When your cruise ship docks in istanbul head out on a 35 hour shore excursion to visit the citys famous spice bazaar and then cruise along the bosphorus strait travel between each site by coach as an onboard guide talks about the citys history and make the most of free time at the bazaar to browse its colorful and aromatic produce at leisure then hop aboard a sightseeing boat and admire dolmabahe palace rumeli hisar fortress and other grand mosques and fortresses that line the bosphor