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 aromas of fruits, flowers and, of course, a multitude of spices fill the air and flood the senses.
Boat Cruise leisurely down the Bosphorus past the marble palaces and ancient wooden villas, which date back to the Ottoman Empire.
Lunch at Traditional Turkish restaurant
Dolmabahce Palace, home to the sultans of the powerful Ottoman Empire and featuring an incredible 4.5 ton chandelier. Some days, Dolmabahce Palace could be visited because of presidential visit, on those days we replace with Beylerbeyi Palace
Çamlica Hill for an awe-inspiring panoramic view over the city and the Bosphorus.
Posted By : Kmt6537
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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Posted On : 2023-10-27 12:22:31 
Posted By : laurasE3923ZR
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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Posted On : 2023-09-20 14:53:34 
Posted By : karenmT2114GN
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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Posted On : 2023-09-16 15:08:51
Posted By : P7364KBahmads
Aykut Gonul, our tour guide was really professional and informative. The pick and drop was not well organized.
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Posted On : 2023-08-11 14:32:59
Posted By : ahammad1
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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Posted On : 2022-06-20 09:49:19
Posted By : Franklyn_D
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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Posted On : 2021-09-27 02:47:22
Posted By : S7351OIdavidh
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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Posted On : 2020-10-16 16:47:48
Posted By : Matt_S
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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Posted On : 2020-10-05 20:23:08
Posted By : K6711NElukem
We really enjoyed our day. The boat trip was informative and great fun. Highly recommended if you have time on your visit.
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Posted On : 2020-03-16 12:12:36
Posted By : Moosa N
The tour was very good. It was a mix of both walking and transport by the car. The tour people picked us up on time and dropped us back at the hotel too. Our tour guide, Ludwig was very helpful. He always made sure that the entire tour group was engaged (which had a very good amount of people in it, first 4 and then 8). He did a very good job of explaining the history behind the various places that we visited and also kept asking us questions to make sure that we were attentive. He was very joyful and took all of our pictures as well. The cruise was beautiful and so was Dolmabache palace. Would definitely recommend!!!
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Posted On : 2019-11-08 13:32:48
