Chora Church

Chora Church featuring heritage elements
Chora Church showing heritage elements
Chora Church which includes heritage architecture
Chora Church
Chora Church showing 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.

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Reviews of Chora Church

4.4
Top destination
5 - Excellent
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5 - Excellent 64%
4 - Good
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4 - Good 17%
3 - Okay
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3 - Okay 19%
2 - Disappointing
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5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller

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

3/5 - Okay

Verified traveller

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

4/5 - Good

Verified traveller

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

3/5 - Okay

steve

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

5/5 - Excellent

Verified traveller

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

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

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