It's a significant body of water, as wide or a bit wider than the Hudson at New York City; the bridge you see here is almost exactly the same length as the George Washington Bridge:
It is extremely heavily trafficked, by freighters, cruise ships, passenger and rail ferries, and pleasure craft. Amazingly, amid all this traffic, fishermen find room to spread their nets:
On both sides the Bosphorus is lined by palaces, mansions, ruined castles and apartment houses:
If you take a Bosphorus cruise, you can go far enough north (about 30 miles) that you can see the entrance to the Black Sea:
We almost didn't do this, but it ended up being one of the highlights of the trip.
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