You book BosforTour’s Bosphorus dinner cruise through the form on this site or on WhatsApp, in any of 32 languages, the same day until the 21:00 departure. Nothing is paid in advance: you pay on board, in cash or by card, and cancellation is free until two hours before departure.
Most evening cruises in Istanbul are sold the way flights are: pay now, in full, through a checkout, and hope the plan holds. This one is sold the way a good restaurant takes a table. You say which evening and how many of you, we confirm it, and the bill is settled at the end of the night on board. That changes almost everything about booking, paying and cancelling, so each is laid out below.
The form behind every “Reserve” button on this site does the work in four short steps, and it shows the running total as you go:
The reservation is confirmed in that same WhatsApp chat, and the exact map pin for the pier comes with the confirmation. On a computer the form offers a QR code instead, so the conversation can carry on from your phone, which is where you will want it on the night.
If you would rather not use a form at all, write to us on WhatsApp directly with the date and the number of guests; it comes to the same thing. Either way, one person can book for everybody: a family or a group of twenty goes under one name.
Same-day reservations are taken right up to the 21:00 departure. In practice the useful deadline is the one you can still travel to: boarding opens at 20:00, and the boat casts off at 21:00 sharp, so a booking made at 20:15 is only useful if you are already close to Cibali Pier.
The one earlier cut-off is the hotel transfer. For the same evening it has to be booked before 18:30. After that, the tram or a taxi is the way to the pier.
There is no deposit, no card number taken in advance and no online checkout anywhere in the process. The evening is paid for on board, on the night, in whichever of these suits you:
The total is the one the form showed you, made up of the per-person prices and any extras you chose; drinks bought at the bar outside the drinks package are paid at the bar. The figures, with worked examples, are on the price page.
Cancellation is free until two hours before departure, which is 19:00 on the day of the cruise. Because nothing was paid in advance, there is nothing to refund and no form to fill in: send a message in the same WhatsApp chat and the booking is released.
Changing is the same. A different date, two more guests, one fewer, the transfer added or dropped — say so in the chat and the booking is updated. The earlier you tell us, the easier it is to keep the evening you want, particularly for a larger group.
The boat sails in ordinary rain, with dinner and the show inside two enclosed salons. If conditions ever made sailing unsafe, you would be told before leaving your hotel and nothing would be charged, because nothing was paid. More on winter and rain.
Ready to choose an evening? The booking form is on every page, and the main page shows the whole evening first.
€24.60 per adult, all in. What children pay, what the three extras cost, and worked totals for a couple, a family and a group.
On the Golden Horn beside Kadir Has University — not Eminönü, not Kabataş. By tram, metro, taxi or hotel transfer.
Smart casual and a layer for the deck. Doors 20:00, away at 21:00 sharp; arrive by 20:30 to choose a window table.
One departure, every night of the year. Doors at 20:00, away at 21:00, back at Cibali Pier between 23:45 and midnight. Dinner, the full Turkish night programme and unlimited soft drinks are in the price; you settle it on board, and you can cancel free until two hours before departure.
€24.60 per person, all in · same-day booking until 21:00 · free cancellation until 19:00
Where the evening begins — on the old-city shore of the Golden Horn, beside Kadir Has University.
Cibali İskelesi, Kadir Has Cd. — Fatih / İstanbul
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