Guided Istanbul Tour: Bosphorus Cruise with Dolmabahce Palace Ticket | La Vacanza Travel

Guided Istanbul Tour: Bosphorus Cruise with Dolmabahce Palace Ticket

Duration: 5 hours
Destination: Türkiye, İstanbul, Istanbul
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  • 5 hours
  • Istanbul
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Explore the Dolmabahçe Palace and get caught up in the royal past of Ottoman Empire. With this guided tour, visit the palace without waiting for the long queue. After visiting the palace, see both European & Asian sides and the most important highlights of the city on the boat cruise in 2 and a half hours. Also have an opportunity to visit an Ottoman palace on the Asian side of Istanbul.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Kucuksu Pavilion, Kucuksu Cad. No:12, Istanbul 34810 Turkiye

Stop point during our boat tour to visit the Ottoman palace at Bosphorus.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Rumeli Fortress, Yahyakemal Cad. No.28, Istanbul 34470 Turkiye

Rumeli Fortress is the stop point every Monday and Thursday with our tour guide.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Dolmabahce Palace, Visnezade Mahallesi Dolmabahce Cd, Istanbul 34357 Turkiye

Pick up from your hotel/meeting point and transfer with other parts of groups to visit Dolmabahçe Palace to see one of the best Ottoman Palaces

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Beylerbeyi Palace, Abdullahaga Cad., Istanbul Turkiye

One of the best attraction we will be seen on our boat tour and get information by our tour guide

Pass By: KIz Kulesi, Uskudar, Istanbul 34668 Turkiye

Explore the Tower has been subject to many myths, used by many civilizations with your guide. A place worth seeing with a unique location. In the middle of two continents.

Pass By: Galata Tower, Buyuk Hendek Cad. 2, Istanbul Turkiye

One of the places that we will see on our Boat tour and the tour guide will give the information about the Galata Tower.

Pass By: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye

Separate European and Asian continent. There are many things to wonder about and get information all about from our tour Guide.

Pass By: Halic, Istanbul Turkiye

Golden horn is a natural lagoon apart from Bosphorus strait.

Pass By: Suleymaniye Mosque, Prof. SIddIk Sami Onar Cd. No:1 Süleymaniye Mah, Istanbul 34116 Turkiye

Mosque of Suleyman The Magneficent from 16th Century.

Pass By: Bosphorus Bridge, Kuzguncuk Mahallesi 15, Istanbul Turkiye

1st Suspension bridge of istanbul from 1970s

Pass By: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Hisarustu Kavacik Yolu, Istanbul Turkiye

2nd Suspension bridge of İstanbul.

Pass By: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye

Famous Hagia Sophia mosque/church from 6th Century

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • English Speaking Tour Guide
  • Hotel Pick-up
  • Kucuksu Palace Garden Ticket included
  • Dolmabahce Palace Ticket included
  • Entry/Admission - Dolmabahce Palace
  • Entry/Admission - Kucuksu Pavilion
  • Entry/Admission - Rumeli Fortress

Exclusions
  • Hotel drop-off

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • We visit Rumeli Fortress only on Thursdays On Mondays Both Rumeli Fortress and Küçüksü Palace will be closed and visits replaced with freetime in Bebek neighborhood.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

IBO Cruise and Tours, 5, Alemdar, Divan Yolu Cd. No:22, 34110 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Traveler pickup is offered
The tour is suitable for winter conditions
Pickup from European side hotels around Istanbul.

Ports

  • Galataport Istanbul, Kılıçali Paşa Mah. Meclis-i Mebusan Cad. No: 8 İç Kapı No: 102, Kılıçali Paşa, 34433 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye


Return Details

1: Sultanahmet Square, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet Parkı No:2, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
2: Sarıdemir, Ragıp Gümüşpala Cd. No:58, 34134 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

5 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

Matt_S

11 Apr, 2024

CLIFF NOTES: Like others have stated, this tour is disorganized. You're basically buying an extremely rushed "tour", followed by a boat ride..... My problems are listed below: 1. I arrived at the meeting point almost 40 minutes early. These people were aware in advance that I was going to be meeting at the IBO Tour location, so I'm unsure why I had to wait past the instructed meeting time. After waiting 20 minutes past the meeting time and worrying, I ended up using the La Vacanza Travel app to reach out to the tour guide. The person who eventually came out was not the guide. I was rushed on to a train. The tour guide called me and asked who I spoke with. I told him that I had no idea. He said that I needed to go to the Kabatas train station, and I had no idea where that was (I expected to follow a group to the boat). He asked what direction the train was going and what the next station was. I had no idea because I wasn't familiar with the area at all, the train didn't tell me in English where it was going and the person who put me on the train didn't tell me. At first, he thought it was going the wrong direction. LUCKILY, I was going the right direction. I pulled up Google maps to 2. The tour guide was new. He was a good guy, but he was very nervous. I don't know why. We were a small group of 4. He had trouble spitting out words coherently without stumbling all over the place. I really wanted to tell him to RELAX and enjoy the day with us! No one is out to judge him. It was a very nice day out and a good little group. 3. Dolmabahçe Palace was VERY VERY rushed. We were given about 15 minutes to tour it. Remind you that this building has 285 ROOMS with 40 or so corridors. We had no chance to listen to the audio and learn about the history or use of the rooms. I literally SPEED WALKED a portion of the building and at most got a one-second glance at some of the rooms. I believe the ad stated that we were supposed to be in there an hour, and even an hour is honestly WAY too short. It was also disappointing that we didn't get a chance to go into the front of the palace. We went around to the back. I would have loved to spend more time in there. 4. Per the tour, we were supposed to go through Küçüksu gardens. We did not. The place was closed, so we were told just to walk around for 30 minutes. The most exciting thing that I saw was a dead cat... and it was sad. So between arriving at a place where I was supposed to be and no one was there, having a sloppy tour guide, being rushed, and not being able to tour 1 of 2 things that we were supposed to do, I'm disappointed and cannot recommend it. I should have just paid to see Dolmabahçe Palace without a rushed tour. The boat ride was the best thing about the whole adventure.

Richard_K

12 Jan, 2024

Despite a late night confrontation and a very early morning call confirming the tour, it was canceled 10 minutes before the pick up.

Christianto_S

27 Dec, 2023

Pickup was quick and on time. Was given enough tome at the palace to have a look at everything and was early enough to beat most of the crowds. Was also early enough to access the back of the palace where the sultan lived. The boat ride itself was very nice though it straddled lunchtime. So would recommend to bring some snacks to carry over until tour ended at around 1430. Guide was excellent and knowledgeable and kept us all informed. Port where the tour ended was right next to the tram so was able to hop on to the next destination directly.

Michael_P

02 Dec, 2023

I recommend this tour. Guide was knowledgeable and we got to see Dolmabahce castle and harem and enjoy the ride over the Bosphore with complimentary tea.

reslanek

02 Nov, 2023

They were supposed to pick us at the hotel. 15 minutes before, they called us to ask to take a taksi saying that they will pay it. Finally we did pay and they didn’t want to pay the 600 liras because for them it was too expensive. We had an agreement to at least pay us back half of it the next day, and they never came to give us back our money. The tour was also quite lame. Too expensive for what is it and very not honest.

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