Full-Day Tour of Princes' Islands

We loved the smooth journey , the views , however the quality of the meal was below average. Our tour guides did not give us enough time on the island. The rest of everything was fine.

The transfer was very long. We had to go to a different hotel and wait a long time for the transfer bus. The transfer bus went on a long detour to other hotels. If we had known, we would have made our own way there or got a taxi. We were supposed to arrive in time to leave at 9.30. The boat did not leave until 10.30. There was only one hour at the first island and two hours at the second. It was not enough time to go anywhere on the island because we were concerned about getting back to the boat in time. It was too much money to rent a bike for such a short time and it was too hilly to explore by bike (especially in such a short time). The experience was supposed to include a guided tour. There was no guided tour of the island and the little information that was given on the boat was limited and difficult to understand. A very average lunch was served on the boat where we were squashed in with all the other passengers canteen style. It would have been a better idea to have lunch on the island- at least there would be something to do there in the limited time available. I'm sure that the trip information described us returning at about 6pm and that the trip would last all day. Instead we left at about 3pm.

This was the most painless and value for money tour I have come across in a while! I booked online and paid for the trip the afternoon prior to the trip, and within a few minutes of payment I received confirmation of the booking from headout. About an hour later I received communication from All Tours Istanbul regarding the details of the pickup shuttle. I was most impressed by the promptness of everything. Our party of 6 was ready at 7:45am as per the email requested, by 8am the bus driver was outside the hotel and came into the lobby to fetch us. There were other stops for other tour passengers along the way which took another hour and a half but we didn't mind at all as we got to see more of the city during the drive. We eventually reached the boat and were welcomed onboard and seated. Everyone on the boat and from All tours were professional, friendly and helpful. The cruise was enjoyable with drinks and snacks available (albeit expensive) . We docked at Heybeliada and had one hour to look around. The weather was perfect and we loved everything. We got back on to the boat to go across to buyukada and were immediately seated for a lovely lunch (we all enjoyed it). At buyukada we had around 2.5 hours on the island to take in the sights, enjoy the offerings and even smoke some Shisha. We boarded the boat at 3:30pm and promptly departed for the mainland. Once again the All Tours Istanbul staff were very organized, and grouped us by hotel and put us in our respective busses. We were dropped off at our hotel around 6:30pm. I would definitely recommend this, but have to state that the tours are executed by All Tours Istanbul and they did a fantastic job.

loved the tour, but hated the way you trapped us into going to the leather store/fashion store before we were able to catch our transport back to the hotel

The island was beautiful and also the photo team on the ship was super friendly. The trip was really worth it, thank you.