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Basilica Cistern: Fast Track Ticket + Audio Guide
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Basilica Cistern: Skip The Line Ticket & Guided Tour with Bosphorus Cruise
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Basilica Cistern: Skip The Line Ticket + Orientation Service
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Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia: Skip The Line + Tour + Optional Basilica Cistern
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Ioannis,
Greece
19 Feb 2026
Average
Basilica Cistern is absolutely magnificent but the audio guide is not working properly. Because the monument is underground, you quickly loose the internet and the audio guide stop working. This...
Basilica Cistern is absolutely magnificent but the audio guide is not working properly. Because the monument is underground, you quickly loose the internet and the audio guide stop working. This situation happened to all of us (4 persons)
Basilica Cistern Fast Track Ticket and Audio Guide
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David,
United States
14 Sep 2025
Excellent
Amazing mix of wonder lost and wonder present. The audio guide and fast track ticket both make the experience better.
Basilica Cistern Fast Track Ticket and Audio Guide
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Leandro,
Ireland
24 Oct 2024
Excellent
It was quick to get in, the staff were so friendly with me and I didn't have any problems buying the ticket through this app. I would recommend it! In my opinion the value for money of the ticket...
It was quick to get in, the staff were so friendly with me and I didn't have any problems buying the ticket through this app. I would recommend it! In my opinion the value for money of the ticket is expensive.
Basilica Cistern: Skip The Line Ticket
About: Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern is a chamber built in the 6th century, under the Emperor Justinan I, to hold 80,000 cubic meters of water. It is located under the streets of Istanbul, supported by arches and 336 marble columns. This masterpiece of architecture is probably the most famous of the hundreds cistern built in Istanbul. This Cathedral size cistern now hold only a fraction of the water that carried during its history and it has been re open to the public after carful renovation works. The ceiling is supported by impressive 336 marble columns, each 9 metres (30 ft) high, arranged in 12 rows of 28 columns each . Intresting thing is that the majority of the columns in the cistern appear to have been recycled from the ruins of older buildings. One of the most famous of this "recycled" piece is probably the "head of the Medusa" raising from the water tank.
