Maiden's Tower Boat Tickets
Short answer: you don't need a separate boat ticket. Maiden's Tower stands on an islet, entry is only possible by boat, and the crossing from the Üsküdar (Salacak) shore is included in your entry ticket — €34.00 per person, boat, skip-the-ticket-line entry and audio guide together.
Book Entry with Boat Included
How the boat to Maiden's Tower works
Boats shuttle between the Salacak shore in Üsküdar and the tower's islet throughout opening hours — the crossing takes only a few minutes. Show your mobile ticket at the pier, board the next boat, and the return trip is covered by the same ticket. With skip-the-ticket-line boarding you walk past the booth queue at the pier; on busy weekends that queue is the slowest part of the visit.
Where does the boat depart?
From Salacak on the Üsküdar waterfront, the closest point on the Asian shore to the tower. For the exact pier location, ferry connections from the European side and the best routes from Sultanahmet or Taksim, see the how-to-get-there guide on our sibling visitor-guide site — it covers the logistics in full so this page can stay simple: one ticket, boat included.
Boat tours vs. entry tickets
Some Bosphorus cruise boats pass close to Maiden's Tower but do not land on the islet. If you want to actually enter the tower — the museum floors, the audio-guided story and the terrace view — you need the entry ticket with the included shuttle crossing, not a cruise. Both are worth doing; only one gets you inside.