The ship leaves the crowded quay at Eminene and heads north, past the dazzling white wedding-cake facades of the Dolmabahce Palace and the neighbouring iragan Palace, gutted by fire in 1910 but no w restored as a luxury hotel.
The Iragan Palace suffered a fire over one hundred years ago.
The regal, extravagant Comedor de Gala (Ceremonial Dining Room), built for the wedding of Alfonso XII and his second wife, Maria Cristina in 1879, seats 145 guests.