Guide Istanbul - Your tour guide Mine Karahan

This is a lovely tour on a sunny Istanbul Day. The tour starts at 9:45 a.m. If you have booked the tour, you are taken from your hotel to the ferry station by a van and tour guide. If you want to go on your own, the ferry leaves at 10:20 a.m from Eminonu,Port ADALAR. First you purchase your tickets and get on the ferry. It takes about 40 minutes to get to the islands. The largest and mostly populated island is called “The Grand Island”(BUYUKADA)”. You watch the names of the stations and leave the ferry at that station. There’s no motor vehicle on the island, so you hire a horse cartridge and enjoy being on the island. If you hire a horse car, you ask for “Kucuk Tur”(Kuchuk Tour) meaning “Small tour”. The car takes you around, you see beautiful, old houses,lovely gardens,roses and breathe the fresh air. At a hill, the driver stops to refresh the horses,so you can stop by a café and drink some refreshments.This tour takes about 1 hour,15 minutes, so after you finish the tour, you make the payment. If you like, you can hire bikes and enjoy the island by bicyles. At the very top of the island, there’s a lovely Church called “Hagia Yorgi”. There was a considerably big Greek population on the island and it was their church. This church is still in service.

If you like to have a great meal, you can walk down to the shore and find a cozy restaurant. Nice sea food and fresh fish as well as fresh salad is available in those restaurants. You can check the departure time from the island back to the city from the ticket office next to the restaurant area. Another ticket must be purchased for your return.