Day 1 Spice Market, Short Bosphorus Cruise and Dolmabahce Palace

Our guests will be picked up in the morning from the hotels for the full day Bosphorus Cruise and Dolmabahce Palace Tour. Firstly, we will visit Spice Market; this covered market is a building located to the southwest of the Yeni Cami. The market is specialized in sale of spices and herbs, as well as medicinal plants and drugs. Afterwards we will start unique Bosphorus Cruise through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residential and luxurious apartments. On the way back we will see Dolmabahce Palace; the last residence of Ottoman Sultans with 365 rooms and 22 saloons. It is famous with the great collection of European antiquity, furniture and 4.5 tons chandelier. Guests will be dropped to hotels after the tour.

Inclusions: Hotel pick-up and drop-off, transport by boat, local guide, lunch
Exclusions: Drinks
Tour starts at 9 am (lasts 9 hours)
Tours are led by a licensed professional tour guide.