Cruise along to Princes Islands with our full day tour. It’s a breathe taking experience and once in a lifetime catch! With an professional on board guide, learn all fascinating history about islands. Take some pictures and enjoy viewing places like Topkapi Palace, Maiden’s Tower and Uskudar from the boat. This tour offers an unforgettable experience.
Our driver will meet you at your hotel lobby between 07:00 – 08:00 and drive you to the meeting point where you will meet the other participants of the Princes Islands Cruise tour. Following sites will be visited with an experienced and professional tour guide licensed by the ministry of tourism.
We will take the ferry to one of the Princes’ Islands, Buyukada (Big Island) which is a quiet sea front town and summer holiday escape from the city. Leaving the Golden Horn by ferry, you will round Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point), the headland on which the domes and minarets of Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque can be seen. We will pass four islands with their charming old Ottoman houses and finally reach Buyukada, the largest of the islands.
Upon arrival to the island, you will see the lavish Ottoman mansions and other beautiful Victorian summer villas around the island. We will take a walking tour of the island and will see elegant old wooden mansions and beautiful natural scenery. you can enjoy a delicious lunch in a cozy sea-side fish restaurant and relax looking back at the domes and minarets among skyscrapers of modern Istanbul’s skyline. This a perfect day for relaxing and enjoying one of Istanbul’s residents’ favorite summer retreats. Return by ferry and drop off to your hotel.
