GRAND BOAT LİNE BOSPHORUS CRUISE TOUR — Local services in Fatih

Terrible, first of all the boat was over filled with people that you don’t enjoy your trip. The translation: you hear literally nothing. The workers treated us so badly and wanted us to stay inside only because we don’t smoke that was the reason, and when we didn’t accept one of the workers pushed my mom from the chair and hit her with it that caused us to go to the hospital. And when I started filming he started attacking me and pulling my phone from my hands and the other guy who called himself “the boss” started yelling at my father’s face and just pushing everyone in front of him and pulling them from their coats. I am really shocked by how racism they had and aggression it was unbelievable they made us live the worst moment of our lives in the middle of the sea that we spent the rest of the night at the police station and hospital because of their irresponsibility and...

Complete disaster tourist trap. The vendor said the boat departed at 15.30. Then it would be at 15.45. Then they left us at a caffe waiting for other group that would arrive at 16.00. We arrived to the boat at 16.20. The tour ended before 18.00. No information about what we were seeing. No security instructions. I asked if there were lifejackets on board and they thought I was scared instead of simply telling me where they were. Didn’t see any lifejacket. There was said everywhere that face mask was mandatory. Not even the crew were wearing a mask. When I asked the crew they told me that it is a touristic boat and they could not ask people to wear a mask. There was cold outside, everybody was inside, all the windows locked and all the glasses became wet. Perfect for covid spread. No paper on toilet...

The grand boat line bus cruise a relatively inexpensive way to and the city from the water way. Tickets are about €20 although I paid €15 because I got a discount from my hotel. The cruise was about two hours in duration. The main floor has covered seating while the upstairs is uncovered. Both are available and you can choose as per the weather. The day I went was very cold and chilly so everybody was on the main floor. There was a canteen which is severely overpriced.I ordered a hot chocolate for 150 TL which otherwise should’ve been 50 TL. The staff was friendly. It was a budget cruise, so there was nothing luxurious about it but overall, I cannot complain. Definitely worth it if you want to see the main point of the city without...