Afternoon Bosphorus Boat and Bus Tour with cable car from Pierre Loti Coffee

We were updated about our tour via “WhatsApp” simple & convenient. Our tour bus was clean & comfortable and our driver could guide us safely through the narrowness of gaps.

Our tour guide was passionate & extremely knowledgeable of Istanbul and willing to pass on tips & recommendations to experience the real Istanbul.

We were joined by tourists from Peru, Iran & Australia using English for our tour language.

Would highly recommend this tour to tourists from around the world.

Very good .Picked up from hotel Guide and driver were very knowledgeable .Great value for money Bus clean .

Wonderful tour guide explained everything with great detail. Timing was right. Visited the sites during a low season so we felt we were receiving a private tour. Crowds at sightseeing areas was understandable. Enjoyed snacks from places Pierre Loti, Ferry, and restaurant. Great pictures. Memorable chat with the tour guide.

On time , bus with aircondition,good English speaker and a lot of different history that you will learn ,helpful guide. Thanks

Organization-wise everything was perfect. The bus picked us up on time. All the activities went smoothly. The guide was very nice and made sure that everybody was comfortable and there was a nice and relaxed vibe in the group.

Suggestions:

1) Add a bit of story telling. To have an impact, the excursion needs to get participants to visualize the life of people who inhibited the palaces or who fought for the control of Bosporus in the past.

2) The guide speaks several languages very well. It's really cool. But I would suggest to mostly stick to the language of the excursion unless somebody has a difficulty. It's nice to understand all discussions going on between the guide and people from the group.

The guild was very knowable. Just the bus seat was a bit small, cramped. The boat ride was great and relaxing. Don't expect too much from the cableway, over very quickly.

Breathtaking cruise with amazing views. Weather was warm. Can be a little windy. Can purchase Drinks 10tr

We enjoyed the tour very much. Our guide Amal was very nice and told us a lot about all the sceneries. Great value for money. Meeting point was good. Bused were already there. Everything was good on time. Thank you for the nice experience. Pierre Loti was very nice. Just wish we had a little more free time there to enjoy the view more.

The places we saw wasn’t the problem, it was our tour guide IGRID, first he told us it’s only the cruise and spice bazaar but we had booked cruise and cable car. He just said that’s not my problem so we had to contact our travel agent to get that sorted out. Then IGRID was just moody towards and because the cable car was added by his manager he rushed the cable car Pierre loti experience, we only saw the view for maybe max 5 mins. And when getting on the cable car he tried to split my family into two groups even though the cable car was added for us because that what we payed for.

The tour was supposed to be pickup from hotel but the operator messaged if I can walk to a pickup point (restaurant) that was 15 minute away, from there we were shuttled to the Bosphorus ferry.

The ferry was a 1.5 hour round trip with absolutely no description of what we are seeing our tour guide basically just sat and was on his phone. After the ferry we were shuttled to the top of Pierre Loti, for a five minute picture stop then rushed down the cable car back to the shuttle they then took us to an overpriced Turkish delight/ spice shop and spent well over 40 minutes while the owner had us a a captive audience selling expensive delights. We were then dropped off in the old city.

I would say if you are short on time and don’t care about any history except a quick ferry , cable tour then this is for you else it’s a waste of money.