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.