Clockwise from top left: A shrouded figure is illuminated by light streaming in from the Blue Mosque's stained glass windows, of which there are supposedly 260; A view of the Blue Mosque from the rooftop cafe cum bar of Sultan's Inn Hotel, where we stayed for two nights; A shot of me taken by Jay near the Sultanahmet tram stop, with the Blue Mosque in the background.
Clockwise from top: A fellow visitor taking a picture of the Blue Mosque from the Hippodrome-side entrance; Interior of the dome over the main door, which only worshippers are supposedly permitted to use but through which we unwittingly entered on two of our three visits to the mosque; The Blue Mosque’s interior takes on a golden cast at night due to tungsten lighting, as opposed to the natural illumination of daytime that offers a glimpse of it bathed in the hues that gave the mosque its nickname.
There is a magical quality to the mosque's courtyard at night.
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