Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque 60 Minute Guided Tour in English
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7 Ratings
Fatih
Experience a 60-minute guided tour of the iconic Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in English. Learn about its history, capture amazing pictures, and explore at your own pace.
Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Hagia Sophia Mosque - Enter the Hagia Sophia with a official Hagia Sophia licensed guide, who will give you a brief 60 minute introduction to the history of the legandary Hagia Sophia and orientation tips.
What's Included
  • Audio app available in 10 languages
  • Tour guided by an English-speaking expert
  • Comprehensive 60-minute tour experience
Additional Information

Enter the Hagia Sophia with a official Hagia Sophia licensed guide, who will give you a brief 60 minute introduction to the history of the legandary Hagia Sophia and orientation tips.

Your guide will inform you about the highlights, most important information and show you the best spots where you can capture the most amazing pictures. Then, you can enjoy the building at your own pace. You can spent the whole day inside or just have a quick glance on its impressive beauty. If you have any special interest about the architecture or questions about the Byzantine or Ottoman Empire please do not hesitate to ask your guide.

Hagia Sophia will stun you with its size, volume, and decoration as it has been doing since the times of the Roman Empire.

Please be aware the waiting time to get inside Hagia Sophia will take at least 1 hour and in high season 1,5 hours.

  • We can not skip the security check.
  • Security line at Hagia Sophia can take up to 60 minutes in high season.
Location
Dsign Cafe
At Meydanı Caddesi
The meeting point with your Istanbul Welcome Card tour guide is at the Dsign Cafe at Sultanahmet Square.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Natascia_g
Jun 12, 2023
Everything you need to know about Hagia Sophia - Osi was great, punctual and a great communicator shared lots of historical facts and insights that I would have missed on my own. Thankyou
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Daleann_h
Jan 21, 2020
Would recommend - Great, quick, and informative guide! We were very happy with the amount of time it took and the stories our guide told us. Beautiful, must-see in Istanbul!
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Colin
Sep 27, 2019
Very good tour - A great tour with a very knowledgeable guide Melody who gave us a great insight into the history of the Hagia Sofia. The only reason I haven't given 5 stars is that the tour felt a little rushed. Still a great tour though.
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James_p
Sep 6, 2023
Short and not much information. - The tour guide himself was a lovely person but the tour was poorly put together. We met near the square, queued for 45 minutes in silence, the guide then gave us a 5 minute talk outside the mosque, 5 minutes in the hall, 5 minutes by a mosaic, 5 minutes inside the dome, and then said if we had any questions, to ask him. None of the information was particularly interesting - just vague dates, and pointing out things we could already see. There was no value added at all. For a tour that's billed as 90 minutes and costs £13 this was very poor. It felt lazy and rushed. We were also instructed to bring headphones as part of the booking confirmation, but the guide had no idea why we needed this.
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Marek_b
Aug 25, 2022
Misleading inclusions - Guide was good and took care very well. The tour description on the booking page was misleading. Under "what's included" was mentioned Fast Track, however marked with an "x" which I guess means not included. Very easy to overlook and misunderstand.
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