Astounding sight and unique situation. We went ashore independently, taking a local bus to varied destinations. Read Less

This port was changed on itinerary from Instanbul to Athens Read Less

The ship did not go to Istanbul Read Less

Did not go as changes made to itinerary Read Less

Itinerary changed, no stop in Istanbul. Read Less

Wonderful city but watch out for the shoe shine scam!!! Read Less

We had visited Istanbul before. We went ashore twice by ourselves. Once for an afternoon and evening. Once for a morning and afternoon. Mostly revisited sites and neighborhoods we had seen before. Great city! Read Less

Incredible. Read Less

On our own ... we saw the "A" list ... Topkapi, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, the spice market, the cistern ... etc. Read Less

Fun and relaxing. Read Less

A delight for the senses. Read Less

Amazing. Hauntingly beautiful. Read Less

I just got off port side. Didn't feel safe going any further. People at port side were friendly. Read Less

Tour of main sites was quite good with smaller group due to security - nice lunch. Boat cruise was on a rainy night so it was hard to see out windows. Dinner was OK but it was very noisy. Not sure it was worth it. Read Less

Istanbul was cancelled and Athens, Greece was added. We used a private guide that took us to many of the sites such as the Acropolis, Syntagma Square for changing of the guards, the Ancient Agora, and the Panathenaic Stadium. After touring the city, we went to the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio. Read Less

Local guide was superb. Read Less

Very neat to see the city this way, it's quite beautiful. Read Less

Wonderful. Got a bit carried away at the spice market, bought baklava (which was strangely awful) and they have VERY high pressure sales. Stand your ground, and when you only want two of something and they vacuum-seal a dozen, make them re-do it, you didn't ask for that. Read Less

Really enjoyed the perspective from the water. This was unexpected but a good use of the amount of time we had in Istanbul Read Less

Excellent, only wish there was more time to see other attractions. Read Less

Travelled independently, planned our itinerary in advance and saw everything we intended to. No hassles from hawkers. Read Less

Very good organised, saw a lot of different people and beautiful to see the history. Read Less

Nice shopping experience Read Less

Good overall experiences Read Less

Istanbul is an amazing city. Highly recommend either a guided tour or independent research before going. It isn't marked well from the cruise dock as to how to get to the various sites. They are redoing the port now so that may change in the future. We had advice from a friend who lived there are several years, so we had a great idea of where to go and how to get there, but I could see someone not familiar having issues getting around without a plan of where to go. Read Less