Istanbul: Bosphorus and Golden Horn River Sunset Cruise

Take in gorgeous views of Istanbul during a narrated sunset cruise along the waters of the Bosphorus and Golden Horn River. Admire Dolmabahce Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, and Maiden Tower.

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Duration 2.0 hour

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Details on this Activity

Itinerary

Sunset Cruise is the 2-hours Bosphorus and Golden Horn boat tour. After meeting point we walk to port for to get cruise. The Bosphorus Strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara and splits the European and Asian sides of Turkey. This romantic cruise along the Bosphorus will allow you to admire the Dolmabahce Palace, the Beylerbeyi Palace, the Ciragan Palace, the Rumeli fortress, the Anadolu fortress and the Maiden Tower. See ancient wooden villas and bridges and all the wonderful unique maritime landscapes.

Highlights

Sunset Cruise with best view of Istanbul
View the Asian and European sides of Istanbul
See palaces, wooden villas and bridges
Take a boat tour along the Bosphorus and Golden Horn

Includes

2 hour boat cruise

Reviews from other travelers

GetYourGuide traveler

4 /5

(Written on 2024-05-08)

We can say that the value for money is excellent. This crossing is interesting enough and offers all the monuments to discover on the Bosphorus. If you wish, on board you are offered drinks and snacks (Read More) at an additional cost!!

GetYourGuide traveler - Spain

2 /5

(Written on 2024-08-14)

We arrived at a square and they gathered us together with more than 100-200 people (from different tourist companies) as if we were a flock of sheep and made us walk twenty minutes to the port. The pe (Read More)ople on the street turned to look at us and even filmed us. We looked like a demonstration. When we arrived at the boat, it was very poorly organized. They put in way more people than it could fit and only those who have a chair near the railing can see anything. Most people have to sit in the center of the deck and they can't see or take photos because they block their heads. And they sell it to you as if there was a guide, but there isn't. There is a recorded explanation that they play over loudspeakers (in English) but you can't hear anything, the noise of the crowd doesn't allow you to understand anything that is being explained. A very bad experience, I wouldn't repeat with this company.

Elisabetta - Turkey

3 /5

(Written on 2024-05-03)

To do... with me or I make noise... a recorded audio with more news and a snack with free drink

Massimiliano - Italy

1 /5

(Written on 2024-08-24)

The meeting point is a tourist agency. A guide takes you to another guide who takes you to the boarding point. Wouldn't it be quicker to give the boarding point directly? The guide who takes you to th (Read More)e ship walks very fast (too fast) in the middle of the road (with cars and scooters whizzing by). If you have children, strollers or maybe elderly people it will be very difficult to keep up with them. We arrive at the ship which was practically already packed with people. They had put some extra plastic chairs on the upper deck where you could practically see nothing of the view. I go down to take a decent photo and go into the bow and a guy rudely stops me asking me for another 100 lire (about 3 euros) each to access that area where they had put about ten chairs in a single row. I decide to pay anyway (because otherwise the cruise would have been useless). Oh he also made the 6 year old girl pay... definitely not recommended. The ship was really overcrowded

GetYourGuide traveler - Switzerland

1 /5

(Written on 2024-06-13)

Not at all, they overcrowded the boat so that people were cramped. It was terrible and you couldn't enjoy it at all because it was so cramped

GetYourGuide traveler - Spain

5 /5

(Written on 2024-07-16)

Nos encantó el crucero por el Bósforo al atardecer

Lale - Germany

1 /5

(Written on 2024-05-21)

It's a long walk to the port. Better to go from Eminönü. The people are too loud, there are so many that you can't hear the audio guide. 18 euros is too much and therefore not justified. Take the norm (Read More)al ferry from Eminönü to Kadikoy and back. You get more out of it that way. Just quiet Istanbul residents instead of crowing international crows.

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