Istanbul: Princes Islands Tour with Hotel Transfer & Lunch

Istanbul, Turkey

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

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Overview

Relax on this tour to Prince’s Island, the largest island in the Sea of Marmara. Enjoy a ferry cruise on a ship and a fresh seasonal lunch. You’ll also enjoy free time to swim on the island and shop for souvenirs, or admire the Ottoman mansions. On your way back to Istanbul, marvel at the Topkapi Palace and Kiz Kulesi.

English and Arabic-speaking tour guides
Round trip ferry crossing to Prince’s Island included
Hotel pickup and dropoff
Air-conditioned coach

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Boat tickets
Lunch with one water (if option selected)
Guide Service

Meals for ages 0–2
Drinks on the boat
Beach entrance fee for swimming in summer
Electric Vehicle or Bcycle
Personal expences

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pick up is included from hotels located in the Old City and Taksim areas. Please ask for availability for hotels located in other zones.Turkey Traveler pickup is offered FREE Pick-up & Drop-off service available from all hotels in central Istanbul. FINDIKZADE, AKSARAY, LALELİ, BEYAZIT, SULTANAHMET, SİRKECİ, TEPEBAŞI, ŞİŞHANE, TAKSİM, TALİMHANE. We will give you a pick-up time in the tour day. Please ask for pick-up possibility from other locations. There may be an extra charge for transportations from other locations. No pick-up or drop off service from the hotels on the Asian side of Istanbul

Meeting point

Cibali, 34083 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Our ship departs from across Kadir Has University. You can reach the port by using the T5 tram from Sirkeci and get off at the Cibali stop. Once at the meeting point, make your way towards the water and look for a boat named (MİLANA)

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Dentur Avrasya Kabataş İskelesi

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Galata Koprusu (Pass By)

TopkapI Palace (Pass By)

KIz Kulesi (Pass By)

Kinaliada (Pass By)

Burgazada (Pass By)

Heybeliada

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Buyukada

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Dentur Avrasya Kabataş İskelesi

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation

Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 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

Travis_B

Had a great experience visiting the islands. The guide didn’t just take us on a boat and drop us off. He took us up to the monastery an took us through it. Also on the big island took us around an explained things very well. Would definitely recommend him.

Reviews

4.1

based on 111 reviews

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Buyukada worth a visit.

Donna_P, Apr 2026

The small island was hardly worth the time. Buyukada definitely worth the trip. Chance to meet other travelers during the trip and great views of Istanbul. Hotel pickup on time.

Prince island

Travis_B, Jun 2025

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

No show

Herman_L, May 2025

No show Impossible to find out Viator didn’t respond Don’t trust these people. Local tour operator contacted me an hour after no show saying they would do it another day

Response from Host, May 2025

Hello, We attempted to reach you at your hotel several times but were unable to locate you or get an answer to our calls. After waiting for thirty minutes, our vehicle had to depart so the tour could proceed as scheduled. We then offered you the opportunity to join the tour the following day, but despite our efforts, you continued to direct insults at our team. As a result, your reservation was marked as a no-show. Please note that we have detailed records of all our call attempts. Best regards,

Did not follow the itinerary

JOHN_G, Mar 2025

This tour did not follow the itinerary. They did not go under the Galata Bridge. They did not pass-by the Maidens Tower. They stopped at the large island for 2hrs instead of the published 3hrs. They stopped for 1hr on the small island instead of the one with Halki that I especially came to see.

Did not meet expectations

Jennifer_D, Sep 2024

I got message from organizers at 10:42 pm (night before) to be at meeting place at 9:30 am instead of 8:30 am. I did not receive the message until 6:30 am, it was too late to change my Uber, so we got to meeting place very early. Waited for 1.75 hours to board ferry. Tour did not start until 10 am -it was not a boat, but a ferry, shuttling passengers across, not just our tour -our “tour guide” talked to us for about 5 minutes at each stop and left us to explore on our own. -lunch was very good, they had a vegan selection

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

A great value for the money

Mohammad_N, Jul 2024

They were very accurate on timings; the trip was very enjoyable and exceeded my expectations. The staff was very friendly and professional with the service.

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

It was worth it. The value is good.

Karl_P, Jun 2024

It was nice experience. The pick up was timely. The transport was comfortable. The boat was nice. The island trips were good. (1st island stop could have been a little longer.) The final visit to the leather shop could be expedited. ☺️

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Nice, did it once, but not a do again for me.

Marco_P, Jun 2024

Our tour guide was wonderful, the boat ride was beautiful seeing amazing sites. But from pickup to boat took an hour and 20 minutes with lots of stops and sitting around. Islands were pretty but not much to see but vendors selling their items.

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Great tour in Istanbul

Rick_M, Jun 2024

Great experience, guide was very helpful and informative. Cost is very reasonable and well worth it, would book this tour again.

Response from Host, Jun 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Decent experience, helpful guide.

Dhruv_P, Nov 2023

Our guide was informative throughout the tour and he even helped us with understanding how to travel in Istanbul, understanding the roads, tram, Metro (since we had more 2 days there). In fact, he strongly recommended we use metro for our way back to Sabiha airport which we did and it Proved very cost effective. Coming to The tour, it's a basic tour to the islands. Enjoyed the ferry trip though a bit long but can't do much about it. On reaching the island there was electric car ride where the driver didn't bother to explain or inform us about any of The buildings. She just drove about for 20 mins and brought us to drop off. Followed by lunch which was basic and usual. Guide then gave us 2 hours to explore the island, we saw wooden buildings and local Markets. It's a pollution free island. We were then driven back to Istanbul port. Shown a fashion show for leather products. And finally back to our hotels. Overall decent experience but if not too Keen on a ferry ride or simply roaming on island with nothing great or over the top to look out for, you can think of giving it a skip.

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

terrible organization--we missed the tour due to useless address

Mary_H, Aug 2023

We missed the tour because of very bad address that locals didn't know so we couldn't find the tour.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Princes Islands tour with lunch

Malcolm_H, Apr 2023

Tour included hotel pick and drop off which was good.The guide we had was excellent and the cruise by ferry boat to the islands was very good.Plenty of time on the island for lunch and look around the town for shopping etcIt was nice to escape the hussel and bussel of Istanbul as the island did not allow private fuelled powered cars.Lunch was of acceptable quality

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Significant improvement required

ushashergill, Apr 2023

Bukadaya island is very pretty and pleasant to walk around . There was however no effort by the tour guide to give a proper introduction to what to expect and the bus ride around the island would have been a more informative experience had there been a guided tour by way of shirt explanations as to what each area was meant to represent. The boats toilet facilities are extremely poor and in a pretty deplorable states Lot of improvement required to make this activity enjoyable The guides need to communicate and explain what to expect instead of leaving the customer to make assumptions

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. Thanks for your feedback Necessary arrangements will definitely be made because the comments of our guests are very valuable to us.

A must visit

Komail_M, Mar 2023

Great getaway from busy Istambul. Lots to see in Turkey but Princess island is surely must see place. Stores are reasonably priced too.

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Not a luxurioustrip, not worth it!

ekan_a, Jan 2023

I don’t recommend this for anyone, go by yourself but don’t take this tour, at first the driver was almost 1 hour , then he told us the private boat was cancelled and we will go to another location to get the public boats which was an absolute awful experience, to many people, and we had to wait another 30 min not to mention the 5 stops and the long time, finishing up this awful trip with a lunch at the worst restaurant on the island, there were so many nice seafood restaurants, Don’t believe it’s luxurious trip, it’s a scam

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Dear ekan ahmed, As you know, our tour is a group tour and unfortunately we do not provide personalized service in our group tour. And we follow the same program what is written in our tour itinerary. You may not like the tour. but it's unbelievable that you write about food and other good things as if they were this bad...

Very nice trip

Zahoor_K, Oct 2022

Very nice trip. Well English spoken guide. Nice lunch at a very nice and clean restaurant . I would definitely go again

Response from Host, Oct 2022

We hope you had an unforgettable journey with us. It was a pleasure to show you our amazing country. We hope to see you in a different tour to discover the Turkey together. Thank you for choosing us and have a safe trip back home.

Bad experience

Sam_H, Jun 2022

Late time departure, bad food , bad transportation , I don’t recommend it to any one , The way coming back to hotel are driver dropped us in the middle of the way telling us the hotel 3 minutes away waking , it’s 45 minutes away waking

Response from Host, Jun 2022

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review! Thank you once again for choosing us like our numerous past clients. Unfortunately, there may be some delays in the mornings due to traffic in Istanbul. Your comments are very important to us and we are making new arrangements every day to give you the best service.

Organisation defaillante

Gilles_C, Sep 2024

Beaucoup trop de problèmes d'intendance ont un peu gâché cette journée. Tout d'abord, alors que cela m'avait été confirmé par écrit, j'ai appris la veille que le transfert ne s'était pas assuré depuis mon hôtel, celui-ci étant "hors zone" . Il aurait été bien sûr beaucoup mieux de le savoir avant et que ça nécessite pas confirmé. On me communique donc un lieu de départ où je tente de me rendre en taxi...sauf que ledit lieu n'était pas accessible ce jour-là (fête nationale) car un évènement bloquait l'accès. Donc, on a fini difficilement à pied avec des explications très brouillonnes, ça a été miraculeux que l'on trouve le bateau. Ensuite, assez peu d'explications des accompagnateurs à moins de vraiment insister et le déjeuner servi ( dans des conditions très limites de confort et d'hygiène à une foule un peu trop nombreuse) était tellement peu appétissant que nous avons préféré ne pas le consommer. Ceci dit, une fois sur places les îles sont très jolies et ont beaucoup de charme mais les conditions de voyage ont rendu cette excursion épuisante

Response from Host, Sep 2024

Thank you for choosing us for your travel arrangements. We Hope to see you in a different tour to discover Turkey together.

Красивые острова, но сам тур отвратительный.

Anonymous, Jul 2024

В целом все что заявленно - было сделано. Вопрос в качестве и стоит ли это 40+ долларов с человека. Плюсы: 1) Трансфер(очень качественный минивэн, с кондиционером) с отеля, как было заявлено. 2) Русскоязычный и англоязычный гид. Минусы: 1) Паром/корабль средство на котором нас доставили на острова, на самом деле он очень сильно похож на общественный транспорт, ничего особенного в корабле. Этот корабль везёт не только этот тур, но и другие, суммарно человек около 50 на корабле. Мест на верхней палубе не хватило всем. 2) Экскурсия на первом острове. Было всего 2 достопримечательности, за 1 час только их и обходят. На осмотр острова времени не дают, к сожалению. Вы также можете пойти гулять по острову сами, в течение 1 часа, пока другие на экскурсии, но времени все равно не очень много. 3) Обед...... Нет слов, одни эмоции.... Сразу после маленькой экскурсии по маленькому острову вам дадут маленький ланч ... Состоит из маленького салата, маленького кусочка мяса, маленького кусочка тортика и маленькой и сухой булочки. Добавки не дают. А вегетарианцам дают маленькие макароны. 4) Нет экскурсии на втором острове(он самый больший из цепочки), вам на выбор дают два варианта, либо вы доплачиваете 500 лир с человека на 2 часа для входа на пляж либо 250 лир для бронирования велосипеда, а дальше вы должны будете сами себя развлекать. Хотя показать на острове можно многое... 5) Это уже чисто наша боль - велосипед.... Нам гид посоветовал взять велосипеды и покататься самим по острову, при этом никто не предупредил о таких сложностях, как крутые склоны вверх в гору и вниз, а также резкие повороты... В общем чтоб добраться на вершину острова (где самые красивые виды), вам нужно преодолеть очень крутой подъем на вверх, на середине мы думали что уже помрем там... Если вы действительно хотите увидеть остров, прокатить глубоко вверх, а там очень красиво на самом деле - берите электросамокаты или любой другой транспорт, но не велосипед... Итого: 40 долларов с человека за то, что можно сделать гораздо дешевле и как-то качественнее. Доплыть до островов на общественном транспорте за 80 лир - единственная необходимая статья затрат, все остальное уже зависит от вас. Гид на 1 час, отвратительный ланч все это не стоит тех денег, что требуют. Но остров очень красивый, на нем стоит побывать, только рекомендуем планировать заранее. ВАЖНО!!! В этой экскурсии кроме этого тура, были ещё люди с других, пообщавшись с ними, оказалось что многие за тоже самое заплатили больше, от 50 до 70 долларов с человека. Выводы делайте сами)

Response from Host, Jul 2024

Уважаемый, Благодарим вас за то, что нашли время поделиться своим отзывом. Мы действительно ценим мнения наших клиентов и стараемся улучшать наши услуги. Мы рады, что вы оценили наш трансфер и работу гида. Тем не менее, нам жаль, что некоторые аспекты тура не оправдали ваших ожиданий. Корабль: Мы стараемся обеспечить комфортный транспорт, но, к сожалению, в пик туристического сезона количество пассажиров может быть больше, чем обычно. Мы учтем ваш отзыв и постараемся улучшить этот аспект. Экскурсия на первом острове: К сожалению, ограниченное время на островах связано с общим графиком тура. Мы постоянно работаем над тем, чтобы предлагать интересные и насыщенные экскурсии, и учтем ваши замечания. Обед: Мы приносим извинения за качество обеда. В ближайшее время мы пересмотрим меню и постараемся улучшить его, чтобы он соответствовал ожиданиям наших гостей. Экскурсия на втором острове: Ограниченное время на островах вынуждает нас предлагать различные опции для самостоятельного отдыха. Мы учтем ваши замечания и будем работать над улучшением этого аспекта. Велосипеды: Мы обязательно добавим информацию о сложности маршрута в наши рекомендации, чтобы клиенты могли лучше планировать свои экскурсии. Ваш отзыв важен для нас, так как помогает нам становиться лучше. Мы надеемся, что в следующий раз сможем предложить вам более качественный и приятный тур. Спасибо, что выбрали нас, и надеемся увидеть вас снова. С уважением, We Go Turkiye Travel

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