Hagia Sophia Mosque
765 reviews
June 9, 2024
Well, how can you be in Istanbul and not visit St. Sophia! Living history! Yes, they are allowed only on the 2nd floor; yes, many mosaics are curtained. But what amazing sensations arise when you feel the spirit of the centuries! Ideally, it is better to come to the opening, then the queue is smaller. Or buy a ticket in advance (via Satellite, for example) - then you will pass without queuing at all. Yes, it's not cheap, but how can you not visit it?!
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July 17, 2024
Be sure to visit this mosque, it is very beautiful and admires with its size, history and decoration. The tour takes place on the 2nd floor, the ticket price is not cheap, there is an interactive guide.
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November 5, 2024
I do not recommend this place for tourists. Only if you want to spend over a lot of time waiting in line and waste the amount for the entrance ticket. It's better to walk around the city and have a snack with dessert San Sebastian, and admire this place from the street, believe me, it will be more useful this way
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March 11
The beautiful temple (mosque currently) is very beautiful and majestic, I recommend you to visit!!!
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May 21, 2024
To visit Istanbul and not see AveSofia is not to see the heart of the city. It is very unusual: the first floor is a mosque, the second is a Christian temple. Very unusual. It is necessary to get to the second floor and look at it. There is an audio guide inside, you can listen to everything.
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October 11, 2024
There is no point in writing a review about the mosque itself. This is a story, either you love it and it's interesting, or you don't.
But with our ruble exchange rate, the pleasure is not available to everyone. Admission with a guide will cost 45-50 euros per person.
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January 17
Amazing and unique! It would be good to read about the history of this temple beforehand for those who are far from the history of Byzantium and the Ottoman Empire in order to understand and feel the greatness of this place more deeply.
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February 21
It's a very beautiful mosque. From the paid entrance of 20 euros. We went for free 2 years ago. What to give money for now, especially in a mosque — questions! I advise you to go to the Blue Mosque nearby! It is no less beautiful and large-scale, and admission is free.
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March 9
The exterior of the cathedral, and now the mosque, is unique. What surprised me was that first you have to stand in line for tickets, and then you have to stand in the same queue to get inside. That's not quite right, it seems to me.
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November 3, 2024
A unique place. A historical monument of the antiquity of Byzantium. The walls are decorated with various frescoes. Now it has the status of a mosque.
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July 28, 2024
Very beautiful! At the entrance you need a developed one, there are shelves for shoes inside. Stunning frescoes, chandeliers, carpets. There is an opportunity to sit and pray. There are quiet corners on the side
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January 20
I used to be in the Cathedral. There is now a mosque on the ground floor and all Christian symbols are curtained. They took a guide right at the mosque, or rather, he led us past the queues and made a great tour for the price of an entrance ticket.
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December 29, 2024
I've been to St. Sophia more than once, but every time the impression is overwhelming, and I'll definitely see something new, I always make a wish to come back again.
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March 1
A wonderful mosque for both tourist visits and prayer. Everything is clean and tidy.
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February 27
A building with a lot of history.
We have visited before, and on my last trip I was very disappointed that the mosque (formerly the temple) is being used by the authorities for enrichment. Paying 50-70 euros for admission is pointless.
I am attaching a photo from 2020
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January 16
We walked around, after the Topkapi Palace with a clearly inflated price tag for a visit, more than 50 euros for a ticket to Sofia seemed too extortionate. In general, the pricing for visiting the sights of Istanbul is at least perplexing, or maybe our ruble is no longer worth anything.There is beauty around, the mosque itself is grandiose, it's a pity that we didn't get inside.
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November 13, 2024
The cathedral evokes strange feelings, today it is a mosque, but in fact a Christian church! The Turks have covered the icons with their prayers and do not let anyone down except Muslims! Access is only to the 2nd floor, where Christian frescoes are still visible! It's hard to believe, there are so many mosques around, but Muslims go there in droves...
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December 21, 2024
A monumental building, inside and out. The price of the visit is high, of course, but it's worth it. Inside, the guides tell you everything in detail.
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December 17, 2024
The greatest shrine of the Orthodox world, which, by misunderstanding, is temporarily used as a mosque. Unfortunately, starting this year, non-Muslims are charged 25 euros per person for entry to the second floor.
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January 8
I expected to see at least 50% Byzantine history, Orthodox images, but in fact it turned out to be an ordinary mosque, of which there are a lot in Istanbul. Orthodox images are covered with Muslim inscriptions. I don't mind (it's the boss's business), but as a tourist, I think I shouldn't have given 25 euros for admission, the history inside is no longer felt.
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February 27
A beautiful fabulous mosque..With a long history, we can say this is the "Mother" of mosques!It's a very atmospheric and soulful place, even for a Christian..The Christian frescoes were especially pleasantly impressed..I was glad to see everything with my own eyes
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November 19, 2024
A grandiose structure. I hope that the Turkish Republic will become richer and will be able to restore this magnificent building properly.
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November 28, 2024
In my opinion, the entrance should be free or for a nominal fee. I consider it a big mistake for Turkey to turn a Byzantine temple into a mosque. It would be more identical and historically fair to leave this magnificent building as a Christian temple of the Byzantine era. There are so many mosques in Istanbul
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March 9
St. Sophia's Cathedral is a unique building that has come to us since ancient times.
When you look at the Cathedral, you involuntarily think about many things and about the eternal.
I recommend tourists to visit.
Sincerely,...
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March 21
The ticket office is trying their best to sell a complex ticket. And for 25 euros, access only to the second floor was not very impressive, for such money little has been preserved from Byzantium. At 4 p.m., there was no one in line at all
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October 23, 2024
An amazing place, a must-visit, when visiting, girls must have shawls and skirts with them, men in long shorts or trousers may not be allowed. The only thing spoiling the impression is the queue at the entrance
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February 19
The cathedral is certainly impressive. But the prices have been raised so that it's better to go to the Blue Mosque, right across the street, for free and no less interesting.
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February 17
The museum that comes with the ticket is a multimedia museum, and the group is led through rooms with "cartoons".
The cathedral itself is 100% open to the public, but I think the museum is optional.
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January 16
This is a divine place! Byzantium. An Orthodox church. Transferred by Ataturk to the museum. There is already a functioning mosque there. It is sad. You can't see everything. But you must visit!
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March 10, 2024
It is a great pity that non-Turkish citizens are allowed to Sofia only on the second floor, the tier around the main hall. To understand all the greatness of the temple, you need to enter from the main entrance and then all the power will open up in front of you. And since the theater is on the 3rd tier, everything is somewhere far away and below. Yes, of course, there is something to see here, but very little. Frescoes, paintings of arches and columns, in some places remaining. The price of the issue is 1500 liras and the same amount in a separate interactive museum of Sofia treasures. There is also practically nothing there, but the Byzantine Sofia was heavily looted, it was clear at the time) Thank you for something.
Anyway, I'm glad that I got to this very ambiguous place.. There is a queue for 20-30 minutes for tickets, but this is in February, my friends.
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June 27, 2024
I love historical monuments, past this is an architectural miracle created in ancient times, magnificent frescoes, a huge amount of marble and granite, polished by the feet and hands of ancient believers, you can find interesting artifacts
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October 19, 2024
This is exactly the place that everyone who comes to Istanbul should visit!!! The delight is unbearable ! This is great! I was under the impression all day after the visit.
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January 21
The mosque itself is probably majestic, but when we arrived in August 2024, it was in the woods, and there was a kilometer-long queue at the entrance, which I didn't want to stand in the heat, so the impression wasn't complete.😑
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May 11, 2024
The symbol of the Byzantine Empire is the magnificent architecture, the monument of Constantinople.
For many centuries it has been an Orthodox cathedral, which has now become a mosque.
Magnificent murals preserved on the second floor of this architectural monument.
Be sure to visit- giving me the most vivid and unforgettable impression of my life in Istanbul!
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January 30
Unforgettable emotions are nearby when you stand at this majestic mosque. You are filled with energy and calmness at the same time.
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October 27, 2024
The first floor serves as a mosque. On the second one, where frescoes and mosaics (up to 10 pieces) have been preserved since the time of Christianity, admission has been paid -25 euros per person and another 25 euros if you go to the museum dedicated to the history of this temple at the exit.
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December 12, 2024
A fascinating must-visit place in Istanbul. I was led to get into a not very crowded day also through the entrance for worshippers
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March 2
A historical place of global importance that you should definitely visit during your stay in Istanbul.
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February 27, 2024
There are a lot of reviews, there is where to understand the main thing about the place, so I will add only one detail at the entrance and near the ticket office you can meet Russian-speaking guides offering their services. Their prices are high, we did not take them and did not regret it, since the temple has Wi-Fi, at each point there is a QR code, pointing your smartphone at which you can listen to a brief information about the fresco, the empress's bed, the gate or even the inscription left by the Viking. There is more than enough information!
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February 5
We had a guided tour, a very interesting one. The whole history of the temple makes an ambiguous impression, mixed feelings.
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February 20
One of the strongest impressions in my life, a vivid illustration of the historical books I have read. I wouldn't go here as part of a group - I need to be alone with this place.
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January 18
It's very beautiful, monumental, and made for the ages. It's a big story. You should definitely visit. The area is a huge territory. It's very pleasant to walk here. A lot of people
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January 12
Sofia impresses with its grandeur and beauty. We walked there in the evening around 21:00, there were practically no people, thank goodness! And in the morning and afternoon, of course, there are crowds. Couldn't get inside
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November 8, 2024
It is very beautiful, only Muslims are allowed on the ground floor, all mosques do not work during prayer and take into account the dress code!
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June 19, 2024
A masterpiece of Byzantine culture! This beauty is worth a look. Those who visited it were lucky back in the days when everyone was allowed into the lower, main hall. After St. Sophia is declared not only a historical landmark but also a mosque, tourists are allowed only to the upper tier. Well, thank God, it will remain a place for prayer now! Thank you for preserving the Greatest Orthodox Shrine and treating It with care!
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September 23, 2024
It's a must-visit, it's amazing, but you can go to the mosque for free at the time of the service, 900 lira, if you go to the 2nd floor and see the frescoes
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January 25
A monument converted into commerce. But this is another matter, and in general, this is Constantinople. This means a lot to any of our people. It is necessary to visit, if you will be there, in Istanbul.
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December 17, 2024
A holy historical place for believers.People have preserved the Hagia Sophia for centuries for themselves and their descendants.
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April 15, 2024
Of course, it is mandatory to visit, BUT it has become paid since January 15, 2024 (25 euros per person)!!! I think this is a robbery of tourists. There are no benefits for the elderly and children. In 1935, the first President of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, signed a government decree on the establishment of the Hagia Sophia Museum. With the arrival of Erdogan, this Law was repealed and now the museum has again become a place for Muslims (prayers). The frescoes of the Byzantine period are smeared or have fallen into disrepair. To buy a ticket, you need to stand in line at the ticket office (moving fast). Separate entrance for tourists.
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March 13
Unfortunately, the lighting was insufficient to enjoy the frescoes, and I also wanted to get to the ground floor. The incredible architecture of the 10th century is impressive.
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