We always like to include an excursion or two in our holidays
and a boat cruise is a relaxing way to see a city from a different
perspective. The hotel had recommended a
tour with a company called She so at 1 o’clock we were bundled into a mini bus
full of grockles and off we went to board our boat.
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| Horasan - our ship for this afternoon's cruise |
After an hour of faffing about the busy back streets of
Istanbul, the bus finally arrived at the dock.
We boarded the Horasun and for the next couple of hours sailed up the
Bosphorus, first skirting the European coastline then coming back along the
Asian side.
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| The Dolmabahce Palace viewed from the boat |
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| Bosphorus Bridge |
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| Economy Bosphorus cruise |
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| Cormorants on marker buoy |
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| Rumeli fortress |
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| The Asian side of Turkey |
Back on the bus for as short ride up to the Pierre Loti hill
for a cable car ride. You can really get
a feel for the size of Istanbul from up here.
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| View from the top of the Teleferik |
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| Waiting for the cable cars |
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| Pierre Loti cable cars |
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| Two pods with 8 people in each |
You live and learn when on holiday particularly when it
comes to excursions. Sometimes it pays
to book an organised tour as this takes away the hassle of doing it yourself
and tour companies can often pull together a more comprehensive itinerary than
you could. However, having paid 180 TL
(£60) for an afternoon out, I wondered whether the money could have been better
spent especially as we did the same boat trip with Bogaz Tours for 24 TL (£8)
this afternoon.
Still, it was very
pleasant sailing down the Bosphorus and on our second evening cruise, it was
lovely seeing the sunset behind the city and the bridges all colourfully lit at
night.
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| Bogaz Tours - leaving Galata Bridge at 6 pm |
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| Dusk settles over Istanbul |
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| Beautiful sunset over the Bosphorus |
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| Bosphorus Bridge all lit at night |
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