Twenty-four reasons
to read the names on the stones.

There are currently twenty-four published JUNO PORTALS experiences in Istanbul: OUTDOING SOLOMON, THE GIRL'S STONE, SHE REALLY REIGNED, A RULE FOR FIFTY, NOT THE FIRST, STILL STANDING, THIRTEEN LINES TO ONE MAN, SENT EAST, COME HOME, BEGUN BY ONE, FINISHED BY ANOTHER, WATER BELOW THE STREET, THE GUARDIAN FACE, AN OATH IN BLACK, A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, THE ONLY PRESS, TWENTY NOTEBOOKS, I AM NOT THE HEIFER, LEGEND AND RECORD, THE ROMANCE THAT ISN'T, A GRAVE OPEN TO THE STREET, NAMED BY HER SON, THE STREET SHE WROTE DOWN, A FORBIDDEN STAGE, THE UNBROKEN THREAD, HER DEED, HIS NAME and READING THE CLAY.

Each portal is tied to one real place: OUTDOING SOLOMON (Ruins of St Polyeuktos · Saraçhane), THE GIRL'S STONE (Kıztaşı (Column of Marcian) · Fatih), SHE REALLY REIGNED (Eski İmaret Camii (Christ Pantepoptes) · Zeyrek), A RULE FOR FIFTY (Fenari İsa Camii (Lips monastery) · Fatih), NOT THE FIRST, STILL STANDING (Haseki Sultan complex (Avratpazarı) · Fatih), THIRTEEN LINES TO ONE MAN (Pammakaristos chapel (Fethiye Museum) · Çarşamba), SENT EAST, COME HOME (Panagia Mouchliotissa (Kanlı Kilise) · Fener), BEGUN BY ONE, FINISHED BY ANOTHER (Yeni Cami and royal pavilion · Eminönü), WATER BELOW THE STREET (Azapkapı sebil and fountains · Beyoğlu), THE GUARDIAN FACE (Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnıcı) · Sultanahmet), AN OATH IN BLACK (Between the Sultan Ahmed Mosque and the Hürrem Sultan Hamamı · Sultanahmet), A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (Hagia Triada and the Zappeion school · Meşelik Sokağı · Taksim), THE ONLY PRESS (Kuruçeşme Park · Kuruçeşme · Beşiktaş), TWENTY NOTEBOOKS (Aşiyan Cemetery · Rumelihisarı · Beşiktaş), I AM NOT THE HEIFER (Üsküdar waterfront at the Şemsi Paşa Mosque), LEGEND AND RECORD (Salacak shore facing the Maiden's Tower (Kız Kulesi) · Üsküdar), THE ROMANCE THAT ISN'T (Mihrimah Sultan (İskele) Mosque · Üsküdar), A GRAVE OPEN TO THE STREET (Yeni Valide complex, sebil and tomb of Gülnuş Emetullah · Üsküdar), NAMED BY HER SON (Çinili complex · Üsküdar), THE STREET SHE WROTE DOWN (Surp Haç Armenian church · Selami Ali · Üsküdar), A FORBIDDEN STAGE (Site of the Apollon Theater (later the Rexx cinema) · Kadıköy), THE UNBROKEN THREAD (Monastery of Aya Yorgi · Yücetepe · Büyükada), HER DEED, HIS NAME (Zal Mahmud Paşa complex · Eyüp) and READING THE CLAY (Istanbul Archaeological Museums gate · Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu · Gülhane).

Open the PORTALS map, choose a portal and go to its real-world location. You can see the portal on the map before you arrive. The experience itself unlocks only when you are close enough to the place.

Yes. THE GUARDIAN FACE needs a ticket or paid entry. The other portals are at free, public places. Check current prices and hours before you go.