Duration:  Full day / Istanbul from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.
Tour summary: Spice Market, Bosphorus Cruise (with public boat-if requested replaced with private boat), Beylerbeyi Palace, Asian Quarters, Bosphorus Bridge and Ortaköy.

Your private licensed tour guide will meet you at your hotel, airport or cruise ship and accompany you to discover the two continents.

First we will visit Egyptian Bazaar (Spice Market) which was built as a part of the Yeni Cami complex and has since been an exciting covered market with the fragrant scent of spices from the Orient. Later we will embark to boat to see the Bosphorus which is a strait that forms the boundary between the European part (Rumelia) of Turkey and its Asian part (Anatolia).

The world's narrowest strait used for international navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which is connected by the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea, and thereby to the Mediterranean Sea).
This boat ride takes you to the late Ottoman Palaces, as well as beautiful wooden mansions and modern villas of the 19th & 20th century which form this elegant section of the city.
We will disembark at Anadolu Kavağı, a former fisherman’s village located at the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus Strait.  This place is famous with its seafood restaurants and you can enjoy your lunch here on own. After lunch we will take a walk to the ruins of Yoros Castle locate on top of the hill. The location presents unparalleled views of Black sea and The Bosphorus.
Later return to European part and visit Ortakoy which is a picturesque sea-front old city quarter. Due to its very special location, it has been favored by Istanbul residents since Ottoman times.  Interesting historical buildings are the baroque-style Ortakoy Mosque, Esma Sultan Palace; built for an extraordinary Ottoman princess, and the remains of Etz Ahayim Synagogue.
Now the lively streets of Ortakoy are dominated by various craft-work sellers, restaurants and cafes.