Best Hagia Sophia Tour Skip the line

The best tour of Hagia Sophia, we skip the ticket line as we arrange tickets in advanced, so clients should pay 25 euros fee of the admission in cash to guide. Visit one of the most important structure of the world “Hagia Sophia” with one of the most informative and entertaining tour of it.

Duration: 50 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Hagia Sophia Mosque - Private guided tour of Hagia Sophia
What's Included
  • Official guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fee
Additional Information
  • Proper clothes for mosque, no shorts or skirts above knees and ladies need head scarf.
  • Clients should have earphones
Location
At Meydanı Cd No:1
At Meydanı Caddesi
Meeting point is main entrance of Hagia Sophia, infront of the line.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Matthias
Sep 22, 2024
Informative and entertaining! - Well organized. Interesting information - not too much and not too little. Had at early guided tour guide just for us: perfect!
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Radu_p
Sep 2, 2024
Top way to see the Hagia Sofia - Top tour - I like history and knew a few things about Hagia Sofia -therefore i booked a dedicated tour for it - the tour was really great - good energy - lots of interesting information - knew all the small details and the explanations were spot on - really recommend it
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Noelle_t
Aug 14, 2024
100% would recommend - Metin Koca is amazing and so worth the money. He tells the history in such an interesting way. I have ADHD and struggle with just listening or reading but I felt like I really understood the complex and vast history. Metin speaks great English and is a great teacher. He anticipates questions and is so knowledgeable about history and culture. Worth every penny. And the line does get long if you don't get there early so he waits in the line so you do not have to.
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Marcry6625wt
Aug 10, 2024
Metin Koca an Impressive Guide to Hagia Sophia not to be missed - Metin is just amazing and exciting!!! It mixes history/current events but just what it takes to avoid friction and a lot of honesty with both religions regarding this phenomenal mosque. It explains the whole history of the sultans and Turkey and goes into the details of the mosque so we have the Impression that this visit takes us out into the world is taking us back into the mosque. Brief Metin Koca is recommended 3000%.
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Anthony_l
Aug 10, 2024
Must Do! - Amazingly informative tour led by Metin! Learned so much about the building and its history. We could have listened to him for hours. A must-do tour.
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Travelorsrock
Jul 8, 2024
Great tour guide for Hagia Sophia! - This was a good tour. We were able to be the first in line and so had smaller crowds to deal with. We had trouble finding our way, and the guide called our cell and directed us straight to the group. Explanations were well thought out and free time to roam around was much appreciated. Couldn't have been better!
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Alexg8888
Jun 25, 2024
Great tour - Metin was excellent. Very knowledgeable and lovely to deal with. The Hagia Sophia was incredible. Would highly recommend!
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Bernibos51
Jun 8, 2024
Too much history - A solo tour enjoying every part of this church now mosque. Only the upper part can be visited as the lower part is used as a prayer room for Muslims only.
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Stephen_s
May 22, 2024
Our guide was very... - Our guide was very engaging and knowledgeable and committed to ensuring we got to our meeting location on time.
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Curlyfu
May 19, 2024
Great experience with Metin. - We booked Metin for two full days to see the Hagia Sofia and other main sights such as the Basilica Cisterns, the Blue Mosque, Taksim, The ancient walls of Constantinople etc. Thank goodness we did - he navigated us efficiently through big crowds and gave us the best, most informative tour of all the places we visited. We’ve booked guides in other locations in the past and we really appreciate that Metin is experienced, highly knowledgeable and has a very good sense of his guests. He made sure we were enjoying ourselves and wasn’t afraid to make suggestions and change our itinerary around a bit. It proved to be superb advice. We saw more things and had some cool, out of the way lunches. Metin really made for a successful and enjoyable first visit to Istanbul. Despite all the research and preparation we did for the trip we now realize we would have been lost without a guide, especially in the huge crowds at some of the main sights. We highly recommend Metin.
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From $29
up to 12 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).