Bosphorus Cruise Tours

[Bowcruise]

We are cruising on the Mariner of the Seas and will be in Istanbul May 17-18. We want to take a cruise on the Bosphorus but don't want the 6 hours, something shorter. Can anyone advise about the private tours? Where do you go,can we contact them in advance to reserve, what to watch out for?

Thank You,

 

Bowcruise.

[Keith1010]

Bowcruise, I would post this on the European Ports of Call Board. Here is the link to the board.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=234

 

Keith

[John Bull]

Hi, Bowcruise, & welcome to Cruise Critic.

I'm guessing that the tour you mention is the one by the ferry company.

http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/go/Istanbul/Sights/Bosphorus/ferry.html

 

You have several options :

- depending on your ship's back-on-board time, you can take a later tour which has a much shorter break at A/Kavagi before returning.

- you can turn back at an earlier pier, as suggested on the website. This will involve using a regular ferry (same boats, just a few more stops)

- you can go one way by taxi. We taxi'd up (can't remember but probably no more than 30 minutes), had lunch, caught a regular ferry back. Never noticed the availability of taxis there, but the website doesn't think its a problem, and one way by boat is good enough, Ferry fares are silly-cheap.

 

John Bull :)