The mosque, while sitting on perhaps the best site in the city and is extremely impressive from the exterior, is still under extensive renovation. That in itself is not the reason to avoid it for it does have a very nice graveyard which is open and free to explore. No, the reason to avoid it is the very persistent gentleman... more

This is a wonderful mosque, but wait to go until renovations are complete. There is really nothing to see at the moment. more

I visited in late December of 2008 and the mosque is almost completely closed for renovations. It was unclear when the renovation work would be finished, but it appeared to be pretty extensive. You can still go in a little side part of the mosque, but there is really nothing to see there. Skip it until the restoration work is... more

This note is to correct what I am seeing on this page about the Suleymaniye Mosque. It is indeed one of the most beautiful mosques of Istanbul and it was indeed built by the great Sinan. But he has not built Hagia Sophia! While Sinan worked long after the fall of constantinople (1453) Hagia Sophia was built around 800 c.e. more

Le quartier est vraiment sympa, ça vaut la peine de se promener autour, quartier peu touristique, ce qui est agréable.... more