But, he added, “we do not expect to see some of the painful reality we saw in the spring of 2020 or even last winter.” The mayor expects to see an increase in Covid-19 cases in the next few weeks after which the number of cases will ease. “We need to act urgently,” de Blasio said. The city recorded more than 5,000 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. The mayor, who will leave office on New Year's Eve, said the city has launched a $10 million marketing campaign to push for more people to get vaccinated and will add new testing sites. “We need more made available for New York City.” and we need a surge of support in terms of monoclonal antibody treatments,” de Blasio said at a briefing on Sunday. He also said the Biden administration should fast-track approval of an antiviral pill from Pfizer.
That’s especially true at Ciragan Palace Kempinski, where a new corridor of the hotel has opened and been converted into a micro-museum, with docent-led tours of artifacts and archival documents that detail the palace’s storied history as the eternal grand dame of the Bosphorus.De Blasio said the White House should invoke the Defense Production Act to help provide a larger number of at-home tests as well as monoclonal antibody treatments. But new hotels don’t mean that the past has been forgotten. Dishes like risotto and sushi feel surprisingly at home here. The menus bring together influences from Europe and Asia, right on the waterway that separates them. Of particular note is the hotel’s multiple dining spaces, culminating in an expansive indoor-outdoor experience right along the water. A few miles up the strait, the long-awaited Mandarin Oriental Istanbul finally opened its doors this year, ushering more contemporary luxury to the waterfront. For patient travelers, The Peninsula will anchor the Galataport district in 2023 with the Bosphorus’ newest 5-star hotel, featuring 177 guest rooms, a spacious hamam, and a pool with views of Topkapi Palace. Designed by local architects Melike Altinisik Architects, its geometric shape looks straight out of the Jetsons (though Twitter has compared it to the likes of an oven lighter), but the main perk of visiting it is that, at more than 1,200 feet, its observation tower offers the highest views in Istanbul.Īnd, of course, there are new places to stay in this ever-evolving megalopolis.
The new Camlica Tower has been a curious fixture on Istanbul’s skyline since 2019, but opened to the public this year. Newly uncovered stone walls set the stage for Byzantine, Roman, and Genoese artifacts and miniature models of Istanbul.Īcross the Bosphorus, another tower points to the future. The sky-high views remain as they have for more than 300 years, but the interior that not long ago still echoed its history as a dungeon, now features eight floors of new exhibitions. It’s also an opportunity for visitors to easily dip into the smaller, local cultural and artistic community.īut it’s not just new developments, even historic places like the 673-year-old Genoese Galata Tower-one of Istanbul's most popular sites-got a lengthy refresh over the last two years, recently reopening as a museum.
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A contemporary gallery with rotating exhibits across multiple spaces, plus craft workshops and acoustic candlelit concerts, bring it all to life. Inhabiting a 130-year-old former gasworks building, it’s been reimagined to house a science center and climate museum two theater and concert stages a library and bookshop cartoon museum and a marketplace selling locally-made crafts. Yet another major new hub changing Istanbul’s art scene is Muze Gazhane-another new cultural complex, but with a completely different vibe to sprawling Galataport and the imposing Ataturk Cultural Center. What was feared to be a corporate waterside mall turned out to be one of the city’s best new culinary and culture hubs, opening a vast and pristine waterfront district overlooking what could easily become the best new vantage point to take in views of the Bosphorus and minaret-studded Sultanahmet skyline. Though the return of mega cruise ships has predictably sparked mixed reactions from locals, Galataport’s unveiling was a pleasant surprise. The $1.7 billion redevelopment project has bought to life an area previously closed to the public for 200 years, and it marks the spot where cruise ships are now returning to Istanbul for the first time since 2016, with passengers arriving through the world’s first underground cruise terminal. Where the Bosphorus, Golden Horn, and Sea of Marmara meet, the long-awaited Galataport district, a complex that's a mix of museums, shops, restaurants, and breweries set along the scenic shores of the funky Karaköy district, has finally opened its first phase.
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