The photos of the square were taken when it was about to get dark, the last ones were taken at night. Most of them were taken with my phone. But the last one for example was taken with my husband's DSLR. He likes to take videos, but his camera takes amazing pictures. The tower was something we left for next time. As we didn't have so many days we didn't want to waste hours queuing, besides we had already enjoyed the breathtaking views from another viewpoint. It must be interesting to be able to listen to a mass, I agree. Also in the mosques, they don't let tourists in during prayer hours, unless you want to attend the whole service, which is something we didn't do either and will do next time if we have the chance to visit Istanbul again.
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That's the best time to take photos really, golden hour is what they call it I think. It's the same in the morning. It is expected to have queues in touristy places like that. I didn't know that you are not allowed in mosques during prayer hours.
At least in the mosques, which are of great tourist interest, they don't let you in unless you are going to attend the prayers but you can't visit just to look around and take pics. Some mosques in Istanbul receive a huge amount of visitors every day.
I don't blame the tourists for visiting. It looks beautiful on the outside that one can't help but check out what is inside :D I haven't been to the two mosques we have here in the city. The more beautiful ones are those in the south where majority of the people practices Islam.
I don't blame them either, since I'm the first one who wants to visit them, hehe. We only have one mosque here but it is very small and I haven't been inside it.
I hope you can visit your mosque there :)
Maybe one day ;) It's small and not very eye-catching really. It only has a minaret.
Oh, I see. Even the ones we have here.