Public Ferry and Tour
Istanbul Şehir Hatları Co. Inc. operates on 14 lines with 34 conventional ferries and serves 45 points in Istanbul. It’s a public ferry service and is part of IDO (Istanbul Deniz Otobüsleri AŞ).
Visit Şehir Hatlari’s interactive map to view the details of the four different IDO ferry line services. Each one is colour-coded, and this is synched up to the Title (and the Turkish name in brackets) below:
- The Bosphorus Line ((Boğaz))
- Bosphorus Commuter Line
- Bosphorus Cruise Line
- Bosphorus Tour Cruise Home Page
- Bosphorus Tours Fares
- Timetable for the Short Cruise (2 hours non-stop)
- Timetable for the Full Bosphorus Cruise (6 hours)
- Timetable for the Sunset Cruise (varies depending on departure – check Timetable)
- The Golden Horn Line ((Haliç))
- The Prince’s Island Line ((Adalar))
- Kabataş – Kadiköy – Prince’s Island Line
- Timetable for Prince’s Island
- Europe – Asia Connection Lines ((Merkez))
Winter Timetable Home Page for all Şehir Hatlari Ferry Lines
This winter timetable runs to June 19th — but as of the 24th, it hasn’t been updated with the summer timetable. I’ll update the link when it’s been updated.
List of the Sehir Hatlari Piers
Additional Notes:
- Eminönü is a good departure point for most of the destinations, except for Prince’s Island, where you should depart from Kabataş
- Şehir Hatları website homepage
- IDO website homepage
- TRADITIONAL FERRIES. The Older, slender white ferries on the Şehir Hatları (City Routes) depart from the East (Bosphorus) side of the Galata Bridge.
- Here’s a route map. They’re operated by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
An alternative to these IDO ferries are the Turyol Line ferries, which run the same routes.
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Francois Filmalter
December 15, 2011 at 12:42 am (UTC -7)
Is there a ferry service between Haydarpasa and Eminonu on Sundays in June ? If so please give all relavant info . Thank you
Roving Jay
December 15, 2011 at 9:11 am (UTC -7)
Hi Francois – check out this Ferry page on Turkey Travel Planner for more details. Looks like you have to go from Kadikoy rather than Eminounu.
TURKEY TRAVEL PLANNER
Here’s a exerpt from Tom’s site below:
TurYol Eminönü İskelesi
TurYol boats for Bosphorus cruise, Üsküdar, Haydarpaşa & Kadıköy. TurYol ferryboat signs are clear and straightforward.
Kadıköy (Evliya Çelebi) İskelesiŞehir Hatları ferries to Kadıköy every 15 or 20 minutes, some stopping at Haydarpaşa Train Station, the terminus for trains to and from Anatolia (ie, most of Turkey). If you’re going to the station, be sure to ask if the ferry stops there. Otherwise, you’ll have to alk around the cove or take a short taxi ride from Kadıköy to get there. Ferries from Karaköy/Galata, at the northern end of the Galata Bridge, go to Haydarpaşa (more reliably) and Kadıköy.
Turyol Bosphorus Tour & Traditional Ferry Service, Istanbul
May 31, 2011 at 7:16 am (UTC -7)
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