Istanbul Chora Museum (Kariye) Skip-the-Ticket-Line Entry & Audio Guide

Explore the Chora Museum at your own pace
with a priority entry ticket

Enter the Chora Museum on your booked date and time with an online QR ticket, skipping the ticket-office line. This is a self-guided visit: listen to the audio guide available in 25 languages, including Korean, English and Japanese, and stay as long as you like.

Admire 14th-century Byzantine mosaics and frescoes

The Chora Church was originally built in the 4th century as part of a monastery complex and is famous for the mosaics and frescoes created during a major reconstruction in the 14th century. Biblical scenes, lives of saints and intricate Byzantine patterns cover the walls and ceilings, showing the skill of Byzantine artisans through vivid colours and fine detail.

Learn its history from church to mosque to museum

The building was converted into a mosque in the Ottoman era, when some decorations were covered or altered in line with Islamic tradition. Explore this space where Christian and Islamic traces remain side by side with the audio guide, and learn about Istanbul's diverse cultural and religious history.

※ The Chora Museum is closed on Fridays.
※ You skip the ticket line, but not the security check line, so you may have to wait at the entrance.