Istanbul · GOLDEN HORN CRUISES
Every trip here has one free morning too few. These 15 golden horn cruises justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide quickly and get back to the enjoyable part of planning.
2-hour Bosphorus and Golden Horn cruise with a live guide, plus optional sunset sailing past palaces, mosques, and bridges.
“The cruise takes more than 2 hours. Organisers are very friendly. The walk from the meeting point to the harbour is pleasant . The ship it self is very basic. They serve snacks on board. Gets chilly after sunset don’t forget an extra layer!”
Skip Topkapi ticket lines with a guided palace highlights tour, then enjoy a Bosphorus and Golden Horn cruise with iconic Istanbul views.
“Brief history given by the ‘guide’ who seems to be more of a chaperone to bypass queues. You’re pretty much left to your own devices after passing the first few courtyards. The venue itself is very interesting and well worth a visit.”
3.5-hour Istanbul highlights with a Bosphorus cruise, Golden Horn bus drive, Pierre Loti cable car, Eyup Sultan Mosque, from $31.
“We booked this tour without pickup but called and added pickup which we recommend. We started with a drive around Sultanahmet and then around the city walls through Galata and up to Pierre Lotti for amazing views if the Golden Horn. Then down in the cable car to Eyup Sultans Mosque before the boat trip of the Bosphorus from Kabatas. This was about 1.5 hours long. The guide was great and so was the driver. There were only 4 of us on the tour so it was easy to hear, understand and ask questions. The views are amazing and the river tour is excellent. All in all: highly recommended”
2-hour Bosphorus and Golden Horn cruise from Sultanahmet with an English live guide. Europe to Asia views, palaces and bridges.
“Excelente actividad. De lo mejor de mis actividades en Turquía, y el precio fue excelente”
2-hour Bosphorus and Golden Horn boat tour from Sultanahmet with an English guide, palaces and forts, Europe-Asia views.
“We paid extra for a smaller boat tour with an English guide. This didn’t occur. We arrived for tour on time, then to be ushered in with the larger boat tour which was to start a bit later with a huge amount of people booked in. Our ‘guide’ that met us at the beginning then quickly disappeared and we never saw him again. Boat tour had audio over a loud speaker that included many languages. It was hard to hear and by the time the English audio came on, we had already gone past the site. Audio interrupted many times during cruise to advertise the kiosk on the shop selling…”
2-hour Bosphorus yacht cruise with Golden Horn views, live English guide, tea and cookies, and classic sunset sights from Kabatas to Maiden’s Tower.
“great service ang guide, boat not crowed. c confortable cruise and relaxing athmosphere.”
Bosphorus cruise plus Golden Horn coach views and a Pierre Loti cable car ride, with Europe-Asia sights for about 3.5 hours.
“We got picked up and the traffic was bad it took 1 hour and 20 minutes to get to the pier from our hotel..The tour itself was good, the cruise was a nice optional view of the city. The cable was a nice short ride. We got dropped off .9 of a mile from our hotel they said in the old city you would be dropped off as close as they could. I do believe we could have been dropped off much closer as big tour buses went on our street daily.”
Cruise Istanbul’s Bosphorus and Golden Horn in about 2 hours, with an audio guide and big-city sights like Dolmabahce and Maiden’s Tower.
“Good way to see and hear about most of the places of interest. Pity that the culture of extracting money from tourists was evident. It would greatly improve the trip if the drinks/fruit were offered for free. But it is Turkey. Nothing is for free, just a means of gaining financial gain.”
2-hour sunset cruise on the Bosphorus and Golden Horn, with English narration and big Istanbul sights like Dolmabahçe and the Maiden Tower.
“The prize is correct, but it was like a competition to get into the cruise and then there was an explication all the time in diferent lenguages but we didn’t understand everything of the spanish guide. It was a good experience but I would prefer something more personalized or funny than this.”
Istanbul sunset yacht cruise with an English expert guide, snacks and tea, and views of Dolmabahçe, Ortaköy, Topkapi, and glowing bridges.
“What a fantastic sunset tour on bosphorus. We loved to join this tour. Our tour guide was prof. Everyone should take this activity.”
4-hour Bosphorus cruise plus Golden Horn sights, Balat streets, Rumeli Fortress, and a cable car to Pierre Loti coffee house.
“La actividad no era la misma por la que pagamos. Faltó información.”
2-hour Bosphorus and Golden Horn sunset cruise from Kabataş to Karaköy with an onboard guide, snacks, and landmark views.
“Would not recommend; timings were incorrect, meeting point changed and boat and group was not as advertised (not a yacht and +- 40 people instead of intimate, small and personal group)”
Eyüp Sultan Mosque, Golden Horn cable car views, Pierre Loti café and Miniatürk miniatures, plus shopping, in a 3.5-hour tour.
“En fantastisk og uforglemmelig tur. Jeg vil gentage den, men på egen hånd. Venlig hilsen Lissie Lindeskov”
Short 2-hour Golden Horn and Bosphorus cruise in Istanbul with an English guide, Europe-Asia sights, and mobile ticket convenience.
“Tour donde los lugares más icónicos, villas y muchas de las residencias de Estambul se juntan en el Bósforo y te devuelven la mirada mientras disfrutas del bonito paisaje.”
A semi-private Istanbul tour linking Eyüp Sultan Mosque, a vintage cable car to Pierre Loti, and Miniatürk’s mini landmarks in 3 hours.
“I enjoyed this tour very much. We had a good tour guide, and the sites we visited were very interesting. Would recommend this tour.”
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