Best places: Mosques in Istanbul, Turkey

Ornate 16th-century mosque with gardens, plus a terrace with views over the Golden Horn.

16th-century mosque with slender minarets & a large dome, plus vistas of the Golden Horn estuary.

Prayer hall built in a dramatic mix of Gothic & Ottoman styles for an Ottoman sultan in 1886.

Iconic, storied mosque set within a vast, domed former Byzantine church with stained-glass windows.

A friend of the prophet Muhammad is thought to be buried at this 15-century mosque rebuilt in 1800.

Huge hilltop mosque rebuilt in the 1700s, with 4 semi-domes around a central dome, plus 2 minarets.

Restored Baroque Revival mosque featuring windows designed to capture the Bosphorus' changing light.

Architecturally significant Ottoman mosque completed in 1755, featuring a huge dome & many windows.

👍👍 MashaAllah a beautiful place where I feel the real spiritual energy in myself during visiting inside the Mazar. We start our travel by Taxi Shishan area near Grand Halic Hotel and it cost 43 tl. After reaching there, the thing amazed me that as compare to my country, Turkish officails made this plac...

😐 Aya Sofia is definitely a must-see sight in Istanbul. The inside space is impressive. Few years back it was turned from museum to a regular mosque. That brought free entry (previously as a museum, the entry fee was paid but as far as I remember, it was 40TL in 2015, not a fortune). On the other hand...

Imposing, 16th-century mosque complex designed by Mimar Sinan, with 4 corner towers & tall minaret.

👍👍 THE NUSRETİYE MOSQUE The mosque was built together with the military buildings due the importance given to the military by Mahmud II .Thereby instead of being surrounded by several foundation buildings like in the other mosque complexes of the sultans, its single outhouses are the military buildings...

Restored gothic-style mosque featuring timber pillars & a decorative wooden ceiling.

Elegant, 19th-century, Ottoman-style mosque with Baroque & rococo-influenced decorative features.

Mosque dating from the 12th century, representing a fine example of medieval Byzantine architecture.

👍👍 Yeni Valide Mosque, also known as Valide-i Cedid Mosque, is located on the Uncular Avenue and Hakimiyet-i Milliye Avenue in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul. Mustafa and III. It is the mosque built by Ahmet's mother Emetullah Râbi by Gülnûş Sultan. [1] New Valide (Valide-i Cedid) Mosque Basic kno...

Architecturally notable Ottoman mosque completed in 1572, with Iznik tiles on its interior walls.

Domed 1500s mosque featuring colorful tiles & calligraphy, plus a courtyard with a marble fountain.

19th-century mosque built for an Ottoman sultan, with carved stone facades & an ornate prayer hall.