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Basilica Cistern
Skip-the-line entry to the Basilica Cistern, with a guide or an audio guide. About an hour.
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About this tour
You skip the queue and walk down the steps into the Byzantine-era underground reservoir. Paths lead between rows of columns rising out of the water, all the way to the two Medusa heads at the far end. A guide or an audio guide covers the history and the legends.
Good to know
For the guided option, you meet your guide at the cistern’s exit gate.
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