Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise with Dinner and Belly-Dancing Show
Description
Spend your evening in Istanbul cruising around the beautiful Bosphorus Strait while enjoying dinner and an Anatolian folklore show with belly dancing. Gliding through the water, your boat follows a route that includes views of Istanbul’s top attractions – all enchantingly illuminated at night. Cruise past the Blue Mosque and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge while eating, drinking and enjoying the show!
Tour Options
Itinerary
Seen from the boat Blue Mosque, facing Hagia Sophia, famous with its blue İznik tiles and unique with 6 minarets, built in the name of Sultan Ahmet.
From the boat Dolmabahçe Palace, recent residence for Ottoman Sultans built by two Ottoman architects Karabet and Nikogos Balyan on a 110.000 m² area and served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire. Famous with great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier, the palace has 285 rooms and 46 halls.
Bosphorus Cruise on Plan Tours’ private boat enjoying the straits of both Europe and Asia with a possibility to photograph the unique beauties of the Bosphorus
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge is widely known as the ‘second bridge’.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please be ready at the hotel lobby and confirm your pick up time beefore 1 day
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please note: When reconfirming your booking, your local supplier will advise you on alternative meeting points for hotels which are not accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Reviews(96)
Average food... Belly dance begins around 10.30pm and lasts for 1 hr. From 8.30pm to 10.30pm food and alcohol is served as per the option selected. Nothing extra ordinary in this tour.
walk the streets of Istanbul day and night. imbue yourself with the hirtoria and culture as best as possible, and experience that in that place of the world much of the history of the world is decided, especially of the West. To tour the Bosphorus is an unforgettable experience. indelible from the memory. I want to clarify that my trip to Turkey happened in February 2020
walk dine by the Bosporus, especially when it starts to get dark, the city of stanbul fantastic all lit and dinner very romantic
me and my partner went on 30.03.2019 and we love every moment of it. The journey was lovely, the food was great and the entertainment was great! would definitely recommend.
I did two Turkish night cruises whilst in Istanbul and this one was by far the best! The boat was spacious, modern and it had different levels both inside and out. The dinner was good. However the entertainment was sensational. Classic Turkish dances mixed with modern entertainment. The audience was engaged at all times and the performers were very talented. The tables were positioned so it was easy for everyone to see. The transfers were also efficient. Definitely the best form of evening entertainment in Istanbul!
For us Caribbeans is a different and beautiful tour.The challenge is to learn to do belly dancing.
We decided to take the last minute walk and how good we did. It was a wonderful dinner with good food and drinks at will. We had a lot of fun with table neighbors from all over the world and we danced and drank a lot of water... Don't stop doing it.
Very over rated, highly commercialized. Scheduled departure was 20:20 but the boat did not leave until 21:10. Costs can vary from agent to agent. I paid US $ 92, which includes pick up and drop from and to hotel. They ask for you hotel details while booking. After you have booked your confirmation can come with a note informing you that your hotel is not in the city limits so pls find your way to the pier. For a first time visitor this can be very daunting although most taxi drivers know the city well and the ride can vary in cost depending on what route the taxi driver takes. So watch out for tour operator, I took the one which was recommended by TripAdvisor. Once the pier is reached the boat is easy to find. But apart identifying its highly over rated. Very poor seating arrangement, table meant for six people had seat eight, very tight squeeze with no room left to maneuver. All 4 people had to get up and move out for last one to visit the toilet. Air conditioning was very poor / inadequate consider the tour operator had people packed in like sardines. Salads and starters were pre laid very unprofessionally. Alcoholic beverages were unlimited but that is probably the reason for price difference. The open upper decks are highly recommended as that’s where it really happens. By the time you have had a couple of drinks every thing begins to look different and one stops looking at short comings. Istanbul is blessed with natural beauty and the cruise by itself is A Must but for cold food and very poorly organized trip.
Dinner whose greatest value is the view of both sides of the city of Istanbul both at sunset and dusk. Seeing several of the emblematic buildings in half light and then illuminated is what takes the night. Dinner was not bad, keep in mind that you sit with unknown people (who help to socialize and meet people from other countries), then there are several dances supposedly typical which did not get much my attention, I felt too touristic but well, it was part of the folklore. In the end it's more than less but don't expect wonders either
<p>Avoid this tour. This was a disappointment. We arrived with the tour company's van pick up service. Dinner was unorganized and cold. You feel like you are eating at the high school cafeteria. The dancing show starts after dinner service and you have to go upstairs. Unless you are lucky enough to get in the front row, you can see nothing. The belly dancer must needs lessons, all in all, a big disappointment and not worth the money.</p>
