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Chora Museum vs Pera Museum
Both Kariye Museum and Pera Museum are endorsed by professionals. Overall, Kariye Museum scores slightly higher than Pera Museum. Kariye Museum scores 87 with recommendations from 6 sources such as Travel + Leisure, Let's Go and Fodor's.
Chora Museum
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Kariye Camii Sokak,No:26 Edirnekapi, Istanbul 34087, Turkey
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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."
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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 Planet
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"İstanbul has more than its fair share of Byzantine monuments, but few are as drop-dead gorgeous as the Chora Church."
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Travel + Leisure
"This pumpkin-domed church-turned-museum is one of the great surviving jewels of Byzantine art and architecture."
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Let's Go
"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."
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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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