No matter how little time you have for visiting Istanbul, you have to take a boat trip along the Bosphorus. All boats zigzag the Bosporus stopping alternately at a European and an Asian port. The best time to take the boat is on a warm summer’s evening so that you get to see the sunset and, if lucky, full moon over the city.
There is a public service ferry that does the full length or privately run boats that also offer shorter routes
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The Bosphorous boat leaves Emininou at 10.35 each morning - taking 1hr 20 to snake up the river to a really lovely fishing village, with a picturesque castle a short hike away. Lovely places to have lunch there. The boat returns at 15.00 or so. This is the best day trip out from Istanbul. Beware that there is only one trip per day.
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