Our Spooky, Historical, & Fashionable Adventures – Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Just Go Explore

Just a few minutes from the Agia Sofia in Istanbul, we stumbled upon the super cool and fun Basilica Cistern. I had read about the famous “upside down head of Medusa” but wasn’t sure where it was. After heading down a dark and damp staircase, we entered the enormous underground cistern from the Byzantine period. It was built in the 6th century and has 336 columns that support the ceiling. The highlight of the visit for most is the upside down head of Medusa carved out of a column. It’s fun to just wander around in wonder at the size and age of the cistern – how did it last so long without caving in??!! Some of our modern buildings don’t last more than a few decades -this has lasted over 140 decades!

Trevor loved exploring the dark nooks and damp corridors and watching the hundreds of fish swimming around…

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