Experts' Choice Award Chora Museum
9 expert reviews
“Chora Church requires some serious ceiling-gazing, cramp-in-the-neck-calming skills—you’ll find some of the most beautiful surviving Byzantine art on the domes above your head.”
– Let's Go
Fodor's "The dazzling mosaics and frescoes in the former Church of the Holy Savior in Chora are considered to be among the finest Byzantine artworks in the world." Full review
Concierge "Tucked away in a far corner of the Old City, just by the Edirnekapı gate, is the tiny Kariye Museum, also known as the Chora Church."
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"İstanbul has more than its fair share of Byzantine monuments, but few are as drop-dead gorgeous as the Chora Church." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This pumpkin-domed church-turned-museum is one of the great surviving jewels of Byzantine art and architecture." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
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Afar Magazine "Chora Church (Kariye Museum)According to Islamic tradition, only God can create images of holy beings, including angels and prophets. Therefore, when the Ottomans converted Chora Church..." Full review
Fodor's "The dazzling mosaics and frescoes in the former Church of the Holy Savior in Chora are considered to be among the finest Byzantine artworks in the world. Most of the mosaics, in 50..." Full review
Frommer's "The original church was built in the 4th century A.D. as part of a monastery complex outside the city walls... but the present structure dates to the 11th century." Full review
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