Bosphorus Full-Day Cruise: Istanbul's Spice Bazaar, Dolmabahce Palace, and Çamlica Hill

Experience the vibrant sights, sounds, and aromas of Istanbul on a full-day cruise. Visit the Spice Bazaar, cruise down the Bosphorus, enjoy lunch at a traditional Turkish restaurant, explore Dolmabahce Palace, and take in the breathtaking view from Çamlica Hill.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Misir Carsisi (Spice Market) - Guests will find chance to buy Turkish Delights, Turkish spices and souvenirs
    Aside, from the spices, there are: rosebud, jasmine, and fruit teas; >Turkish delight in every color and flavor; herbal remedies; dried fruits such as apricots, figs, dates and even strawberries and kiwis; honey and nut soaked baklava;…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
  • Gratuties
Additional Information

Live and breathe all aspects of vibrant Istanbul as you soak up its sights, sounds and aromas on this comprehensive tour of its many highlights. Split between Europe and Asia, this sprawling metropolis is a true melting pot of cultures and is home to over 14 million people.
First stop is the famous Spice Bazaar. With a strong Egyptian influence, exotic…

Location
Tamara Restaurant
Küçük Ayasofya Caddesi
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(17 Ratings)
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Jeans384
Oct 12, 2024
Excellent tour organization in Turkey - Omer organized a superb 2 day tour for us in Istanbul followed by a 2 day trip to Cappadocia. Both exceeded our expectations and our tour guides, Eykut in Istanbul and Cihan in Cappadocia were great. Very knowledgeable and accommodating, we saw the best highlights, including the Old City, the Bosphorus cruise, several palaces (Beylerbeyi and Topkapi) Hagia Sofia. The Blue mosque. And the Patriarch Orthodox Church in Fener neighborhood near Balat, a must see. In Cappadocia we were treated to the best hot air balloon ride which was spectacular. Thank you!
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Angloirishrover
Sep 10, 2024
Worth doing - Tacky, overpriced, but you have to do it. No better way to get your bearings and see the city from the water. Ferries are much cheaper and way more fun!
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Karenmt2114gn
Sep 16, 2023
Delightful birthday! - It was very interesting to be on the Bosphorus during the military conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Significantly less shipping traffic on the waterway during this time.
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Matt_s
Oct 5, 2020
Great tour! - I would definitely recommend booking this tour. Aykut was an excellent tour guide! Very knowledgable and fun to talk to. He even provided us with some tips for our trip to Cappadocia that turned out to be very helpful. The tour was really well organized, and we enjoyed the variety. Only negative comment I could make was that the lunch was not very good, but all in all we had an excellent time, and would definitely book again.
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Kmt6537
Oct 27, 2023
Overall good time - The cruise was lovely. The staff were nice. Some crossed wires re: inclusions as it seems two diff tours assigned to same guide - not guides fault. They were very accomodating to fit in as much as they did
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P7364kbahmads
Aug 11, 2023
Knowledgeable guide, poor transportation. - Aykut Gonul, our tour guide was really professional and informative. The pick and drop was not well organized.
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Ahammad1
Jun 20, 2022
Not my top choice - Would not recommend as a top option while in Istanbul. Shuttle late 45 mins for pick up, went to Egyptian bazzar where guides took us to certain shops to get us to buy from their friends, does not visit top tourist destinations at Istanbul inclusing Hagia Sophia, Topkapi palace museum. Lunch place was not bad and destination visited at Asia side was ok! Honestly, nice tour if you are bored and want something different. Overall 6-7/10.
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Franklyn_d
Sep 27, 2021
Full day bosphorus cruise with Spice bazaar and Dolmabahce palace - Good and very friendly tour guide, her name is EMEL. The tour is ok, specially having a tour bus to pick you up and drop you off. Makes your trip comfortable. But the whole deal may be done cheaper on your own timing and phase specially if you're familiar with the place.The cruise was plainly a boat ride along the strait, the Lunch is so so, dropby spice bazaar to bring us to their commissioned shops and the Dolmabahce palace is okay to see, nothing really fancy. And taking pictures is not even allowed inside the palace. Overall i find it pricey for the quality of the tour.
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S7351oidavidh
Oct 16, 2020
One nice site - Tour guide better very experienced with highlighting site. Tour is mainly by van. Lunch was OK at best. Only 1 site better would be 2 best would be 3. Boat cruise was weak because the boat's guide could not be heard or understood. Boat was also too far from shore.
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Laurase3923zr
Sep 20, 2023
Long winded tour with a lot of waiting - Terrible long tour. We were first driven to a viewpoint in the Asian part (30 minutes), a few photos and you could drink coffee, it took 45 minutes, back to the European side we got into a traffic jam and it took 45 minutes to drive to Dolmabahce Palace (so it took us 2 hours). to take a few pictures at the viewpoint), a beautiful palace, we only had 40 minutes. Someone from the participants of our tour turned out to have left the palace at the exit, we searched for more than an hour and we waited in the sun, but it turned out that she had gone back to the hotel by taxi. As a result, more than 1.5 hours late for lunch, which had to be done quickly. With the bus in the traffic jam towards the boat, a beautiful 1.5 hour trip. Then in a traffic jam to a cable car/viewpoint, nice to see. Then back to the drop-off point again in traffic for an hour. We didn't get to the Spize market because we were already on the road 3 hours longer than we would have been. We really regretted booking the whole day as we saw little during the 11 hour trip!
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From $129
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).