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Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Ottoman Mosques

Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Ottoman Mosques

Istanbul · Turkey

9 stops6.3 km1 h 16 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Follow a focused walk through Istanbul’s mosques, from Little Hagia Sophia Mosque and the Blue Mosque to Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and major Ottoman mosques. Along the way, compare domes, courtyards, prayer halls and decorative details that show different chapters of mosque architecture. The route is worthwhile for seeing how these mosques relate to one another across the historic city. Expect a substantial walk with some gradients and steps.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 9. The rest are in the app.

  1. Little Hagia Sophia Mosque

    Little Hagia Sophia Mosque

    A sixth-century Byzantine church that became a mosque, still carrying Justinian’s name in its columns.

  2. Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque

    Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque

    Sinan turned a steep slope into a mosque, courtyard, school and gallery of Iznik tile.

  3. The Blue Mosque

    The Blue Mosque

    A grand Ottoman mosque built from ambition, controversy, and thousands of blue Iznik tiles.

  4. 3 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

    Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

    A cathedral, mosque, museum, and political argument beneath one extraordinary Byzantine dome.

  6. Beyazit Mosque

    Beyazit Mosque

    Beyazit Mosque is a Muslim place of worship in Istanbul, Turkey.

  7. Yeni Mosque

    Yeni Mosque

    Yeni Mosque is a mosque and Muslim place of worship in Istanbul, Turkey.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 3 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

3 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 9 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.