Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise and Audio Guide App

Istanbul, Turkey

1 hour 15 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Istanbul is a city set on the water and to fully experience its beauty and diversity you need to get out onto the Bosphorus Strait. On this ninety-minute cruise you’ll see both the European and Asian halves of Istanbul, enjoy views of many picturesque mosques and palaces, and learn more about Istanbul’s centuries-long history through an audio guide app available in ten languages.

This tour will appeal to travelers with a range of interests
Follow your route with the provided tour map
Waste less time with skip-the-line tickets
Receive a complimentary bottle of water or juice

What's Included

90 min. Boat tour ticket
Bosphorus tour map
Meet & greet by marine officer
Skip the ticket lines
Audio guide app in 10 languase (EN, DE, ES, AR, RU, FR, IT, CN, TR, PL)

No hotel pickup or drop off service
Food or drink

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Kabataş (Dentur, Mavi Marmara)
Ömer Avni, 34427 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye
Cruise is departing from Kabatas, across tram line no 1 and funicular, close by Dolmabahce Palace. Come to the wooden house behind the red petrol station. Look for Istanbul Welcome Card ticket window. Show your confirmation to the Istanbul Welcome Card marine officer and get access to the boat.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Bosphorus Strait (Pass By)

Additional Info

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

Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 99 travelers

Cancellation Policy

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

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Featured review

Yiheng_L

The staff member on the boat us really nice and hospitality, I love the view of the Bosphorus strait. It was an unforgettable journey!!!!

Reviews

4.0

171 reviews

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A longer that advertised trip that is great value for money.

Andrew_L, May 2024

Saw what all the banks of the Bosphorous had to offer plus what was sailing on it. ALoads of very smart former pallaces The trip lasted a fair bit longer than advertised. If youve got a Viator ticket you go to a man outside the kiosk ....he gives you a paper ticket and you by-pass the queue waiting to pay. Theres a huge open deck if the weather is good and very informal seating arrangements ...so basically grab a wooden chair and sit whereever you want. Brilliant value for money . Could do with a more disciplined louder commentary which seemed to come on at random.

Overpriced

Neeraj_G, Apr 2024

Rates were overpriced by 4 times on viator then actual ticket prices. I was surprised to see such a hike by viator

Great Deal!

Aileen_A, Feb 2024

Great way to see the many landmarks in and around Istanbul. Audio tour was great and the price was right.

Enjoyable Bosporus cruise

Shadan_A, Feb 2024

Great Bosphorus daytime cruise -1.5 hours was just right to see the highlights. The boat had a good top deck for the great views of beautiful Istanbul .

Wonderful Bosphorus

Steve_D, Jan 2024

Beautiful scenery and excellent audio guide. Well worth the money. It got me to travel to the Asian side with it's more affordable travel options.

Bosphorus tour

Ivan_K, Jan 2024

Great tour! I had only little time left before the plane in the afternoon and I didn’t want a long tour and it was just what I wanted with plenty opportunities for pictures. Thanks!

Lovely morning sailing in the sunshine

Tracy_L, Oct 2023

This was a really pleasant morning spent travelling up and down the Bosphorus in the autumn sunshine. The gentleman selling drinks was very sweet. And they managed to tell us the right location this time.

Great Bosphorous River cruise

MaryJan_M, Oct 2023

It was great weather and the views were incredible. Boat was slow enough we could take great pics and videos! Could see castles, mosques and other Tuskish monuments and buildings clean on both sides of the river, Asia and Europe!

Things to know

Faisal_K, Oct 2023

Amazing Experience with beautiful views. Drinks and snacks are offered during the cruise with extra fees. If you do want to listen to the Audio, I recommend you sit inside. On the outside, the volume isn't loud enough. And make sure you dont hop off at the wrong port unless you want to as the cruise stops at multiple ports before returning back to the departure port.

It was ok

Ann_E, Oct 2023

It was not the boat shown on the advertisement. A lot of smoke coming from the boat which made it a bit unpleasant. I also feel the boat could have gone faster and would have been nice if it went to the city as well so we could see the blue mosque and the palace from the seaside. They did go around offering fruit, snacks and tea and coffee which was nice

Very good Bosphorus cruise.

Milcolm_C, Oct 2023

Boat was very good. Excellent views on both sides of the Bosphorus Nice slow cruising enabled you to take in all the sites. Would highly recommend.

Arrive 5 to 10 min early...

Reshomile_M, Aug 2023

Arrive 5 to 10 min early so that you can get your physical ticket. It was lovely and refreshing. They have speakers on the boat, so even without headphones you are fine

The only reason i gave 3...

Victoria_T, Aug 2023

The only reason i gave 3 stars is because of the staff, staff not speaking English coming and giving you some treats as tea,fruits and nit saying that you have to pay for it,and in the end of the trip is giving you the bill,basically is forcing you to buy something. And in top of it was trying to flirt with me in front of my partner and kids. Very disgusting old man. But the trip was nice

All extra time for family

Almir_H, Aug 2023

Nice trip very good time for family. I hope you’re enjoying the next time. Super super super fun super cool stuff

A must trip

Ammar_S, Aug 2023

Great Cruise and Path. We enjoyed this trip and the scenery of the beautiful Istanbul. The cruise was big enough and everything was perfect.

The tour is great, but...

Salem_A, Aug 2023

The tour is great, but there was no communicator as stated That being said, it's worth trying due to the nice sight seeing

The ticket booth was easy...

Elias_W, Jul 2023

The ticket booth was easy to find and Hamza who attended to us explained the trip very well and gave us great advice to make the most of it!

Great experience

Yusimi_S, Jul 2023

We arrived and walked to the boat area port and when we arrived they ask for my name and that's it they guide me to walk into the boat, and sit anywhere I like. The guide was requested in Spanish for my two other friends, and we never heard the explanation in the boat in Spanish, also it was very low. No drinks or sodas were free, this old guy who do not know English came up to us and offered us orange juice we ask if it FREE and he said with his head up and down means YES, but then he came back a few minutes later asking for money for the juices. But the cruise/boat was nice and yes you should do it.

Highly recommended.

Drienie_v, Jul 2023

Excellent organisation and support by staff. Very good communication and information. Highly recommended. Boat is clean and spacious. It was a wonderful experience.

On time and took exactly how long it was stated

Adel_A, Jul 2023

Good experience………..typical cruise just like in any other european country. Would recommend for first timers

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