Yerebatan Sarayi (Basilica Cistern)
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Yerebatan Sarayi (Basilica Cistern) Reviews
We've found 12 Yerebatan Sarayi (Basilica Cistern) reviews from Viator.com travelers and members: what they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved. It's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Review by Fauzi Adnan, May 2013
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Our guide was fantastic. He can be considered a walking historian. The best thing is we skip the line when we visited the underground cistern ( or else we had to wait at least 1 hour due to the queque). Enough time to venture at all places and most importantly, they were punctual when they pick us up at the hotel.
Review by Vincent H, United Kingdom, April 2013
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Very good tour, which was booked at the last minute. The pace was just right and the content was informative without being overbearing. The guide spoke excellent English and she tweaked the agenda to suit the group. We all agreed to skip the grand bizaar in order to spend some time at the cistern basilica. Lunch was also very good. Much better than the normal expectation for a tour so all in I would and have recommended bith the guide and the tour to collegues travelling to Istanbul.
Review by edhadley, April 2013
Doing what: Imperial Istanbul Half-day Tour: Hagia Sophia and Grand Bazaar
I would recommend the full day tour, but we only had a half day available. Good tour guide and interesting tour. Suggest you copy what is on tour (its not on the voucher), as our tour guide would have left out the Roman Cisterns (which was a highlight), if I had not reminded her.
Review by Dawn S, March 2013
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Once again our tour guide, Omar was very knowledgeable. The Blue Mosque was amazing. The Palace is a must see! I quite enjoyed the cistern--what advanced thinking on the part of the architect. Both the tours I took were outstanding and made my trip to Turkey better than expected!!
Review by honeymooners, Canada, August 2011
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Love love loved this tour!! Omar our tour guide was amazing!!!! He was so informative and gave us such a personalized account of Istanbul. We were picked-up where our ship docked, and were taken to all the great sites Istanbul has to offer. We were given ample time to take pictures and have free time at each stop. We had a delicious lunch, and even got to see the cistern and some amazing carpets. This was such an amazing tour and I would do it again!!!
Review by Todd S, August 2011
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
i booked this at the last minute. the guide was incredibly friendly and helpful. our group was about 9 people, all wonderful. there were 20 somethings and 60 somethings. the tour was great and an outstanding value. i had some doubts going into it, but after this experience i will keep coming back. i wish i had known about this earlier! had a wonderful time. my only suggestion is that the add one more stop, the cisterns, as it is so close to everything else and can be done in 30mins or less. if you only had one day in istanbul this would be the only way to do it!
Review by Andrea W, USA, April 2010
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Included the most important things to see in Istanbul. The guide was very knowledgeable and spoke perfect English. You must see the stops on this tour while in Istanbul. It would be good it this tour included the cistern which was in the same area and alos a must see venue.
Review by Jennifer B, USA, November 2009
Doing what: Private Tour: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour including Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace
Our guide was excellent! He arrived promptly, and we walked the short distance to Sultan Ahmad Mosque, then the Hippodrome, Aya Sofya, lunch opposite the Spice Market, carpet shop, cistern, and finished at the Grand Bazaar. The guide was not only knowledgeable about the sites we visited, he knew their place in the greater scheme of history, which made the discussions very rich. He was fluent in history, archaeology, and English, and was fun to be with.
Review by gary w, February 2013
Doing what: Private Tour: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour including Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace
We really enjoyed this tour the guide spoke fluent English and was very knowledgeable. However we were left to explore many of the areas by ourselves while our guide sat outside and we didn't see the underground cisterns. The lunch was excellent. We just said no to the carpet factory which was fine.
Review by Paul J S, August 2012
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic, 10/10 for him. The only disappointment was that Grand Bazaar was closed because it was first day of Eid - and we were not offered anything in it's place to compensate (like the underground cisterns or Sulaimaniya). The included lunch was okay, but not wonderful, as a lot of Turkish food can be and we felt we were being rushed through to make way for other incoming tours.
Review by Sigrun M, January 2011
Doing what: Istanbul in One Day Sightseeing Tour: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar
We loved the one-day tour, very informative and well organised. We would have wanted perhaps a little longer in the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia to look around and perhaps the Grand Bazaar could be cut out completely and instead have the Cisterns included. As we booked through the internet we were pleasantly surprised how everything went smoothly and how punctual the pick-up was from our hotel. The only "stress" I found was to confirm the booking 24 hours prior which was difficult as we were travelling and I had no access to a phone and had to confirm 2 days beforehand. Perhpas you can think of something more user-friendly.
Review by Peter, Australia, October 2010
Have a look at the columns in the Basilica Cistern ... there are very few that match. Apparently the Romans recycled columns from elsewhere in the country when they built the cistern. The cistern is a cool place to go to escape the Istanbul summer heat, and the fish seem to like it too!
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