Bosphorus Sightseeing Cruise with Turkish Live Show and Dinner
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Istanbul, Turkey
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Cruise between two continents during this entertainment-filled, evening boat ride along the Bosphorus. Drift by Istanbul’s top sights as you dine on a tasty mezze spread, getting a front-row peek at iconic monuments like Dolmabahce Palace, the Spice Market, the Blue Mosque, and the Hagia Sophia. Half-day dinner tours include a folk and belly dancing program.
- An evening boat cruise along the Bosphorus with dinner and entertainment show
- Marvel at traditional Turkish entertainments as you dine on local mezze
- Enjoy close-up views of Istanbul’s top heritage sites from the water
- Travel comfortably on a climate-controlled boat, with alcoholic drinks included
Sample Menu
Starter
Turkish mezes
Main
Fish & Chicken & Beef & Vegetable
you choose what you want
Dessert
Turkish delight baklava
What's Included
- DinnerSoft drinks and two glass of local alcohol only
- Alcoholic BeveragesSoft drinks and two glass of local alcohol only
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from central Istanbul hotels
- All Fees and Taxes
- Imported drinks
- Gratuities
- more than two glass alcohol
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Operating hours.8:00 pm
Itinerary
Bosphorus Strait (Pass By)
Bosphorus Bridge (Pass By)
Ortakoy (Pass By)
Dolmabahce Palace (Pass By)
Üsküdar (Pass By)
Blue Mosque (Pass By)
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 250 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Jeff_B
We had a great time The tour company was very accommodating and our waiter Memet was awesome! The chicken was very tasty.
Reviews
4.5
based on 117 reviews
John_G, Nov 2025
Good evening overall. I was hoping for live music but it was recorded with a DJ. Good traditional dancing. The included pick up and return at our hotel worked out well.
Response from Host, Nov 2025
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
Guy_C, Nov 2023
While my wife and I made the best of this Turkish dinner show cruise with the aim to have some fun, I would not take this one again, nor would I recommend it to anyone else. We took a similar dinner show cruise a week later in Egypt, which was really far superior to this excursion. That one was a Class A; this one was a Class C.
Highlights: Able to enjoy the beauty of the Bosphorus River and Istanbul lit up at night; saw a traditional Turkish dance show; and were able to dance to some music after the show. While positives, I believe that this is offered on all such dinner cruises. The one unique thing about this dinner cruise was that we got to be a Sultan and Sultana for the night! This really was the only saving grace for this particular operator’s excursion. There was a young man on the upper deck (I believe independent of the boat operation) offering to costume up guests and then take photographs, which we thankfully decided to do. This turned out to be a lot of fun and we now have a great keepsake from that evening in the form of a photo book with us in full regalia costume, in 10 different poses, using 10 different props! Our course, we paid an extra cost for this, just about as much as the cost of the excursion, but that was worth every lire paid!
Lowlights: We pretty much experienced every complaint raised by other travelers in their reviews about this excursion - so fellow travelers, believe what is written! First, the transportation scenario started us off bad. We did not get picked up on time. As a matter of fact, we did not get picked up until after the intended start time of the cruise, and only after our hotel concierge made several calls to the tour operator. Moreover, transportation to and from was on a communal bus packed with people from various different locations, so we were playing taxi for a while each way. So, frustration from the start and at the end. All of this, of course, extended our evening until much later in the night than was advertised as being scheduled.
We arrived to the boat in a large crowd of people; this cruise was full and we were packed in like sardines. There were no separate dining tables per party. We were packed in cafeteria style. The wait staff was minimal, so I ended up having to leave the table and going to the bar on my own to get our drinks throughout the night. Speaking of, though there is a bar on the boat, it is limited, at least as to what’s included in the cost of the excursion. I drink bourbon - Jack Daniel’s. Despite being available, that was apparently not considered part of the offering - no bourbon was, though other liquors like vodka and gin were. So, I had to pay additional for my drinks during the entire cruise, which unnecessarily increased the cost. The dinner that was eventually served was mediocre at best. We ate it with cheap plastic dinnerware. Again, we made the best of it, and made acquaintances with our fellow, captive table mates, and tried to enjoy the night.
The Turkish dance show was certainly well done, but given the central location of the stage, people kept coming forward to take video and standing right in front of our table’s view. This was not being policed at all, so we couldn’t see some of the show. In the later Egyptian show we attended, we were not packed in like sardines and spaced out at our own parties’ tables, so the dancers were able to move around the room and everyone could see and enjoy their show.
This excursion really was the epitome of a herding tourist trap! Like experienced later in Egypt, there has got to be a better class dinner show cruise on the Bosphorus! I hope that future travelers are able to find that one! Good luck!
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us , we will do our best to get batter.
David_Z, Nov 2023
Boat ride was nice. The entertainment was excellent. Food was good. Drinks were included. The only complaint is that the tour provider called last minute and said pickup was not included. It was one of the drop downs in the booking but apparently he had no one to come get us so I had to provide my own transportation.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with
us, wish to meet you again with us .
Maria_R, Oct 2023
cheesy touristy. It started way too late
terrible wine
food not great
show was good
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Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you for your review and sorry to hear that we will do our best to get better .
Hector_M, Oct 2023
We had a great time! The show was good but confined to a small area and when everyone stood to take pictures it was difficult to see. The food was good and overall a good time!
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
louise_f, Sep 2023
Multi cultural guests - food ok - attentive service - good fun! Bit chaotic being picked up an getting on the boat but all worked out.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
Orlando_C, Sep 2023
Nice ride , good show and amazing view from the cruise .. the music was a little bit old but was not too bad, thanks
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
Adel_Y, Sep 2023
Experience was as expected. staff put a good show and the cruise around the bosphorus was great in the evening. Food is average at best. very family friendly
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
Jeff_B, Jul 2023
We had a great time The tour company was very accommodating and our waiter Memet was awesome! The chicken was very tasty.
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with
us, wish to meet you again with us .
Salua_C, Jun 2023
We had an amazing time. The staff, the food and the music and night show were above expectations. This had definitely added an amazing experience during our short visit to Istanbul !! Highly recommend ⭐️
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with
us, wish to meet you again with us .
Tarek_E, May 2023
The trip overall was very good.
We took the night trip from 8 to 11:30 pm. The view is amazing you get to see istanbul from the sea (the bridges, the m mosques and the architecture) and a chance to get tons of gorgeous photos at the ship deck.
The shows also was good (belly dancing and some cultural shows).
Negative points were food (below average) and searing as it is group tables (each table like 10 people seated next to each other which isn‘t good for couples).
Another good point was the disco floor, for the last hour they played some music hits and you get a chance to dance 🕺 and have some fun before ending the night :)
Response from Host, May 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
David_B, Feb 2023
Herded to the ship via 2 different vans, cattle class. At ship we were ticked off a list like school children.
We were shown to a table with uncomfortable wooden chairs and were not allowed to sit together.
The cold metze food was already laid out on table , tasteless, poor service so we left ship before we left . Awful experience for anyone with any taste. Compared to a previous ship dinner in Paris with Viator 3 months earlier which was superb.
Very disappointed
Response from Host, Feb 2023
Hello. we are very sorry to hear that you wear not happy we will do our best to get batter . thank you
Amy_S, Jul 2022
Disappointed is the best word to describe it all.
I booked this trip after reading pretty much all good reviews about it and the food and all, and I was so excited for it - I couldn't stop telling my family how great it would be.
The van to take us to the boat took nearly an hour in total with all of it's constant stops for more and more passengers. We finally arrived and boarded at 8:30PM, of which the description said the boat would depart at 8PM. Nope! The boat did not depart until nearly 10PM. So what does that mean? That meant we were not served dinner until almost 10:30PM - of which was nothing good, nor worth the money at all.
The boat circled around in the water a ton and hardly seemed to go buy all of the "sight-seeing" aspects it described.
The goal clearly was to pack as many people on as possible (to profit as much as possible), as we were sitting elbow to elbow at a dinner table that fit 20 people each stacked against rows and rows of tables.
The entertainment was great though! I will commend that!
Nonetheless, do not waste your money on this! It was tacky and cheap. You can get way more at the fun restaurants all around the city than you can on this boat - do not be fooled!
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Hello Sir, Thank you for your opinion but i am trying to understand you . But i am sorry I didn't believe what you said because you said the boat left at 10:00 pm which is impossible because the police don't let us stay more 09:00 pm at the port so from here I understand that what you said is not true. But anyway i respect your opinion ...
Guilhem_A, Jun 2022
Worst experience ever. The pick up took forever, and then once on the boat it was a pure mess. A factory for tourists. Horrible service, super loud and unfriendly staff. A complete waste of our time and money. To avoid by any means.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Thank you for your opinion.Sir you could book private pick up with private driver and private Yacht if you don't like to join with other people.
nadine_j, Jun 2023
Bon moment, repas correct et ambiance sympa magnifiques vue pour faire des belles photos
Danseuses et danseurs magnifiques et souriants sauf la dernière danseuse du ventre vulgaires ça termine le show sans classe dommage
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you so much for booking with us and happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip with us, wish to meet you again with us .
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