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Bosphorus Cruise in Istanbul: Explore Palaces, Castles, and Authentic Architecture
3.8
174 Ratings
Beyoğlu
Embark on a Bosphorus cruise in Istanbul and experience the city's stunning architecture, palaces, and castles. Discover the beauty of the Orient and the Occident while enjoying breathtaking views.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Bosphorus Strait - Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Palace, Ciragan Palace, Ortakoy Mosque, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace, Uskudar, Maiden Tower and much more.
What's Included
- Audio guide app available in 10 languages including English, German, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, French, Italian, Chinese, Turkish, and Polish.
- Fast-track access with skip-the-line tickets.
- Welcoming meet & greet by a marine officer.
- 90-minute scenic boat tour along the Bosphorus.
- Complimentary Bosphorus tour map.
What's Not Included
- No hotel pickup or drop off service
- Food or drink
Additional Information
Join one of the best Bosphorus boat tours in Istanbul and admire the cosmopolitan city from a completely different perspective while enjoying the beautiful views of the Orient and the Occident at the same time.
Your Istanbul Welcome Card Marine Officer will welcome you at the pier and help you on the boat, hand you over our Bosphorus tour plan and explain you what will see on the boat tour.
Bosphorus Boat Tour
The Bosphorus is 32km long, separates Europe from Asia and connects the Marmara Sea to the Black Sea. Cruise along the Bosphorus between Asia and Europe and discover Istanbul tourist attractions, magnificent palaces, ancient castles, and other historical sites, as well as fine seaside residences and the Bosphorus bridge. Furthermore, you will have a glance at the spectacular pieces of authentic civic architecture on the European and Asian coast.
Our boat is departing hourly, if you should miss your departure time you can join the next departing boat.
Location
Kabataş (Dentur, Mavi Marmara)
Cruise is departing from Kabatas, across tram line no 1 and funicular, close by Dolmabahce Palace. Come to the wooden house behind the red petrol station. Look for Istanbul Welcome Card ticket window. Show your confirmation to the Istanbul Welcome Card marine officer and get access to the boat.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(174 Ratings)
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Pedro
Mar 6, 2024
Nice tour along the Bosphorus and Golden Horn - I found the tour very pleasing, the duration was also ok and the guide was super friendly and was very knowledgeable about the city and its history and costumes. Overall a very nice experience.
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Aileen_a
Feb 27, 2024
Great Deal! - Great way to see the many landmarks in and around Istanbul. Audio tour was great and the price was right.
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N8712smmiriamr
Feb 26, 2024
The best memory of Istanbul - The boat is impressive, modern, the bathrooms clean. We took the walk at noon, it was October and it was already cool, we had the sun on deck. At sunset it sure is incredible, but at this time we saw the palaces and mansions on the coast in great detail...and there is a lot to see: palaces, ruins, mosques, bridges...A beautiful walk!!!
The only “downside” is that it doesn't go through the Maiden's Tower, it leaves Kabatas and turns around towards the pier a little before the Tower.
Totally recommended and very well priced. We bought the tickets at the shipping company's ticket office when we arrived at the Kabatas pier.
Do not miss it!
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Shadan_a
Feb 22, 2024
Enjoyable Bosporus cruise - Great Bosphorus daytime cruise -1.5 hours was just right to see the highlights.
The boat had a good top deck for the great views of beautiful Istanbul .
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Jude_p
May 28, 2024
Cruising - A good 90mins round the Bosphorus river. We enjoyed the view especially on a nice weather like today.
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Andrew_l
May 5, 2024
A longer that advertised trip that is great value for money. - Saw what all the banks of the Bosphorous had to offer plus what was sailing on it. ALoads of very smart former pallaces The trip lasted a fair bit longer than advertised. If youve got a Viator ticket you go to a man outside the kiosk ....he gives you a paper ticket and you by-pass the queue waiting to pay. Theres a huge open deck if the weather is good and very informal seating arrangements ...so basically grab a wooden chair and sit whereever you want. Brilliant value for money . Could do with a more disciplined louder commentary which seemed to come on at random.
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H4101spsaifa
Mar 24, 2024
Good tour - Was a good tour with good information about the sites we were going past. Would recommend as it is very good for the value of money. One thing I think they can improve on is giving more information about the sites we are passing.
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Neeraj_g
Apr 11, 2024
Overpriced - Rates were overpriced by 4 times on viator then actual ticket prices. I was surprised to see such a hike by viator
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Toufique_h
May 23, 2024
Do not use Viator - PLEASE DO NOT BOOK WITH VIATOR. They are dishonest. When I told them about the error they/the local tour operator had made; that they took 5 more hours than planned, dropped us off at a totally different location and failed to drop us back to the mainland, they refused to provide a refund and instead suggested that we got on the wrong boat when if fact, the local operator confirmed it was our boat when we queued to get on".
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Sabriname764cf
May 12, 2024
Catastrophic - We had pre-booked a sunset cruise on our first day at 6 p.m. We had organized our day around this.
No indication of the address of the meeting point, no one responded to the emergency number given in the email.
A former employee finally responded to us after a long time via WhatsApp that he no longer worked for this company but kindly gave us the address.
Arriving as best we could at the pier at 6 p.m. we learned from a neighboring company who called our company that the cruise was canceled “come back tomorrow”. We had not even been warned and no apology or explanation. Result a waste of money, energy but above all time!!!
RUN AWAY !!!
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