It was nice to spend the night on the ship in Istanbul- guests went ashore for sightseeing and dinner.
Due to the limited flights from Istanbul to San Francisco on British Air, our flight left at 8 am and in order to make the flight we had to disembark at 6am to get our transfer from the ship to the airport.
When I was in the ships computer room printing out our boarding passes I overheard other guests mentioning early flights ie 2am!
Tour books warn that the taxis outside the departure gate do not go by meter but negotiated price and may not be available for such early departures.
We made arrangements for a private transfer which worked out great.
I suggested that the cruise line offer a shuttle service for their guests in order for them to have a safe reasonably priced trip to the airport keeping in mind most cruisers were over 60 and in good to fair health.
Istanbul is a city I would visit again.
My only comment is that not many Turkish people involved with tourists speak English ie taxi drivers, hotel staff, etc. We found more English speaking Turks in central Turkey who worked in the hotels, bus drivers etc.
Due to the limited flights from Istanbul to San Francisco on British Air, our flight left at 8 am and in order to make the flight we had to disembark at 6am to get our transfer from the ship to the airport.
When I was in the ships computer room printing out our boarding passes I overheard other guests mentioning early flights ie 2am!
Tour books warn that the taxis outside the departure gate do not go by meter but negotiated price and may not be available for such early departures.
We made arrangements for a private transfer which worked out great.
I suggested that the cruise line offer a shuttle service for their guests in order for them to have a safe reasonably priced trip to the airport keeping in mind most cruisers were over 60 and in good to fair health.
Istanbul is a city I would visit again.
My only comment is that not many Turkish people involved with tourists speak English ie taxi drivers, hotel staff, etc. We found more English speaking Turks in central Turkey who worked in the hotels, bus drivers etc.
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