Basilica Cistern Skip the Line Ticket and Tour
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Skip the ticket lines at the Basilica Cistern, save valuable time and enjoy the tour with an official Basilica Cistern guide.

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Duration: Flexible
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Live Guide
English
Audio Guide
English, German, Italian, Spanish, French
Highlights

Get ready to discover Istanbul's mysterious underground treasure! With this special tour, you will journey into the depths of history by breathing in the fascinating atmosphere of the Basilica cistern, with the privilege of skipping the long queues.

  • Duration: You can spend as long as you want in the Basilica Cistern.
  • Language Option: Basilica Cistern Audio App is available for iOS and Android in English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. 
  • Guide: Our host will meet you at the exit and take you to the museum.
Description
Discover the Basilica Cistern under the streets of Istanbul on a guided tour. Be amazed by the stunning architecture of the cistern during the tour and gaze at the Medusa Heads. Skip-the-line and avoid the long queue, as you follow your guide through history. Marvel at the engineering of the cistern while hearing the history with a downloadable audio guide. After your guided tour, stay and explore the building at your own pace.  After your museum tour you can stay ...
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Discover the Basilica Cistern under the streets of Istanbul on a guided tour. Be amazed by the stunning architecture of the cistern during the tour and gaze at the Medusa Heads. Skip-the-line and avoid the long queue, as you follow your guide through history.

Marvel at the engineering of the cistern while hearing the history with a downloadable audio guide. After your guided tour, stay and explore the building at your own pace. 

After your museum tour you can stay inside as long as you want and discover the Basilica Cistern on your own pace and listen to the stories in the included audio guide app on your own smartphone.

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Includes
  • English speaking tour guide
  • Skip-the-line entry
  • Audio guide in 5 languages
Excludes
  • Hotel pick up and drop-off
  • We skip the ticket lines but can not skip the security check.
How It Works

Meet your guide at the exit gate of Basilica Cistern. Look for the Istanbul Welcome Card flag. Entry is not possible without a guide.

 

With your guide, you will skip the ticket lines, but we can not skip the security line. During high season the security check can take up to 30 minutes.

 

After your order you will receive your confirmation and the download details for our Basilica Cistern Audio Guide. Please download before the tour.

 

Meet your guide in front of the exit gate of the Basilica Cistern and enter together. Skip the long lines and enjoy a highlights tour and learn interesting facts about the water cistern with an audio guide.

 

You can cancel free of charge up to 24 hourse before.

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Sanjay Kher
Wonderful part of history, well preserved....
Thor / Norway
Amazing Basilica Cistern with a great guide! Definetely deserves a visit ! We really had an enjoyable time in there
Igornrl
Ukraine
Andrea Switzerland
Most amazing place I have ever seen. Many people but always had the chance for a good shot without anybody! A must do in Istanbul
Atmani - Alger
Splendide visite que celle de la Citerne Basilique. Lieu historique par excellence que nous avons bien visité grâce à l’audio guide. Notre guide était à l’heure au rendez vous et nous a fourni toutes les informations utiles à cette visite.
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