A Guide to Visiting the Blue Mosque

A quick guide to visiting the Blue Mosque - what to wear, what to watch out for and what makes it so impressive.

This short Blue Mosque tour is presented by Gareth Leonard of Tourist 2 Townie, on the Walks of Italy Best of Istanbul tour (book the tour here: https://www.walksofturkey.com/istanbu....

Gareth explains the Blue Mosque dress code (don’t forget to take off your shoes and cover your head!) and the rules and conventions around visiting this sacred site.

On this short video tour of the Blue Mosque (also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque) you’ll see its beautiful interior, lined with over 20,000 ceramic tiles and 200 stained glass windows - not to mention the huge chandeliers and columns. Verses of the quoran line the walls and the call to prayer rings in the air as Gareth summarises “Now I understand why this is such a must-see attraction in Istanbul.”