Save time and money with this combo ticket & tour, and enjoy hassle-free access to the Hagia Sophia and the Basilica Cistern & benefit of an Old City highlights tour.
- Skip the ticket lines at Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern
- Enjoy audio guides on your smartphone in various languages
- Benefit of the included Old City hightlights tour
- Get the most important information and orientation tips from an official tour guide
- Stay inside the museums as long as you want
- Feel free to explore the museums at your own pace and listen to the audio guides
Explore Istanbul’s most famous attractions, the Basilica Cistern, and the Old City with its majestic Hagia Sophia.
Meet your guide at the Dsign Cafe in front of the Turkish and Islamic Art Museum located on the Hippodrome, right next to Egyptian Obelisk. Check out Istanbul's greatest monuments on a old city tour, continue to the Basilica Cistern, and exlore afterwards the Hagia Sophia from outside.
Tour Program:
- Discover the Old City and acquire knowledge of the Byzantine & Ottoman empire
- Explore the 1,500-year-old Basilica Cistern, famous for its Medusa heads and many Hollywood Blockbusters
- Free time for pictures at Basilica Cistern
- Admire the Hagia Sophia from outside and inside the largest Christian church in the world for 1,000 years
- Enjoy unlimited stay inside the Hagia Sophia
The tour ends at the entrance of the Hagia Sophia entrance, get your skip the line tickets from your guide and keep on exploring inside with an audio guide on your own smartphone.
- English-speaking tour guide
- 30-minute Old City tour
- 30-minute Basilica Cistern tour and skip-the-line tickets
- 30-minute free time at Basilica Cistern
- 30-minute Hagia Sophia Mosque tour from outside
- Hagia Sophia skip the line tickets
- Basilica Cistern and Hagia Sophia audio guide on your smartphone
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food & drinks
We skip the ticket lines, but we can not skip the security lines. In the high season the security lines can take up to 30 minutes.
What to bring
- Headscarf for the Hagia Sophia
Not allowed
- Short skirts & Shorts
Know before you go
- Women must cover their hair and shoulders. Scarves are available for 100 TRY.
- Men & women must cover their knees. If you weare shorts you can buy a bodycover for 100 TRY.
- Only Turkish citizens are allowed in the prayer area of Hagia Sophia.
- This Hagia Sophia ticket gives you access to the Visiting Area & Upper gallery not the prayer area.
- Non rimborsabile
Immagini dei clienti
The experience is very good. 100 percent recommended. A must-see place. You must visit him sometime in life
My boyfriend and I took the guided tour of the Basilica Cistern, Blue Mosque and Haghia Sophia. Our guide, Buse, besides being nice and helpful, was very good and engaging for all three hours: precise historical notions and interesting anecdotes made the visits definitely unforgettable!
Very nice and passionate guy, clearly explained everything! Would definitely recommend!
nice tour and nice guide
We had a Great time