What the New Year's Eve night looks like
One sailing, one long night: dinner and the show while the city glides past, the countdown at Ortaköy, then music until the early hours.
Boarding opens at 19:30 at Eminönü Pier. The boat departs at 21:00; dinner is served at your table as we sail past the palaces, the waterfront mansions and the illuminated mosques of both shores, and the show begins — oriental dance, folk dances, the Caucasian knife show, live percussion and violin.
Towards midnight we reach Ortaköy and stop under the Bosphorus Bridge for the countdown. Both shores celebrate, the bridge changes colour, and the open deck is the best place in Istanbul to watch it from.
After midnight the DJ takes over until we are back at Eminönü Pier between 01:30–02:00. Your transfer takes you back to your hotel.
The open bar (rakı, beer, gin, vodka, wine, champagne) and soft drinks are included all night.
