Best Combo Package for the Topkapi Palace Museum, Harem and Hagia Sophia in Istanbul!

Book it from the first hand of all prividers and save your money with the official guides of museums in Istanbul! Plus, there is a great flexibility: you can use the entrances in 3 days! 

As of 15th of January, the Hagia Sophia Entrance Tickets are coming back after 3 years of preparations. Meanwhile, Topkapi Palace Museums directory has decided to combine the Palace Galleries and Harem Section into a single pass. This booking will provide you entrance without waiting ticket-lines and with an official orientation by a licensed professional of the museum. 

You can use your services in great flexiblity netween the hours given bleow. Moreover, you can use them separate days in a 3-Day time as it suites you best: 

• Topkapi Palace & Harem Museums (09:30 to 16:00 EXCEPT TUESDAYS)
• Hagia Sophia Galleries (09:30 to 18:00)

There are time slots to chose, but you can come and chekc-in as you wish between sessions every 30 minutes for Hagia Sophia or Topkapi Palace.

With usual waiting lines before the ticket windows, the basic ticket for these museums (Hagia Sophia and Topkapı Palace with Harem) cost approximately 2700 TL. 

How these entrance services work?

Once you book from the sesion of the day, you can come and show up at the location given on the tickets. 

The sessions are going on every 30 minutes:

• For Hagia Sophia: 09:30 - 18:00 (everyday except Friday between 11:00 and 15:00)
• For Topkapı Palace: 09:30 - 16:00 (everyday except Tuesdays)

Hagia Sophia Skip-the-Line-Entrance

Almost 15 Centuries-Old Hagia Sophia is the icon of Istanbul. Its history uncovers the city of Istanbul and the best way to learn about it is having an orientation by an official guide of the museum. Reserve your place here and make your Istanbul trip even more memorable.

As Hagia Sophia has been serving as a mosque since 2020, the upper galleries has been prepared for a new era of visits at this wonder of human kind. The most suitable visiting times are between early morning and late towards the sunset.

Our licensed hosts will company you in front of the Hagia Sophia Mosque while informing you about the past and today of this great monument. In more detail, the information will cover:

• the architecture of the structure
• the process of its construction
• stories about the emperors and sultans that were part of Hagia Sophia's history
• the decorative details, especially Hagia Sophia's legendary mosaics

So, you will know better about the things to see in Hagia Sophia and your experience will be much more memorable. 

Visiting Info For Hagia Sophia:

As an active mosque, Hagia Sophia main building is open for only locals for the timely praying times. For travelers, there is the ticketed entry through the glorious upper galleries is opening from January 2024. 

The ticket price at the ticket windows is 25 Euro. If  waiting at the ticket lines, the security will 

The orientation will be given to you at former royal gate of Hagia Sophia looking towards the Topkapi Palace (the spot is marked on your ticket).

Then, your officially-licenced guide explains ages-long history of Hagia Sophia as an ancient wonder of the world. From outside looks to the interior details, the orientation will cover all important layers of past of this city and beyond. So, you can learn about the all the glory and drama that gave the character to the heritage of this city.

There is also time for your questions too. This orientation will take around 15 minutes in front of the Hagia Sophia Gallery entrance and your guide will lead you inside via the security there.

If you have any further questions, our prefssional team will be waiting for you there after your visit too with free tea from the house. 

Since Your Guides Are Local Experts, After The Tour, Feel Free To Ask Your Questions About You Programs In Istanbul!

The Meeting Point For Hagia Sophia Tours:

15 minutes before the starting time you chose, your official museum hosts will be waiting for you at this location right at the Ticket Entrance: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JxmCfbLKm6G4Xmwu9  

What To See At Hagia Sophia?

As one of the engineeering wonders of the world, Hagia Sophia has been standing since the ancient times. The building itself, the collections of marble elements, the unique mosaics are all ar going to be introduced to you by your guide. 

What Is Included In The Tour Of Hagia Sophia?

• A detailed orientation by a licensed professional of the museum
• Skip-the-Line ticket without waiting at the ticket booth (security lines coould take from 1 to 20 minutes at the entrance)

Is Hagia Sophia A Mosque Or A Church?

Hagia Sophia has a quite long and complex time ilne:

• Hagia Sophia had been first constructed as a church in the late-Roman times.
• Today's building was erected in the 6th century.
• When the eastern and western churches were separated in 11th century, it became the center of the Orthodox Christians.
• In 1204, the 4th Crusader army invasion of Constantintopolis turned it into a Latin Carholic Church
• In 1453, the church was converted it into Mosque
• In 1930, the Turkish Republican regime made Hagia Sophia a secular museum
• In 2020, the Presidency of Turkiye reformed Hagia Sophia as a Mosque.
• In 2024, famous upper galleries are opening as a ticketed sight

TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM & HAREM TICKETS:

According the the new regulations, starting from the 1st of January 2024, the Topkapi Palace and Harem are accessbile with a single combined ticket and there will be no more seperate sales.

The ticket price per person is 1700 TL with waiting lines in front of it, as declared from the 1st of September 2024.

Hightlights For The Topkapi Palace Visit:

• Enjoy the Fast Entrance with a licensed insider including an orientation by an official museum staff  
• Explore the Harem, the House of Sultans and Queens of Istanbul where they lived for 4 centuries
• Access to all of the famous collections including the Divan, Treasury, Jewelries, Kitchens and Audience Chamber 
• Listen and Learn from the Smart Audio Guide App about all the sections

What To See At The Topkapi Palace Museum?

Until the modern times, the Topkapi Palace had been the house of the Ottoman Dynasty in Istanbul for 4 centuries. It is consisted of several courtyards in an extensive area that is is surrounded by 15th century walls. The exceptionally located terraces of the palace present you most magnificent panoramic views over the famous Bosphorus and Golden Horn too.

Today, the area serves as a great museum complex, which amazes its visitors by its glorious decorations and unmatched collections. 

The Harem Section tickets too, you will discover the most private quarters of the Queens and Sultans filled with glorious halls, lavish bath houses, storied courtyards, unique decorative elements and many more… 

What's New At Topkapı Palace Following The Restorations Works In 2023 and 2024?

By the May 10th of 2023, the Topkapi Palace Museum Directory announced the new section's re-openning at the 3rd courtyard, with the royal jewelries and clothes of the sultans! This is a long anticipated come-back of the 15th century pavillons from the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror's times.

As the restoration works are over in September 2023, all the covers and scaffholdings are cleared at the Mother Sultan Chamber (Valide Sultan) at the Harem of the Topkapi Palace Museum. So the room is now is fully visible for its guests. 

At beginning of 2023, the terrace of Sultans looking over the Bosphorus had been re-opened after two years of restoration process (check the photos at this page). 

Visiting Topkapi Palace is even more recommended now! Moreover, it is better to spare a little bit more time than usual to see these collections. 

As of Jujy 2024, the Concubines Bath and Courtyard in the Harem are re-opened after kong years of restorations.