Istanbul: Full-Day Tour with Dolmabahce & Bosphorus Cruise

Explore Istanbul and Bosphorus on a full-day tour and see the Spice Bazaar and Dolmabahce Palace. Board a cruise on the Bosphorus and ride to the highest point of the city. Çamlıca Hill .

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Duration 7.5 hour

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Details on this Activity

Itinerary

Get a comprehensive overview of Istanbul on this full-day tour of the city by coach, boat, and Çamlıca Hill. Perfect for those who aim to get a sense of what makes Istanbul unique, this full-day exploration gives a varied tour of the city. It will reveal a mixture of Eastern and European influences that makes the city so unique. First, get picked up from your hotel by bus and driven along the length of the Golden Horn, the historic water that divides Istanbul. Take in the sites of the historic city center and the main port, dating back to the Ottoman and Byzantine empires. Then, travel to the top of Çamlıca Hill , and admire panoramic views of the city as you drink coffee at the highest point of İstanbul. Next, experience the splendor of Istanbul from the water. In the afternoon, enjoy a relaxing cruise on the Bosphorus and take in the grand spectacle of the city’s houses and palaces from the river. Finally, enjoy a tour of Dolmabahce Palace, home to the last of the Ottoman Sultans. Admire one of the most glamorous palaces in the world, once the administrative heart of the Ottoman Empire.

Highlights

Enjoy a full-day tour of Istanbul's major attractions by coach, boat, and cable car
Visit the Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan Mosque
Drive along the Golden Horn and see the historic port of ancient Istanbul
Take a relaxing cruise on the Bosphorus and ride the cable car to Pierre Loti Hill
Tour the inside of Dolmabahce Palace, home to the last Ottoman Sultans

Know before you go

• Dolmabahce Palace is closed on Mondays and will be replaced by the Chora Church • Please note that the hotel pickup & drop-off service is only available in the Sultanahmet and Taksim area of Istanbul

Includes

Lunch Entrance fees Professional guide

Reviews from other travelers

Amritpal - United Kingdom

1 /5

(Written on 2022-08-23)

Very poor service. Failed to turn up at hotel for 8.30am pick up as agreed. And when spoken to, denied knowledge of pick up. Insisted that he had checked bookings up until 10pm the evening before. I h (Read More)ad booked 4pm the previous day. Could hear the provider laughing on the phone in response to my disappointment. I spent a lot of money traveling from the UK and with only three days in the city had booked in advance. This failure meant it ruined a whole day as all other booked require a 8.30am pick up. Very poor. Very unprofessional. Please avoid.

Markus - Austria

5 /5

(Written on 2022-04-13)

Very nice guide. A lot of information. Provided useful tips for further activities.

Flavia - Brazil

5 /5

(Written on 2023-07-20)

Very good, lunch could be better

GetYourGuide traveler - Spain

5 /5

(Written on 2022-04-20)

Very good in general despite the fact that the weather was not good due to rain. The phenomenal and charming guide (Mevhi). Very professional.

GetYourGuide traveler - United Arab Emirates

5 /5

(Written on 2022-05-05)

This was an amazing experience. Mev (apologies if I misspelt the name), our guide, was lovely and knowledgeable and made the tour that bit more exciting. We started the tour at the Pierre Loti hill wh (Read More)ere we had some nice views of the city and enjoyed a morning coffee. Then we went to see the Dolmabahce Palace which was impressive. After a delicious lunch, we took a cruise on the Bosphorus and saw the city from a different perspective.

GetYourGuide traveler - Australia

5 /5

(Written on 2022-10-19)

This is an amazing day tour. Nice to visit a historical place. Tour guide was friendly and well explained about the history of this place. Full tour was excellent. Pick up and dropping off to the hote (Read More)l it was well organised. Worth of money!

GetYourGuide traveler - Costa Rica

2 /5

(Written on 2023-06-08)

They arrived at the hotel late for us and we walked 400m to get to the bus, then we picked up other people and stopped on the banks of the Bosphorus but nobody told us why, none of the people in charg (Read More)e of the tour spoke to us, when we asked they told us that we were waiting for another bus to pass us. We waited there for about 25 minutes, then we changed the bus and went to the dolmabahce palace, and there the guide Ahmed did not let us see the palace well, he hurried us and told us that all the rooms were the same that seeing one was fine because everything others looked alike. We did the tour of the palace in 20 minutes or less, when that palace is very large and full of history that we could not know. When the guide Ahmed was asked questions, he did not answer us in a good way and when he spoke he only addressed 3 of the people from the group They changed our visit to the spice bazaar for a leather store, without consulting us Lack of organization and they should improve the treatment

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