Istanbul City Tour Bus and Boat Combo
Istanbul Bus Tour and Cruise
Join our Istanbul Bosphorus Boat and Bus Tour. Explore Istanbul with the city tour. Visit Asian side and Kucuksu Palace of with the best of Bosphorus Boat Tour.
What You Can Expect
This tour is a combination of IBO Bus and Boat tour. You have the chance to see the city’s highlights; Bosphorus strait and the Old city within half day. You will be able to see the two continents; the European, the Asian sides and the Old City of the city in 5 hrs.
While your cruise, your tour guide will inform you about all the hightlights and the landmarks of Istanbul with the most comfortable timing for sightseeing. Starting the day at late morning gives you more time to have a relaxing time for your breakfast and lets you to get ready for an unforgettable day.
Inclusions
- Pick up from the hotels by (air conditioned mini bus)
- At the end of the tour you will be dropped at Sultanahmet Square where the tour terminates.
- Entrance fee of Kucuksu Palace and Cable Car Ticket
- English SpeakingTour Guide
- Private Boat and Bus for our groups.
Important Note
- Kucuksu Palace is closed on Mondays Thursdays and instead is replaced with Rumeli Fortress
- Children between the ages of 0-2 are free of charge.
- Children between the ages of 3-6 are disconted price.
- Itınerary may change due the weather condition
Exclusions
- Personal expenses
- Tips
Tour Schedule
Our boat tour starts with hotel the pick up at late morning. After the boat ride you will be transferred to Kasimpasa pier to embark the boat. Your boat tour experience will begin from Golden Horn and continue with the Bosphorus Strait. During this 2,5hr cruise, you also have a stop over the historical "Kucuksu Palace" which is located on the Asian continent.
During the boat cruise your tour guide will inform you about all the highlights of Golden Horn and Bosphorus. You will discover the city and learn about Istanbul’s famous landmarks such as; Galata Tower, Galata Bridge and Süleymaniye Mosque and many more…
You will explore the uniqe beauty of the Bosphorus and the two continents (Europe and Asia). You will also get a break and set foot on the Asian side to visit one of the most famous Ottoman Imperial palaces; Kucuksu Palace which is a small palace constructed in 1856 in Baroque style. (The Kucuksu Palace is closed on Mondays and Thursdays, we visit the Rumeli Fortress instead) After visiting the palace, your tour guide will give you some free time so you can walk around and the take the best photos. Then back to the boat again and you will get to learn more about the city.
You will pass by the Ottoman Sultan palaces such as Dolmabahce Palace, Ciragan Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace and other famous attraction spots such as; Ortakoy, Maiden’s Tower, Uskudar.
Boat Cruise will end up at Eminonu pier where you will start to your Old City Bus Tour with your tour guide. First stop will be the Pierre Lotti Hill which is one the famous hills of Istanbul. There is a great scenery of the city from the hill. Here you will enjoy your free time where you may have lunch before the Cable Car Ride Experience.
After free time you guide will take you to the cable car, and then you will be taken back to the bus. You will also be driven around The Historical City Walls. These 5th Century walls date back from the period of Byzantine EmperorTheodosius 2.
At the end of the tour you will be dropped at Sultanahmet Square where your tour terminates.