Real Madrid are at the team hotel, the Ciragan Palace Kempinski


Real Madrid are at the team hotel, the Ciragan Palace Kempinski. It is where Jose Mourinho’s team will rest and it is located near to the Bosphorus, which separates the European part of Istanbul from the Asian part, and is just a 10 minute drive from Besiktas Stadium where, at 14:30 (15:30 local time), the Whites will complete their last training session prior to the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Galatasaray which will be played tomorrow (20:45, La 1).

The hotel is located right next to the old Ciragan Palace, on the European side of the Bosphorus, and was built by Sultan Abdulaziz. It served as a prison for his successor, Sultan Murat V, who was deposed after ruling for only one year, and as a parliamentary building in 1909. It had to be rebuilt following a fire.