Princess Island Tour Full Day
Description
Princess Island will ensure you a perfect escape the overcrowded city to pleasant time in nature. Transportation on the Island is only by bicycle or electric car. Take a ride around the Island with electric car and relax in this mesmerizing view. Explore through the quite narrow streets which are lined with beautiful wooden mansions and flanked by untouched pine forest. Most importantly don’t forget your bathing suit as you may find the chance for a dip in the Sea.
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Itinerary
We collect guests from their hotel or meeting point with our air-conditioned vehicles. Once all the group is together, our tour guide will join us at the pier and there where we sail off by boat. We will travel to Büyükada (Princess Island), on our way there we will pass by historical landmarks.
Once served as the main residence and administrative Head Quarters of the powerful Sultans of the Ottoman Empire during 15th century.
The legendary Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower is an Ottoman lighthouse tower on a small islet in the Bosphorus strait. Over the centuries has served different states for different purposes.
The Historical Haydarpaşa Railway Station was named after Haydar Pasha, one of the Pashas of Selim III, and built in 1908. Due to archeological works and construction works, there’s no train service to/from Haydarpasa Station. As completed, the station will be again the main station for high speed trains (maybe some other trains as well) departing from Istanbul in eastern direction.
Heybeliada is the second largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul. We will take 1 hour visit here and afterwards continue back to our main destination (Princess Island).
Welcome to Princess Island! Stroll among old-style mansions, take a tour in an electric car, and enjoy a tasty lunch on the Island. Explore beautiful quiet island with your tour guide and get some inside informations.
After spending relaxing and pleasant time in nature, we meet up with our guide at the designated meeting point and return to Istanbul. Finally, upon your return to Istanbul, there will be a stop for shopping. After shopping, we will drop you back at your respective hotels.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up guests staying in Fatih, Eminönü and Beyoğlu regions from hotels free of charge. Please note that the pick up times may vary depending on your hotel area, we will provide exact pick up time within 1 day prior to your tour date.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(9)
It was a beautiful day to go see the islands and do something a little different than the normal high pace of Istanbul. The boat ride was nice but getting there and the other activities not the best a bit of chaos and wishful thinking to make it through it all.
What an amazing day my sister and I had visiting two of the Prince's Islands. We thoroughly enjoyed the stops we had giving us the opportunity to see the lush and charming islands and imagining that this was how Istanbul would once have been. The ferry crew were friendly, funny and entertaining. I would absolutely recommend this trip as an essential experience.
Very good trip - islands were very nice ok lunch boat was big with very good views Overall nice trip at good rates and price
The tour guide Jello made this experience unforgettable. He was very knowledgeable, kind and funny. We had a great time and it learned a lot from this trip.
We really enjoyed the time passed on the boat and ambiance was great. Food looked ok but we enjoyed eating at fish restaurant on the big Island. We had wonderful day thank you guys for this good experience.
The boat cruise was very pleasant with entertainments. We had a great time and it was very interesting to see all the sights. Definitely prefer to be visited warmer weather.
I had a good time going to Princess Island and I really enjoyed the boat trip. Hotel pick up and drop off very organized. The tour guide was very nice and was enthusiastic about the history of Istanbul. Lunch was enjoyable and I would recommend this tour to anyone wanting to see another part of Istanbul.
My Uber driver dropped me off at the wrong location. The guide found me in a fenced in parking lot and picked me up in a scooter to bring me to the ferry. I was grateful that I wasn't left behind. The lunch was hot and delicious. I paid 250 TL to rent a bike on the larger island. I was not good at it, but as a solo traveler, the tour guide and his friend showed me around the island. The Turkish hospitality that you've heard about is real! They go out of there way to welcome you to their country & city of Istanbul.
Everything was nicely organised and planned. Day before company contacted us and gave us estimated pickup time from our Airbnb Address. Guide contacted us few minutes before vehicle arrived and made our way to the boat ( on the way we had to stop another two stops for picking up other travellers but not for long ). There was a lot of entertainments on the boat and lunch was ok. The trips to the İslands was nice, guide provided the group with some information and we had lots of free time to walk around. Definitely worth renting bikes or electric vehicles moving around in the İsland.
