There are many ancient villages, towns and even cities around the world, but very few of them are located underground. However, there is one spot in a country loved by tourists where that happens ...

Down here, standing on wooden planks stretching across a vast underground chamber ... He picks his way across the planks in this ancient cistern, which is three stories deep and so elaborately ...

The hotel, just a short walk from the Hagia Sofia, a UNESCO World Heritage site, modified the ancient ... cistern," the hotel ...

Turkey is rich with ancient wonders ... only in 2010 when some unloved additions were demolished that the cistern’s underground entryway was rediscovered. The 1,600-year-old water depot opened ...

The Basilica Cistern is Istanbul's largest surviving Byzantine cistern and one of its most unique historic sites. Constructed in 532 for Justinian I, this sprawling underground water reservoir ...