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Blue Mosque vs Pera Museum
Both Blue Mosque and Pera Museum are endorsed by professionals. On balance, Blue Mosque ranks significantly higher than Pera Museum. Blue Mosque comes in at #3 in Istanbul with positive reviews from 7 reviewers such as Fodor's, Time Out and Lonely Planet.
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Sultanahmet, Istanbul 222, Turkey
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"This grand bubble of masonry, one of the great and defining features of Istanbul's skyline, was constructed between 1609 and 1617 by Sultan Ahmet I."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"With his eponymously named mosque, Sultan Ahmet I (r1603–17) set out to build a monument that would rival and even surpass the nearby Aya Sofya in grandeur and beauty."
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Fodor's
"Only after you enter the Blue Mosque do you understand the name... this mosque feels gloriously airy and full of light."
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Let's Go
"Intricately decorated with the blue Iznik porcelain tiles responsible for the mosque’s name, this mosque feels a bit like being inside a colossal blue china teapot."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This jewel of the 17C has retained its vocation as a place of worship... the over-riding effect here is one of grace and solemnity."
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Pera Museum
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Mesrutiyet Cad. No.65, Tepebaşı, Istanbul 34443, Turkey
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"A small private museum housed in a grand 1893 building (the former Bristol Hotel), the Pera showcases a diverse range of exhibits."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Head to this museum to admire works from Suna and İnan Kıraç's splendid collection of paintings featuring Turkish Orientalist themes."
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Travel + Leisure
"Set in a lavish 19th-century mansion overlooking the Golden Horn, the privately funded museum stages exhibitions such as a show of Kutahya pottery and Orientalist portraits from the late Ottoman era."
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Frommer's
"Located on five floors in the heart of Old Pera, the Pera Museum houses a small but solid collection of Kütahya ceramics."
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Let's Go
"The museum’s best-known painting is Osman Hamdi Bey’s strangely funny The Tortoise Trainer, which the Pera bought for $3.5 million in 2004."
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