TURKEY · ISLAND HOPPING TOURS
Two very different waters: the Princes Islands commute out of Istanbul and the twelve-island gulet days from Fethiye. These 15 price both and say which need a full day.
Review of Istanbul’s Princes Islands tour to Heybeliada and Büyükada, with ferry views, lunch, free time, swimming, and practical tips.
“Beautiful tour, friendly team, and a wonderful experience overall.”
Review of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands cruise with lunch, music, hotel transfer, and free time on Kınalıada and Büyükada.
“A perfect day. Would love to do it again. Thank you for your wonderful service and hospitality.”
Review of Istanbul’s Princes Island tour: ferry views, Büyükada mansions, a second island, lunch, free time, costs, and practical tips.
“We had an incredible boat trip experience to the Princes Islands. From the very beginning, everything was handled professionally and smoothly. Our guide was waiting for us at the meeting point with transport to take us to another boat without any stress or delay. That level of care and organisation immediately gave us confidence that we were in good hands. The trip itself was absolutely amazing. The atmosphere on board was relaxed and enjoyable with nice music and well stocked bar. Lunch was another highlight. The food was delicious, fresh, and full of flavour. The service was excellent — attentive, friendly, and professional throughout the entire experience. Everything felt well…”
Escape Istanbul for a full-day Princes’ Islands cruise with hotel transfers, lunch, sea views, and stops at Buyukada and a second island.
“This was such a great way to see Prince’s Islands- it was a very fun day and everything was seamless.”
Review of the Fethiye Oludeniz boat trip to Butterfly Valley and six islands, with swim stops, lunch, pickup details, costs, and practical tips.
“This boat tour was amazing. Everything was super easy from the booking, payment and getting picked up from our apartment and driven to Oludeniz where the cruise started. The boat was big enough for 80 plus people. It had a great covered section downstairs where you could sit and enjoy the views and tables to eat lunch and a nice upper deck which was partly shaded for those wanting to enjoy the Sun. The staff were amazing, very courteous, helpful and fun. The lunch was delicious. Had a choice of fish or chicken with heaps of side dishes. It was prepared fresh on the day and cooked on a bbq…”
Review the Göcek 12 Islands boat trip from Sarigerme, with hotel pickup, five bays, lunch, swimming stops, costs, and practical tips.
“The pickup and drop off from hotels in Sarigerme were seamless and punctual. The cost was very reasonable. My booking w Getmyguide was cancelled last min due to overbooking, but Viator had availability. I was happy to get a spot on this boat for a day outing. The lunch was also delicious, we paid a bit extra to get grilled dorade instead of chicken. The only downside was the boat, it doesn’t have a lot of shade on the upper deck and the benches are not so comfy. The other boats parked at pier seemed nicer. You can also walk to Sarigerme town center and get this tour for 30…”
Review of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands cruise to Kınalıada and Büyükada, with private boat, buffet lunch, hotel transfer, timing, and value advice.
“A really great trip. Like always on trips of this type I found myself surrounded by families & couples..., but it gave me a chance to put my foot on 2 islands for a very reasonable price.”
Review of Istanbul’s Princes Islands tour to Heybeliada and Büyükada, with ferry rides, hotel pickup, lunch options, island time, and practical tips.
“Bukadaya island is very pretty and pleasant to walk around . There was however no effort by the tour guide to give a proper introduction to what to expect and the bus ride around the island would have been a more informative experience had there been a guided tour by way of shirt explanations as to what each area was meant to represent. The boats toilet facilities are extremely poor and in a pretty deplorable states Lot of improvement required to make this activity enjoyable The guides need to communicate and explain what to expect instead of leaving the customer to make assumptions”
Review of Fethiye’s Blue Lagoon and Butterfly Valley boat trip, with swimming stops, lunch, costs, crowd levels, and practical booking advice.
“The crew really couldn’t do enough for you and was so well organised. But we were 40 mins late setting off. We only got an hour at the Butterfly Island and we paid to do the walk which we were told would take 35 mins there and back. This just couldn’t be done and we had to turn back without reaching the end … very disappointing. Lovely lunch we had the chicken.”
Review of Istanbul’s Princes’ Islands tour, with boat rides, island walks, lunch, hotel pickup, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“Used very uncomfortable public transport which took 1.45, very crowded and noisy. Eventually reached Prince’s’ Island, a horrible dirty place. We walked through a couple of streets to wait in the blazing sun for ONE hour (it can be much longer apparently) to wait for a silly 25 minute Electical buggy trip that isn’t worth it according to our fellow passengers. We went off and did our own thing. We then had lunch at an organised restaurant then there was an hour’s free time. The place was so dirty and horrible we went home on the first boat available, an even more cramped one hour 45 minute trip. We felt…”
Review of Marmaris’ 7-hour bays and islands boat trip, with lunch, swimming stops, drinks, Turunc visit, value tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Trip was nice, good atmosphere and music, was great adventures.”
Fethiye’s 12 Islands boat tour combines four swim stops, Turkish lunch, hotel pickup, and beautiful coastal views for $65.
“Super chill, great vibes, the photographer was amazing!!! Shoutout to Kemal! Beautiful scenery and wonderful crew🫶🏽”
Review of Fethiye’s 12 Islands boat trip, with swimming stops, lunch, practical tips, costs, drawbacks, and booking advice.
“Look the tour and service was good, the boat, facilities and service was good. No complaints. Bit was off to a rough start by the tour company giving us the wrong name of the boat we got on but picked us up after the confusion. The islands were okay nothing out of this world but okay. Anyone looking for a chill day with cold water then perfect. The water of oludeniz was nicer. All in all experience was passable but boat and facilities were still good.”
Review of Istanbul’s private Princes’ Islands tour, with ferry travel, Büyükada, Aya Yorgi Church, museum time, and practical booking advice.
“There are actually 4 islands, make sure you ask which one you are going to because the biggest island is the furthest, 2 hours on a ferry which is not made clear on itinerary. The biggest island is the one with the church and orphanage in the itinerary. So on realising this when we got on the ferry, we opted for going to Island no2, smaller and quieter and is full of cats, if you are a cat lover, its brilliant. Guide gives you cat food too. Lovely walk up the hill to the top of the island has beautiful views. In all honesty it's the perfect spot for a…”
Swim in clear Aegean bays, visit Kamelya and Rabbit Islands, and enjoy lunch, drinks, hotel transfers, and a full day at sea.
“We had a great trip. Beautiful places, tasty food, good music, very relaxing day, good memories. I would recommend it.”
Every kind of island day we have been out on.
