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Hagia Sophia Mosque vs Pera Museum
Both Hagia Sophia and Pera Museum are highly recommended by expert writers. On balance, Hagia Sophia ranks significantly better than Pera Museum. Hagia Sophia comes in at 92 with recommendations from 8 reviewers including Travel + Leisure, Frommer's and Afar Magazine.
Hagia Sophia Mosque
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Sultanahmet, Eminonu District, Istanbul, Turkey
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Fodor's
"This soaring edifice is perhaps the greatest work of Byzantine architecture and for almost a thousand years... it was the world's largest and most important religious monument. "
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Concierge
"Don't even dream of leaving Istanbul without visiting this holy trinity of sights."
Frommer's
"For almost a thousand years, the Ayasofya was a triumph of Christianity and the symbol of Byzantium."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Sophia in Latin, Haghia Sofia in Greek and the Church of the Divine Wisdom in English, this extraordinary building is İstanbul's most famous monument."
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Travel + Leisure
"Hagia Sophia reigned as the greatest church in Christendom from the fourth century to the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453."
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Pera Museum
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Mesrutiyet Cad. No.65, Tepebaşı, Istanbul 34443, Turkey
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Fodor's
"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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