Istanbul: Basilica Cistern Entry Ticket with Audio Guide
Explore Istanbul’s underground Basilica Cistern at your own pace with an audio guide.
Step below the streets of Sultanahmet into the Basilica Cistern, a vast underground reservoir built in the Byzantine era. Follow the walkways past rows of marble columns and look for the famous Medusa heads. Use the audio guide to learn how the cistern supplied water to the city and how its architecture has survived over the centuries.
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Step below the streets of Sultanahmet into the Basilica Cistern, a vast underground reservoir built in the Byzantine era. Follow the walkways past rows of marble columns and look for the famous Medusa heads. Use the audio guide to learn how the cistern supplied water to the city and how its architecture has survived over the centuries.