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A private yacht on the Bosphorus: how many to make it pay?

Istanbul, before you go

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Private · on the water

A private yacht on the Bosphorus: how many to make it pay?

The answer

Worth it from seven people, with nobody else on deck. Two people should take the ferry.

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TicketHagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Basilica Cistern: one ticket or three?$93.66Tiqets, 12 November 2026
TicketThe Blue Mosque with a guide, the Cistern and a Bosphorus cruise$66.29Tiqets, 12 November 2026

Where we walked

5 placesGalataSet off in the day while the tower is open and finish on the promenade at Rıhtım Caddesi. You get the cobbled lanes and the sea in one walk.
PhotographsÇukurcuma
PhotographsTeşvikiye

Istanbul in photographs

A cobbled street at night climbing along a wall of ivy and graffiti, Istanbul — Istanbul Çukurcuma2023

Istanbul's Asian shore from the air, the city packed from the coast road and park up to the hills — Istanbul2023

A cobbled lane in Galata between an ivy-covered wall and old shutters — Galata2023

Another city

The Thames at dusk from the South Bank, St Paul's in the distance

LondonOne answer, two walks