Istanbul: Basilica Cistern Skip the Line Tickets

Both the Hagia Sophia and the sunken palace were beautiful! It is very worthwhile. And especially for the Hagia Sophia, it's worth buying tickets online in advance to avoid the queue at the ticket office. It's also worth it for the Basilica Cistern, as there are 2 different queues here and the one for the e-tickets was quicker in our case.

The architecture of the basilica cistern is amazingly beautiful, very well lit and with a well organized traffic. It has generously met my expectations. But the number of visitors per shift or hour should be reduced.

It's just a complete fascinating cisterna and we are glad that we visited it. I can recommend it to everyone.

Tickets were easy to book, great instructions and saved a lot if time by not queuing. In terms of the sites they were really good to see and understand the history behind it. Great addition to our Istanbul trip.

We only had to wait five minutes to enter. The basilica is beautiful, clearly different from the usual basilicas and therefore worth the visit

One of the best experiences in Istanbul. Although we had to wait for around 30-40 min ( tickets purchased online) it was worth it.

Easy to book. Very clear instructions from the guide in Topkapi, which helps not to miss the Harem and the incredible collections. Jump the queue ticket saved us waiting hours to enter. The experience in Topkapi, Hagia Sophia and Balisica were totally different and absolutely awesome.

Very quick in processing the online tickets. I just paid online with my debit visa card and I got tickets via my email and phone message after 30 seconds. I just need to show the staff who are assisting the crowds at the queue and she opened the gate for us. Our mom needs a lift to go down and they arranged the lift as well. Very happy.

Wonderful experience! loved to admired the historic and the ancient greek and roman that still exist in the form of architecture in the Basilica Cistern. I'd love to visit there again!

We enjoyed both the Skip-the-Line-Tickets and touring the ancient Basilica Cistern. Basillica Cistern is a must-visit place for anyone who visits Istanbul.

We made a combined booking with Fastlane. For Hagia Sophia and Cisterna Basilica, the tickets we sent were immediately our valid tickets. Worked perfectly. Both sights were very beautiful and interesting. At Hagia Sophia, as a non-Muslim you "only" get to the first level and can look down into the whole mosque. Also very impressive, but not really explained beforehand. At the Topkapi Palace there was only one reservation in the mailing, which is easy to overlook, and we only noticed in front of gate 2 (where you need real tickets). We then had to go back to an agency outside Gate 1 so that we could finally get in with a tour lady. It worked but with a certain loss of time. The palace itself was huge and very beautiful. Be sure to book a ticket with harem access (as we had), this part is the highlight of the palace. All in all, a great day with lots of wonderful impressions.

Well worth the skip the queue tickets. Absolutely beautiful inside. It's cold, so take a jumper! It only takes about 30/40 minutes to see around.

Superb and well accepted booking.

Walked straight in , the queue was at lest hundred people !! Worth extra to skip queue

Made such a difference avoiding the long queues and getting there relatively early was the wa right call

Simplicity in the directions provided, all ok

It was very interesting and beautiful.

Very good experience of not having to wait in the long line

It was a good idea to book without queues, since there were a lot of tourists.

Skip the line tickets and then the whole cistern in its history and grandeur .