Chora Church

Chora Church featuring heritage elements
One of the most beautiful surviving Byzantine churches, with interiors laid out in fine mosaics and frescoes, has been converted into the impressive Kariye Museum.

Reviews of Chora Church

4.4
Top destination
5 - Excellent
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4 - Good
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3 - Okay
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" "3 - Okay 19.444444444444443%
2 - Disappointing
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5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller
10 Dec 2019

Currently (Winter 2019) undergoing major rennovation so not all sections are open

3/5 - Okay

Verified traveller
7 Oct 2019

A lot of it closed due to restoration, also very difficult to get back from as no taxis

4/5 - Good

Verified traveller
21 Sep 2019

Must see. Easy T1 street car changing. TO T4 . A few glimpses of Bysantian glory and barbarous destraction by invades.

3/5 - Okay

steve
18 Jul 2019

What we could see was fantastic but as with many of Istanbul’s famous sights being extensively renovated

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller
1 Jul 2019

Unfortunately, two thirds of this building is under renovation, so only a few mosaics may be viewed and none of the exterior.

3/5 - Okay

Verified traveller
20 May 2019

The museum is in the middle of a major rennovation and more than half of it is inaccesable.

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