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Four Seasons Sultanahmet in frames

A neoclassical block a few streets from Hagia Sophia — photographed mostly from its roof, where the two great mosques change colour from first light to floodlit midnight.

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The ochre wings of the hotel and the rooftops of Sultanahmet under a pale, hazy skyOver the old town A warm, low-lit passage with framed pictures and an open door to the room beyondAlong the corridor The lit courtyard from above, with the floodlit domes and minarets of the Blue Mosque behind itThe courtyard after dark Close-packed roof tiles in the foreground, the mosque rising through a warm dusk beyond themTerracotta and minarets The illuminated hotel facade at dusk with the mosque glowing violet on the skylineBlue hour from the roof Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque lit above the dark gardens between themThe two of them, at night The mosque's minarets picked out in floodlight above the silhouetted rooftopsMinarets White linen and a warm bedside lamp, with the door to the sitting room ajarThe bed A parasol, two chairs and planted boxes on a private roof terrace above the tilesThe terrace Looking down into the courtyard, its glazed pavilion set among the ochre wingsThe glass pavilion The hotel lit gold against a deep blue evening, the water flat beyond the rooftopsDeep blue The great dome and its minarets across the archaeological gardens under moving cloudHagia Sophia, morning A gull crossing a pink dawn above the gardens, with Hagia Sophia at the leftPink sky The sky turning coral above the old town, the sea a flat band on the horizonSunrise over the rooftops Coral cloud over the tiled roofs, with the water and the far shore beyondFirst light The courtyard and surrounding streets lit at dusk, the city running down to the waterThe lights come on An alabaster basin set into black marble, silver fittings and a dark oval mirror aboveBlack marble A negroni with a twist of orange in a cut glass, set on a scalloped linen coasterNegroni A cocktail and its accompaniments on a tray, on a glass table looking out to the waterA drink by the water A foamed pink cocktail with a citrus garnish on marble, the card standing behind itSomething pink Daylight over the rooftops of the old town, with shipping on the water beyondDown to the sea