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.

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%.

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.

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!

Great tour - Metin was excellent. Very knowledgeable and lovely to deal with. The Hagia Sophia was incredible. Would highly recommend!

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.

Our guide was very... - Our guide was very engaging and knowledgeable and committed to ensuring we got to our meeting location on time.

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.

My idea of a very nice day out... - Really good tour, very well explained and the guide was really friendly. Just be aware that you still need to pay 900 Turkish lira for entrance fre

Great tour with knowledgeable guide - Mertin is very knowledgeable and explained the story and history of the Hagia Sophia in great detail. Couldn't recommend this tour more.