Six Unforgettable Ways to Celebrate New Year in Istanbul

Party in style with these six top events to secure your New Year’s Eve goes off with a bang.

With an excess of vibrant parties and festivals held over Istanbul, there are plenty of memorable ways to see in the new year. These six memorable events will ensure your place at the heart of the festivities while staying in Istanbul.

Istanbul New Year’s Eve Fireworks

The biggest celebration to take place in Istanbul on New Year’s Eve is the city’s official fireworks display. Attracting crowds of around 250,000 people, this important celebration takes over the Bosphorus Bridge and streets with festival entertainment, before the fireworks light up the skies. Tickets must be bought ahead of time.

New Year’s Eve Bosphorus Cruise

Some Bosphorus Cruises give guests the chance to celebrate New Year on-board, from where they’re guaranteed unique views of the city’s fireworks. New Year’s Eve Bosphorus Cruise are hosting evening cruises with dinner, live music, unlimited drinks, and Champagne to toast the new year. Guests can choose between the Gold Menu vessel, which has an observation deck and more space, or the Silver Menu boats for cheaper options.

New Year’s Eve Bosphorus Cruise

New Year’s Eve Terrace Party at N Terrace Restaurant

Located by the Sultanahmet and overlooking to Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Bosphorus Bridge. For this New Year’s Eve Terrace Party, couldn’t be better placed for seeing 2020 in with Champagne, music and a view of the fireworks display. This lavish event includes a canapé reception, four-course meal, free-flow drinks, and access to the fireworks viewing areas around Sultanahmet, with dancing until late.

New Year’s Eve Terrace Party at N Terrace Restaurant

Pub Crawl Istanbul

Join this 7-hour pub crawl for a big New Year Night out in Istanbul if you’re looking for the best places to party and the craziest places in the city. Start with a free shot at the meeting point and then head to at least 3 of the top party spots, where your entrance is free! Act as the locals do and experience alternative venues that tourists have never heard of before. Gather your group of friends together, or head out into the night to meet new friends from around the world. The pub crawl ensures free and immediate entry to all locations visited. You’ll find this pub crawl to be different than many of the others, as the guide takes you to the most popular bars, clubs, and pubs in Istanbul.

Pera Palace Hotel Jumeirah

A dinner followed by a party takes place in the ballroom of the famous Pera Palace and promises to be thrilling. This is a chance to live a delightful evening that will remind you of the times of the Orient Express. During dinner, a band will perform a varied collection from Turkish and foreign pop songs, but also Latin and salsa music. A DJ will then take over to party through the night.

The menu’s price is 595TL per person with unlimited alcohol.

Ruby

Located on the coasts of the Bosphorus, this new trendy club proposes a menu at 880 TL with dinner and unlimited alcohol from 8 pm until 6 am, alcohol is also unlimited during all the party. If it’s just the club that interests you, the entrance is from 11pm; the price is 450TL with unlimited alcohol.