ISTANBUL Bosphore TOUR
Bosphorus Tour You will take great pleasure in making a unique ride in the world's most beautiful strait which separates two continents: Asia and Europe. This cruise will give you the opportunity to see and photograph many historical monuments along the Bosphorus, the Bosphorus bridges, Istanbul's palaces, citadels, and mansions (yalı). After our departure from Kabataş, we will go toward the Black Sea and visit during about 2 hours the Bosphorus’s pearls, i.e. Topkapi Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Yıldız Palace, Çırağan Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, the Bosphorus and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridges, as well as the Bosphorus's most important mansions and historical monuments. A real safari for amateur photographers... Our cruise will continue along the Strait's European shore until the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. Then under this bridge, we will pass to the opposite shore (Asian shore), and go from Anadolu Hisarı (Anatolian Fortress) towards Üsküdar. From that point again, we will pass again to the European shore, and our trip will end in Kabataş, the starting point. Important places to visit during the trip: Bezm-i Alem Valide Sultan Mosque, Dolmabahçe Palace, Çırağan Sarayı (Çırağan Palace), Büyük Mecidiye Camii (Ortakoy Mosque), Esma Sultan Palace, Bosphorus Bridge, Su Ada (GS Island), Rumeli Hisar, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Amcazade Hüseyin Paşa Yalısı, Anadolu Hisar, Abud Efendi Yalısı, Kuleli Askeri Lisesi (Military High School), Beylerbeyi Sarayı (Beylerbeyi Palace). In fact, there are many Bosphorus cruises with different departure points: from Arnavutköy, Beylerbeyi, Beşiktaş. |
