"Destination guides: The Kariye (Chora) Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
by Elizabeth Coughlan
Many visitors to Istanbul miss this perfect gem of a museum, as it is set apart from the usual tourist trails. The Kariye Museum (once the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora) is in Camii Sok, by the Edirne Gate in Edirnekapi. The area can be reached by bus or taxi, or by taking one of the half-day tours from Sultanahmet that visit this ancient site. The reason for the museum's out-of-the way location is that it was originally built in the countryside (chora), outside the city walls demarcated by Constantine the Great."
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