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This is a priority entry ticket to Hagia Sophia, the symbol of Istanbul. Enter any time during opening hours and explore at your own pace with a smartphone audio guide available in 13 languages, including Korean. Admire a space that blends Byzantine, Roman, Greek and Islamic architecture along with its iconic mosaics, and trace the history of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. If you want more in-depth commentary, you can choose the English guided tour option.

Skip the ticket line and enter Hagia Sophia. The ticket is valid on your selected date, and you can enter any time during opening hours and stay as long as you like. The ticket gives access to the visitor area and the upper gallery; the prayer area on the lower floor is not included.

The ticket and audio guide option comes with a smartphone app audio guide. You can choose from Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Croatian, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish. Please bring headphones and a charged smartphone.

With the guided tour option, you meet an English-speaking guide at the Busforus bus stop across from Hagia Sophia, receive your priority ticket and enter together. Hear how Hagia Sophia changed from a cathedral to a mosque, then a museum, and back to a mosque again.

Walk along softly lit corridors and take in the intricate details of Byzantine craftsmanship and Istanbul's glorious past. Listen to centuries of Byzantine and Ottoman history through the audio guide or your guide's commentary.
※ Hagia Sophia Mosque is currently undergoing partial restoration.
※ During peak season, security check lines can mean waits of up to 30 minutes before entry.
Meeting point (ticket & audio guide option):
Hagia Sophia
Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya Meydanı No:1, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting point directions:
Go directly to the Hagia Sophia entrance with your QR code ticket. The ticket is emailed at 5:00 PM local time on the day before your visit.
Meeting point (English guided tour option):
BUSFORUS ISTANBUL bus stop
Sultanahmet Meydanı, Cankurtaran, 34149 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Meeting point directions:
Meet at the Busforus bus stop sign across from Hagia Sophia. A guide holding a white Istanbul E-pass flag will be waiting 5 minutes before the tour starts.
Meeting point (Hagia Sophia & History Experience Museum combo option):
Hagia Sophia Mosque and the Hagia Sophia History Experience Museum are in different locations. Please go to each site separately to enter.
Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya Meydanı No:1, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye or Sultanahmet Meydanı, Cankurtaran, 34149 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye (varies by option)