Cruise to Princes’ Island – Walk-in Buyukada Tour

Tour Info:

Tour Days: Everyday – All year round
Duration: Full day
Status: Regular (also available in private basis)
Pick up time: To be confirmed

Highlights:

• Deluxe Golf Car
• Splendid Hotel
• Wooden Houses
• Three Hours Boat Trip

Itinerary:

After picking you up from your hotel we will transfer you to Eminonu pier for our journey to Buyukada, literally, Big Island in Turkish is the Princes’ Island.

Largest and most populated of the Princes’ Islands Buyukada was used as an exile destination and as a monastery region during the Byzantine Christian period. During the Byzantium history, the island was also used as a prison for those who were opposing the Emperor.

It was Buyukada where the Byzantine empresses Irene and Zoe and Anna Dalassena were sent on exile. After his deportation from the Soviet Union in February 1929, Leon Trotsky also stayed for four years on Buyukada.

While visiting the mansions, palaces, churches, convents, and much more in Buyukada we will have our lunch in a traditional fish restaurant close to the Buyukada pier. After the tour we will take a boat cruise back to Istanbul, upon arrival in Istanbul we will transfer you back to your hotel.