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Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul → Kariye (Chora) Mosque

Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul to Kariye (Chora) Mosque Transfer — from €50, Private Car

Skip the tour-bus timetable: SooTransfer collects you at the Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul lobby and drives the ~6 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.

Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul → 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 Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul. 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 Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul lobby — the driver waits inside, helps with any bags and drops you at the Kariye (Chora) Mosque entrance.

How much is a transfer from Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul 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 Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul?

About 15 minutes for the ~6 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 Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul?

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
Windsor Hotel & Convention Center İstanbul → Kariye (Chora) Mosque50
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