Boarding from 19:30 at Eminönü Pier, the lines come off at 21:00, and the year turns at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge. Gala dinner, open bar, live show, DJ and hotel transfer are in the price; the boat is back between 01:30 and 02:00.
from €130 per person · early bookingTickets are limited; VIP and window-side tables even more so.
Thursday 31 December 2026 · boarding from 19:30
0–3: free · 4–9: child price · 10 and over: adult price. You choose the table and how to book in the next step.
New Year's Eve in Istanbul is usually a choice between a crowded square and a hotel ballroom. This is the third option: a table on the Bosphorus, a gala dinner and a party on board, and midnight where the bridge lights are.
On 31 December 2026 boarding opens from 19:30 at Eminönü Pier, on the old city's waterfront, a minute from the T1 Eminönü tram stop and about ten minutes' walk from Sultanahmet. The lines come off at 21:00. The gala dinner is served at your table, the live show runs through the evening, and the year turns at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge, with fireworks going up along both shores.
The boat is back at Eminönü between 01:30 and 02:00. Hotel transfer is in the price for hotels in our pickup areas — the same areas as our nightly cruise — and our team sends you the pickup time.
There are three tables — standard, private and VIP — and two ways to book: with a 30% deposit at the early-booking price, which reserves your table, or as a request without a deposit. Gala dinner, open bar, show, DJ and transfer come with every table.
From the pier to the pier. Boarding, departure and the return are tied to the clock; dinner and the show follow the boat.
Boarding opens from 19:30. The crew finds your name and walks you to your table.
Away from the old city's waterfront and up the Bosphorus, with the palaces and the shore lit up for the night.
Served at your table: nine mezes and starters, hot starters, oven-roasted turkey with pilaf, and baklava. The open bar is open all night.
Belly dance, Anatolian folk dances, the Caucasian knife show, live percussion and live violin — on the stage and between the tables.
Before midnight the boat makes its way to Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge. Bring your coat: the view is best from the deck.
The countdown, the bridge lights, and fireworks going up along both shores — the city's own celebration, seen from the water.
The party goes on and the dance floor belongs to our guests as the boat comes back down the Bosphorus.
Hotel transfer guests are driven back; Sultanahmet is about ten minutes' walk from the pier.
The show's running order is not fixed to an hour.
“At midnight you are at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge: the bridge lights above you and fireworks going up along both shores.”
New Year's Eve in Istanbul, seen from the water
Late December on the water is cold — bring a coat for the deck at midnight and leave it at your table for the rest of the night.
Prepared for this one night and served at your table, course by course, while the boat goes up the Bosphorus.
Nine to share: cold mezes, cheese and olives, raw vegetables, crisps and nibbles.
Chicken nuggets, chicken croquettes, potato croquettes and börek.
Oven-roasted turkey with pilaf.
Two pieces of baklava.
Soft drinks and the open bar are included all night: rakı, beer, gin, vodka, white and red wine, and champagne. The price is the same whether you drink or not.
The New Year's Eve programme, on the stage and between the tables.
The running order is not fixed to an hour.
Watch a short video of the evening and the showThree tables, each with the gala dinner, open bar, show, DJ and hotel transfer. Prices are per person: children up to three are free, from four to nine they pay the child price, and from ten the adult price applies.
At a table with other guests.
Children 0–3 free
A table for your party only — no sharing.
Children 0–3 free
Window-side or in front of the stage, for your party only.
Children 0–3 free
Tickets are limited; VIP and window-side tables even more so.
Your table is reserved at the early-booking price and your ticket arrives on WhatsApp or Telegram straight away. Our team sends the payment link between 16:00 and 20:00 Istanbul time and the deposit is paid online. The deposit secures your table; it is not refunded if you cancel or do not join the cruise. The balance is paid on board.
We note your request, but no table is held and no ticket is sent yet. Pay the deposit whenever you are ready: your table is then reserved and the early-booking price applies. Until then, the table is not guaranteed.
31 December is an ordinary working day in Turkey and 1 January is a public holiday, so the city celebrates on the night itself. Taksim and İstiklal fill with crowds, Nişantaşı and Bağdat Avenue put up their lights, the big hotels run gala dinners, and the Bosphorus shore from Ortaköy to Bebek is where people go to see midnight. A New Year's Eve cruise puts you on the water side of that view, with dinner, the party and the countdown on board.
Yes. Istanbul Night Cruise sails on 31 December 2026 from Eminönü Pier with a gala dinner, an open bar, a live show and a DJ, and the year turns at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge. Prices start at €130 per person with early booking.
From the water. The bridge is lit for the night, fireworks go up along both shores, and there is nobody standing in front of you. On a boat you also do not have to leave a crowded square at half past midnight looking for a taxi.
At midnight fireworks go up all along both shores of the Bosphorus — the city's own celebration — and the deck of a boat at Ortaköy, under the bridge lights, is one of the best places to watch them.
Cold and often wet: daytime temperatures around eight to ten degrees, lower on the water at midnight, and a real chance of rain or wind. Dinner and the show are indoors; bring a coat for the deck at midnight.
Hotel transfer is in the price for hotels in our pickup areas, the same areas as our nightly cruise, and our team sends you the pickup time. Hotels in Sultanahmet are about ten minutes' walk from Eminönü Pier, and taxis are scarce right after midnight everywhere in the city.
Yes. Couples often choose the VIP table, window-side or in front of the stage; families come because children up to three are free and four- to nine-year-olds pay the child price; groups of friends take a private table of their own.
Tickets are limited, and VIP and window-side tables even more so. Booking with the deposit reserves your table at the early-booking price; a request without a deposit holds no table until the deposit is paid.
From €130 per person. With the 30% deposit (early booking) the standard table is €130 per person and €110 per child aged four to nine, the private table €155 and €135, and the VIP table €180 and €160. The regular prices, for a request without a deposit, are €165, €195 and €225. Children up to three are free, and from ten the adult price applies.
The New Year's Eve sailing from Eminönü Pier, the gala dinner, the open bar all night with soft drinks, the live show, the DJ and the countdown at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge, plus hotel transfer for hotels in our pickup areas. Every table includes all of it.
Boarding opens from 19:30 on 31 December 2026 at Eminönü Pier and the boat casts off at 21:00. Midnight is at Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge, and the boat is back at Eminönü between 01:30 and 02:00 on 1 January.
Eminönü Pier, on the old city's waterfront beside the Galata Bridge. The T1 tram stops at Eminönü, about a minute's walk away; Sirkeci station on the Marmaray line is about five minutes on foot, and from Sultanahmet it is about ten minutes' walk downhill. With the hotel transfer you are driven to the pier. The boarding details come with your ticket.
At Ortaköy, under the lights of the Bosphorus Bridge. The boat takes its position before midnight, so the countdown, the bridge lights and the fireworks along both shores are all in view from the deck.
At midnight fireworks go up all along both shores of the Bosphorus. They are the city's own celebration, and from the deck you see both shores at once.
Nine mezes and starters to share, hot starters — chicken nuggets, chicken and potato croquettes, börek — then oven-roasted turkey with pilaf, and two pieces of baklava. A vegetarian plate is prepared if you ask for it when you book.
Yes. The open bar is included all night — rakı, beer, gin, vodka, white and red wine and champagne — with soft drinks. The price is the same whether you drink or not; there is no alcohol-free price.
Belly dance, Anatolian folk dances, the Caucasian knife show, live percussion and live violin, then the midnight countdown and a DJ. The running order is not fixed to an hour.
At the standard table you sit with other guests. The private table is for your party only. The VIP table is also for your party only and stands by the window or in front of the stage. Window-side tables are VIP tables; there is no separate window or romantic-table extra on New Year's Eve.
When you book with the deposit, 30% of the price is paid online through a link our team sends on WhatsApp between 16:00 and 20:00 Istanbul time. The deposit secures your table; it is not refunded if you cancel or do not join the cruise. Your ticket is then updated to show the deposit as received, and the balance is paid on board.
If the cruise cannot take place because of us, or because the Harbour Master closes the Bosphorus, your deposit is refunded in full. It is not refunded only if you cancel or do not join the cruise. New Year's Eve is a one-night event, so it cannot be moved to another date. None of our New Year's Eve nights has been cancelled so far.
Yes, as a request: we note it, but no table is held and no ticket is sent yet. Pay the deposit whenever you are ready — your table is then reserved and the early-booking price applies.
When the deposit is paid. With early booking your ticket comes on WhatsApp or Telegram straight away, and it is sent again marked as deposit received once the payment arrives.
On board on the night, in cash in euro, US dollars, pounds sterling or Turkish lira, or by card. Card payments carry a 10% card surcharge.
No. Booking early with the deposit is the most advantageous way to book the night.
Yes. Children up to three are free, from four to nine they pay the child price of the table you choose, and from ten the adult price applies. There are no high chairs on board.
Yes, at no extra cost, for hotels in our pickup areas — the same areas as our nightly cruise. Our team sends you the pickup time.
There is no dress code, but it is New Year's Eve and our guests dress up for the night. Bring a coat for the deck at midnight.
Dinner and the show are indoors, in heated salons kept at around 21–24 °C. The deck is open air, so bring a coat for the countdown.
Your ticket comes on WhatsApp or Telegram, in your language, as soon as the booking is made with the deposit option.
Yes — write to us on WhatsApp or Telegram and we will plan the tables with you.
Ask us on WhatsApp or Telegram — we answer every question about the night there, in your language.
Choose your table and how to book in the form on this page — it sends your booking to us on WhatsApp or Telegram — or write to us directly.
No. The nightly cruise is a three-hour dinner cruise at a lower price. New Year's Eve is one night with its own tables, gala menu, open bar, hotel transfer and midnight on the water.
31 December 2026. Choose your table now — tickets are limited.
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