Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise And Dolmabahce Palace Tour – Full Day

Istanbul, Turkey

8 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore Istanbul’s Dolmabahce Palace, Golden Horn, Spice Market, and more - stress-free - on a Bosphorus day tour. This tour is perfect for travelers who’ve completed their Old City bucket list and are hungry for more Turkish history and culture. Traveling primarily by water enables you to reach far-flung attractions without stressing over public transit or multiple taxis. Other highlights include the 5th-century Walls of Constantinople and Pierre Loti Tepesi.

Visit attractions in Istanbul that most foreign tourists miss
Learn about Istanbul's history and culture from your guide
Enjoy complimentary lunch at a traditional Turkish restaurant
Relax with convenient hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
English-speaking professional local guide

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Hotel pickup - 8:00-8:30 Finish tour - 17:00 The driver will arrive to the entrance of the hotel, you may wait on the lobby. We would kindly note, that we are able to organize pick up & drop off only locations below: • FINDIKZADE – TOPKAPI • AKSARAY - LALELI – BEYAZIT • SULTANAHMET • SIRKECI • TEPEBASI-SISHANE • TAKSIM - TALIMHANE – MACKA • SISLI – NISANTASI • ORTAKOY • BESIKTAS

Itinerary

Dolmabahce Palace

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

The Walls of Istanbul

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Halic

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Misir Carsisi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Bosphorus Strait

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Pierre Loti Tepesi

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Reviews

3.3

based on 4 reviews

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Mis-sold and poorly organised

Colin_C, Nov 2023

Waited 45mins for guide to collect from hotel and phone numbers given for contact were unobtainable. Eventually taken by coach to another stop where we waited for another coach before setting off. Trip to palace by coach was slow in the traffic but the palace was interesting. The next stop was a spice market, again via coach (to meet a sponsored turkish delight vendor) and then onto a two-course fish lunch with only water offered to drink. We then waited to collect additional half-day trippers to go (still by coach) to a cable car which due to inclement weather wasn't running! Eventually we were driven to the dockside for the Bosphorus cruise which was a simple return trip up to the palace again and back on one of the smaller, older boats. The water was very choppy and due to the boats size made for quite an uncomfortable 45mins ride. Finally, after boarding the coach again we were taken to a friend's leather shop for some more selling opportunities. At this point the traffic had come to a standstill so we were advised it would be quicker for us to walk back to our hotel (in the dark and rain). The advertisement says "Traveling primarily by water enables you to reach far-flung attractions without stressing over public transit or multiple taxis" and this is a blatant mistruth as all of the transiting between sights was by a coach in heavy traffic and often with delays while organisers sorted out what happened next.

Disorganized tour.

ROBERT_Z, Oct 2023

The company operating this tour was totally unorganized. They used the same vehicles to operate more than one tour. We spent a lot of time sitting in a bus waiting on another tour or delivering another to their location. At the start of the day it was a hour and a half before we met our tour guide. Then as we drove from location to location on the tour we rarely got any information as to what we seeing as we passed by. We did eventually see what we signed up for but it took much longer than it should have.

Quick Tour of the European side of Turkiye

Elizabeth_T, Oct 2023

The Dolmabahce Palace was huge and grand. The guide had to assist another group visiting the Beylerbeyi Palace, and it would have been better if there were two guides to assist both tours. Overall, the tour was a good visit to the European side of Turkiye, including a good lunch, cable car ride, Bosphorus Strait cruise. The guide was knowledgeable and tried to assist guests with their needs.

Dolmabahce palace

Sheela_V, Mar 2022

Dolmabahce palace was awesome. Our tour guide Korhan was very knowledgeable and he made the trip very enjoyable. He was very patient answering all our questions. He was punctual with the pick up and drop off

Response from Host, Mar 2022

Thank you so much for your kind words, Dear Sheela. We really appreciate you taking the time out to share your experience with us — and we agree, Korhan is truly a gem to have on our team! We count ourselves lucky for customers like you. We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul again in the future!