Bosphorus Cruise Return
Jun 23, 2015, 7:23 pm
#1
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Bosphorus Cruise Return
We are in Istanbul for 2.5 days next week and were thinking of doing the "full" Bosphorus cruise and taking a taxi or bus back to the Besiktas part of town vs. having lunch and taking the return ferry. It will likely be on a Friday or Saturday around 11-12 that we take the transportation back. I've never been to Istanbul but here traffic can be a bear, any recommendations? I'm seeing about a 30-45 minute taxi or an hour bus.
Jun 24, 2015, 4:40 pm
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I can't answer your actual question but if time is a concern, you might want to consider the shorter 90-minute nonstop cruises that turn around just past the Fatih Bridge. You still get to see many of the sights on both sides of the river including Ortakoy, Rumeli Hisari, the well-known palaces, etc. I took the Turyol from Eminonu but there are others from Kabatas and Besiktas.
Jun 26, 2015, 9:01 pm
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I can't answer your actual question but if time is a concern, you might want to consider the shorter 90-minute nonstop cruises that turn around just past the Fatih Bridge. You still get to see many of the sights on both sides of the river including Ortakoy, Rumeli Hisari, the well-known palaces, etc. I took the Turyol from Eminonu but there are others from Kabatas and Besiktas.
Jun 26, 2015, 10:56 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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I can't answer your actual question but if time is a concern, you might want to consider the shorter 90-minute nonstop cruises that turn around just past the Fatih Bridge. You still get to see many of the sights on both sides of the river including Ortakoy, Rumeli Hisari, the well-known palaces, etc. I took the Turyol from Eminonu but there are others from Kabatas and Besiktas.
I saw what I needed to see, and after a while it got boring, can barely hear the announcement/speakers
Jun 28, 2015, 6:45 am
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Thanks Jerry, that's probably what we'll end up doing then. Both of us have short attention spans anyway.