Turkey · MOSQUES AND RELIGIOUS SITES
The Blue Mosque still holds five prayers a day and closes around each of them, which catches out most visitors. These 15 time their visits around the calls, cover the dress requirements and pair the mosques with Hagia Sophia and the cistern next door.
Visit Istanbul’s Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia with a guide, reserved tickets, headsets, and easy Galataport pickup for $39.
“The tour was excellent and our guide Cigdem was both passionate and incredibly knowledgeable, bringing history and culture to life with engaging stories and insights. Her enthusiasm made the experience unforgettable.”
Review of Istanbul’s Blue Mosque guided tour, with expert history, architecture, queue advice, free time, and practical value at $19.
“Our guide was very knowledgeable and meeting point was easy to find.”
Tour Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, and Hagia Sophia with a guide, skip-the-line tickets, and time to explore at your own pace.
“Michael, our tour guide was very knowledgeable, informative, engaging and easy to follow. He looked after the group and we got to see everything we wanted to and more.”
Explore Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, and Hagia Sophia with an English-speaking guide, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Ali , our guide was extremely good. We enjoyed our experience in the sites & Ali patiently explained all the details to us! The tour was also on time & we could locate our guide easily! Highly recommended!!”
Review of Istanbul’s 3-hour Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia tour, with priority tickets, an English guide, Hippodrome stops, and practical tips.
“DO NOT take this tour without a guide! This tour was interesting and fun only because of our guide, Fatih Mehmet! He was so chirpy, fun and excited to show us around. He has good knowledge of the history of these mosques.”
See a 55-minute Whirling Dervish ceremony beside Hagia Sophia, with live Turkish music, cultural guidance, and tea or sherbet for $17.
“I just had a hard time fully understanding the guide because he was speaking a bit too fast. But appart from that it was an amazing experience, I learnt a lot and I was mesmerized by this mystical dance. Thank you!”
Compare Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque with flexible entry, audio guides, timing tips, dress rules, and honest advice on whether the $35 ticket is worth it.
“We booked the skip the line ticket because when we visited in the morning the queue was extremely long. However, going back later in the day, there was no queue and so the ticket was unnecessary.”
Review of Istanbul Highlights, a small-group walking tour covering Hagia Sophia, Topkapı, Blue Mosque, bazaars, lunch, and more.
“Okay, so unlike my fellow attendees, I did not read the reviews on this experience. And I must admit that even if I did, I still would have been blown away! Ozzie was so knowledgeable and transparent at the complicated history and culture of the people of Turkey. I literally learned so much in so little amount of time. He was patient and kind with us. And he is an excellent photographer as well lol. I am so delighted and if you are like I am, always asking why? This is the tour for you!!!”
Walk through Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and Suleymaniye Mosque with a guide, local drink, and optional skip-the-line access.
“The tour was great and well worth its value. Muhammed is an amazing guide!!”
Review the 3-hour Istanbul tour of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and Sultanahmet Square, with practical tips on value, timing, and entry.
“Our guide was courteous and knowledgeable. The tour would be better if we had headphones to hear the guide from various distances, We wear hearing aids and cannot hear everything the guide says. Importantly we had "poor" and limited instruction where to meet our guide; we only got helpful instructions from a competitive guide who instructed us the meat our guide at the German Fountain.”
Taste Istanbul street food, watch a Sufi dervish ceremony, and enjoy an unlimited kebab dinner with private hotel-area transport.
“This is a very authentic experience. It starts with a couple of local treats, followed by the dancing ceremony and then kebab dinner in a local excellent restaurant. Sule, my guide, was very knowledgeable and open to answer all sorts of questions. Highly recommend!”
Review of Istanbul’s Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia tour, with skip-the-line tickets, expert guides, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Great information, worth the crowds and definitely go with a knowledgeable aviators guide who is well trained”
Explore Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, and Grand Bazaar on a guided four-hour tour for $41.
“We must be the luckiest people in the world to get Baris as a tour guide for our first visit to Istanbul. Our hotel was just outside their pickup area but were willing to pick us up at our hotel. Nobody else was on our tour so we got a private tour from Baris! The knowledge in his head of history and Instanbul was AMAZING, interesting, and fun. He was super flexible and willing to answer any question, explore alternate areas we were interested in. Our tour ran longer than planned and I never felt he was rushing to go somewhere he was more than happy to help us, answer…”
Review of Istanbul’s four-hour Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and Grand Bazaar walk, with costs, timing, guides and practical tips.
“Our guide was great! He gave all the basic facts plus a bunch of interesting and humorous commentary. I felt like the amount of time in each place was perfect. If you have a very short time in Istanbul, this is the most efficient way to see the most essential things.”
See Chora Mosque’s Byzantine mosaics and frescoes in Istanbul with a skip-the-line ticket, prayer-time tips, dress rules, and practical advice.
“Worth to go, for women please bring a scarf to cover the head”
The coast, the caves, the old stones and the bazaars.
