Hagia Sophia Mosque
765 reviews
January 25, 2024
An amazing place! Very beautiful and atmospheric! The place is rich in its history! A huge territory and very beautiful! However, the queue will have to stand at the entrance!
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April 1, 2024
A stunning cathedral with a centuries-old history! Muslim details against the background of Christian frescoes and mosaics excite the mind. But! Only the second floor is not allowed, although there are a lot of interesting things on the first floor! I was very upset by this fact
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December 25, 2024
It's an amazing place. Now the second floor is completely reserved for tourists. The first floor is a mosque. The streams of worshippers and tourists are separated by different entrance groups, which is very convenient. Audio guides on the Byzantine and Ottoman periods are available by QR code, including in Russian. I definitely recommend it.
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February 4
A beautiful place , the beauty is simply indescribable . A place with a very powerful energy.
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December 4, 2024
A beautiful place, the only drawback is a lot of people and an overpriced entrance, but you can't get through inside
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September 6, 2024
To be honest, there are not enough words to describe the beauty and history of this mosque!!! We went to the mosque itself and to the museum near the mosque. I really liked it! An unforgettable experience!!!
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August 14, 2024
A grandiose structure . Fragments from the Byzantine period are well preserved
Minus - there is no way to see everything from the lower hall, where the mosque is
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January 28
A grandiose building, significant in world history.
I believe that someday it will become St. Sophia's Church again.
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June 30, 2024
A must-visit place if you are interested in the history of Byzantium. There is a functioning mosque there now, but something can be seen. I recommend local guides who can guide you along the "secret paths" of Hagia Sophia
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March 21
It's an amazing place. An ancient Christian church converted into a mosque, which is more than 500 years old.
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November 17, 2024
The place is comparable in importance to the Roman Colosseum. Since 2024, access is not everywhere, which is a shame. You won't be able to touch the doors from Noah's Ark.
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May 13, 2024
Morning and afternoon queues and jostling. In the evening, somewhere after 17 hours, it was quieter, we were almost alone on the second tourist floor before closing, the first floor is only for Muslim Turks. Amazing and a must-visit! Christian churches and mosques were subsequently built on this model. The next day we watched it from Galata hill - it's impressive if it also gets its original red color back...
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April 7, 2024
Very expensive. First, 1.5 hours in line for a ticket, then another hour to enter. To see everything in 20-30 minutes. And 25 euros per person....
With that said, it's not worth it. Any other mosque in Istanbul is much more beautiful and interesting inside. And the entrance to them is free.
Yes, history, yes, the world famous temple/mosque.
But Sofia looks much more impressive from the outside than from the inside. It is definitely not worth spending so much time and money for the sake of several restored frescoes.
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March 2
It's expensive, but it's a very strong place. I recommend visiting the museum as well.
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May 2, 2024
The ancient, majestic bulk of the Orthodox church is the cradle of Russian Orthodoxy. It is worth visiting Istanbul for this very reason. The Turks, although they made the temple a mosque, did not touch the frescoes. There is something native about this place.
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February 14
It's also an incredibly beautiful mosque, crowded with people, but no one bothers each other. I really liked it
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August 8, 2024
There was no big queue at 10 a.m. on a weekday, there were all 6 minutes for tickets (there was no one at the entrance at all)
If necessary, you can buy disposable clothes at the entrance, it cost a little more than 100 liras
On the second floor, everyone went in a circle, there were no other activities inside, but it's definitely worth going inside once
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January 30
Very beautiful inside. I was impressed by the scale and the large space inside.
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April 29, 2024
I have dreamed of visiting St. Sophia for a very long time, and finally I have! The size of the space is really amazing, and traces of previous eras are displayed on the walls. Fragments of ancient Byzantine frescoes are strikingly beautiful. I can imagine how majestic the cathedral was when the whole space was decorated with them!
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March 7
I'm waiting for the next reassessment of power over her. 25€ for going to the top- no. It doesn't look like the pictures. In general, it didn't work out somehow.
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July 12, 2024
A beautiful, atmospheric place. A touch of history, the intersection of epochs, civilizations, history and generations. An incredible place.
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August 27, 2024
Moreover, the shrine was stolen, besides, you can see a very small part, standing in a huge queue, and paying 25 euros. Normally, only Turkish citizens can enter and see, they have a separate entrance. Everything sacred there is closed or covered up. The cherry on the cake, there is now an inscription above the Cathedral-propaganda.
It's better to look at it from the outside, it doesn't make sense to go inside.
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February 13
Not impressed, we expected more. Inadequately expensive tickets. An interesting museum with an interactive tour
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August 28, 2024
A stunning impression. In the morning, find yourself in a place where the centuries-old walls are decorated with six-winged seraphim and mosaic Orthodox icons (He looks into your soul, and while you walk along the wall, He does not take his eyes off you)
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April 22, 2024
The Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul is an amazing historical structure, striking in its beauty and grandeur. Inside the temple, you can see stunning mosaics and murals preserved from the time of the Byzantine Empire. The building is surrounded by interesting historical buildings such as an openwork fountain and tombs of the Ottoman rulers. A visit to the Hagia Sophia Mosque leaves an unforgettable impression and allows you to plunge into history.
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May 1, 2024
There were both when there was a museum and when there was a mosque. The mosque needs special clothes for women. It is very inconvenient that you can enter only when there is no service in the mosque. And so of course it is very impressive!!!
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January 25
One of the must-see places in Istanbul. A large and beautiful mosque
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December 14, 2024
A mega structure, the scale is impressive, especially inside, you wonder HOW and how long it was built? (the question is rhetorical)
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July 22, 2024
I will say this, I am impressionable and there are better places in Istanbul! But to look at the Icophy, what's on the outside and what's on the inside is the same thing - for show...
I recommend taking pictures outside and going on to save 50 euros. The red price is 10 euros and then on a market day.
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October 15, 2024
A crossroads of cultures and beliefs! The building is a symbol! The embodiment of a controversial human story
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March 4
It's just an incredibly huge building, very ancient, with a rich history. I advise you to go
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July 17, 2024
You can't come to Istanbul and not go to St. Sophia! Incredible atmosphere, ancient history. Yes, the tickets are expensive, 25 euros, but it's worth it. In the morning I saw a huge queue and did not stand, in the evening by 18 there was almost no queue.
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September 15, 2024
A beautiful building in a rather poor condition. Restoration is in progress!Huge queues, but all the beauty is inside (so they say... I'll come next time)
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February 26
A very beautiful majestic mosque, beautifully illuminated at night
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January 7
Beautiful and fabulous.It was like being in another world. I feel calm in my soul 🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍
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December 4, 2024
They gave 50 euros per person, stood in line, were allowed only to the upper tier (the rest is only for Muslims), saw an almost complete loss of what was once there and that's it
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June 1, 2023
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul is an outstanding monument of Byzantine and world architecture, a symbol of the "golden age" of Byzantium, which is sometimes called the "eighth wonder of the world".
The cathedral is named after the wisdom of God (from the Greek sofia — wisdom).
The Cathedral (Mosque) of St. Sophia includes two religions: Christian and Muslim. Built in 537, the cathedral was repaired and restored many times, and until 2020 it was a museum. Its official name sounded like the "Hagia Sophia Museum".
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September 4, 2024
Probably the most popular mosque among tourists. But... in reality, apart from the enormous historical value, neither inside nor outside is currently amazing. Perhaps due to the reconstruction
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January 18
This is an extraordinary cultural monument, valuable for its history. It's breathtaking. It is impossible to miss a trip to such a holy place.
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February 8
You can talk for hours about this place. It is stunning both in its significance and architecture. But it is still a pity that there are disagreements between all religions. Mine, yours, what's the difference? It would be better to stop all wars, unite, and start looking for cures for all diseases.
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September 9, 2024
My Sofia, my love. I was on my way to Istanbul to see Hagia Sophia. Beheld. Now it is a mosque, but St. Sophia is still as beautiful as it was a thousand years ago.
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September 28, 2024
The centuries-old history of the cathedral is interesting. Must-visit in Istanbul.
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May 28, 2024
I highly recommend it. Now the 2nd floor has been opened with beautiful and ancient frescoes, which you definitely need to see! A special atmosphere and the opportunity to touch very distant centuries
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November 30, 2024
A must-visit, very beautiful, one of the oldest temples
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January 21
A Christian church. The most monumental building. Must-visit
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February 1, 2024
The most magnificent temple, which is more than 1,500 years old. During this time, the temple was looted by the Ottoman Empire and the Crusaders, but it still delights with its grandeur and beauty, just imagine how it looked before the looting!!! Be sure to read its history, there is little that can compare with the scale of construction now. By the way, all Turkish mosques are built in the likeness of St. Sophia Cathedral (that's how much the temple impressed the Ottomans). It was also this temple that became the beginning of the baptism of Russia.
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December 31, 2024
I hope someday she will return to the Orthodox world again and there will be praises of Christ and His Mother again, a beautiful Temple!
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March 17
It is a pity that such an architectural object is not in a very decent form. And so, of course, the machine is impressive.
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August 24, 2024
An amazing place! When there is no "service", you can go to a museum and see.
During the prayer, paintings and mosaics are covered with curtains or screens.
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March 9
Indescribable sensations, only the 2nd floor, audio guide through the gr code. In January, admission for two is 96 euros. It's better in the morning - fewer people.
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