.