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Titanic Port Hotel → Kariye (Chora) Mosque

Titanic Port Hotel to Kariye (Chora) Mosque Transfer — from €50, Private Car

Skip the tour-bus timetable: SooTransfer collects you at the Titanic Port Hotel lobby and drives the ~10 km to Kariye (Chora) Mosque privately for a fixed €50 per vehicle (up to 6 passengers). Leave when you want, stay as long as you want, and message the same driver when you are ready to head back.

Titanic Port Hotel → Kariye (Chora) Mosque transfer price

VehiclePassengersStarting price
Eco Vanup to 650
Mercedes Vitoup to 760
Mercedes V-Classup to 665
Mercedes Sprinterup to 1680

One way, hotel pickup included: €50 per vehicle in an Eco Van (1–6 passengers, 6 bags). Mercedes Vito (up to 7): €60. V-Class executive: €65. Sprinter for larger groups (up to 16): €80. The price is per car, not per person — a family of four rides for the same €50.

Planning it as a day out? Book the return leg at the same fixed rate and tell the driver your pickup time — or message us from Kariye (Chora) Mosque when you are ready and a car comes back for you. No meter, no night surcharge, first child seat free.

Visiting Kariye (Chora) Mosque

See Byzantium's most dazzling mosaics without the metro-and-taxi shuffle — a private SooTransfer car drops you at Chora's quiet Edirnekapı gate straight from IST or SAW. Tucked beside the Theodosian land walls in Edirnekapı, the Kariye Mosque — the Byzantine Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora — preserves what many art historians call the finest surviving cycle of late-Byzantine mosaics and frescoes anywhere. The building took…

Opening hours: Approximately 09:00–18:00 for sightseeing; closed to visitors on Fridays, with short pauses around the five daily prayers — confirm locally before you go. · Entry: Paid entry for foreign visitors (the Istanbul Museum Pass is not accepted); worshippers enter free. Check current arrangements on site. · A weekday morning right at opening, for soft light on the gold mosaics and thin crowds; April–June and September–October are the most comfortable months.

★ Late-Byzantine mosaics — Domes and vaults shimmer with gold-ground scenes of the lives of Christ and the Virgin — the artistic high point of the Byzantine renaissance,…

★ The Anastasis fresco — In the side funerary chapel (parekklesion), Christ hauls Adam and Eve from their tombs in a fresco widely considered one of the greatest works of…

★ Sixteen centuries of history — Founded as a Byzantine monastery church, converted to a mosque in Ottoman times, run as a museum from 1945, and reopened as a mosque in 2024 after…

💡 Dress modestly as in any working mosque…: Dress modestly as in any working mosque — shoulders and knees covered, headscarves for women — and remove shoes where indicated.

Book the Kariye (Chora) Mosque ride in 60 seconds

Message +90 551 464 26 32 on WhatsApp with your pickup time at Titanic Port Hotel. You get the driver's name, the car's plate and the locked €50 price back within minutes. Payment is cash to the driver — EUR, USD, GBP or TRY — after the ride.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the driver pick us up?

Right at the Titanic Port Hotel lobby — the driver waits inside, helps with any bags and drops you at the Kariye (Chora) Mosque entrance.

How much is a transfer from Titanic Port Hotel to Kariye (Chora) Mosque?

€50 fixed per vehicle one way (up to 6 passengers), hotel-door pickup included. Vito €60, V-Class €65, Sprinter €80.

How long is the drive from Titanic Port Hotel?

About 20 minutes for the ~10 km, traffic depending.

Can the driver wait and bring us back?

Yes — wait-and-return is our most popular option for Kariye (Chora) Mosque. Agree the pickup time with the driver, or WhatsApp us when you are ready; the return runs at the same fixed rate.

Is it per person or per car?

Per car. Up to 6 passengers ride for one fixed €50 — with a child seat free if you need one.

Can you pick us up late at night after the visit?

Yes, at the same price — there is no night surcharge. Evening pickups from Kariye (Chora) Mosque are routine in summer.

Can the driver wait at Kariye (Chora) Mosque and take us back to Titanic Port Hotel?

Yes — most guests book it as a round trip: €50 each way, paid ride by ride in cash. For a short visit of an hour or two the driver simply waits nearby at no extra charge; for longer stays we send the car back when you message us on WhatsApp, ideally 20–30 minutes before you want to leave.

TÜRSAB licence D-12490 · €100,000 passenger insurance · Pay the driver on arrival
Titanic Port Hotel → Kariye (Chora) Mosque50
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