Istanbul City Tours
Princes' Islands Tour - Summer Escapes
Journey to the largest of the Marmara Sea Islands, rounding Seraglio Point aboard a boat to the Princes' Island of Büyükada, a picturesque sea front town with relaxing ambience, dotted with cafes and fish restaurants - behold splendid Ottoman and Victorian summer villas with colorfully flowering gardens,while exploring this island in a tour by Horse-Drawn Carriage...
Sample Itinerary:This island tour starts after breakfast, when you are picked up at the hotel or port by our private tour guide.
Take the ferry to one of the Princes'
Islands, Buyukada (Big Island), which served as a place of exile
for disgraced princes in days gone by. Today it is a quiet sea front
town and summer holiday escape from the city.
Leaving the Golden Horn you will round Sarayburnu (Seraglio
Point), the headland on which the domes and minarets of Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia and Blue
Mosque can be seen.
Upon arrival to the island, you will see
the lavish Ottoman mansions and other beautiful Victorian summer
villas around the island by horse-drawn carriage tour - one of the islands
only means of transport, for motor-vehicles are strictly prohibited.
There are colorful fruit trees, beautiful gardens, wooded areas
and exotic flowers to be seen everywhere.
Afterwards, you can enjoy a delicious lunch in a cozy sea-side fish
restaurant and relax looking back at the domes and minarets among
skyscrapers of modern Istanbul's skyline.
This a perfect day for
relaxing and enjoying one of Istanbul's residents' favorite summer
retreats. Return by ferry and drop off to hotel or port.
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