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Book your ticket from the first hand for the Topkapi Palace Museum here and save your time for the glorious beauty inside this unique museum in Istanbul that reveals the royal heritage of Istanbul. This group of options with the best-prices will present you a great variety of possibilities.
Book your ticket and save your time for the glorious beauty inside this unique museum in Istanbul that reveals the royal heritage of Istanbul. This is the best possible price one could find anywhere!
You can join the sessions starting 09:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:00 as you wish according to your program flexibly at the day considering youor mood, the weather,
There are also Highlights Tour (45 minutes) by official museum guides as they start every hour; 10:00, 11:00, 12.00, 13:00, 14.00, 15:00, 16:00 ready ans open for your choice as well.
Once you reserve your tickets here, our official guiding crew will be waiting for you at the meeting point where you may have some promotional refreshments and restroom breaks. Our staff will greet and accompany you for the fast entrance and take you inside the Topkapi Palace. Optionally, you can add guiding services as you wish while booking. The short orietnation service runs every :30 between 09:30 and 15:30. And the highlight tours run every :00 between 10:00 and 16:00.
Moreover, if you wish, add the tickets for Harem to see the most private sections of Queens and Concubines inside the Topkapi Palace as well!
Best Price Guaranteed! There is no better rate for Skip-the-Line Admission for the Topkapi Palace Museum anywhere since we are the first hand providers as the official museum guides. If you prove the other way, we will pay you the difference!
Once you reserve your entrance here, our official museum team will be waiting for you at the meeting point. They will greet and accompany you for the fast entrance and take you inside the Topkapi Palace. In case you miss the time you have picked, the next session will be available for you as it is among the options while booking. If you want to have a flexibility for hours to keep your ticket valid, there is an option before the payment process.
Moreover, if you wish, add the tickets for Harem Section for seeing the most private sections of Queens and Concubines inside the Topkapi Palace as well!
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.
From the 1st of September 2024, the ticket price from the windows are 1700 TL. Keep in mind that this is the rate you will see after waiting in the lines at the ticket booth of the palace. Without the ticket lines, the best possible price is still here from the first hand provider of the Topkapi Palace Museum Service Provider.
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.
1st of July 2024, the Cuncubines Courtyard in the Harem Section are now opened. The Bathhouse (Hamam) of the harem ladies are openly showcasing some pieces of daily life during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The renovations for the parts of Palace Kitchens are through and the major sections are to be open in August 2024 around the porcelain collections.
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.
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.
If you add 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…
The second gate of Topkapi Palace Complex (where the museum part starts) has been taken into restoration in May 2024. The restorations will expectedly end at the end of the year 2024.
Basically, with this ticket, you may visit all the central courtyards from the 1st to the 4th that ends up at great terrasses with astonishing views. In more detail, the most important quarters are included:
The famous Harem of the Topkapi Palace is inside the second courtyard of the Palace. You will see options in our menu to add the tickets or tours of the Harem Section inside the Topkapi Palace. At July of 2023, the Mother Sultan (Valide Sultan) Chamber at the Harem Section has been opened for visits after a restoriation process of 18 months.
When you enter the Topkapi Palace, our museum team will take you inside the Harem too. Of course, without waiting!
The Relics from the foundational century of the Islamic World is inside the 3rd Courtyard of the Topkapi Palace. So, a regular ticket for the Topkapi Palace Museum is enough to see this collection.
Please keep in mind that there is no fast track service for the Holy Relics Section because there is no ticket requeirment. It is just a free pass for the people already inside the museum. Most of the time, especially weekends or any day between 10:45 to 15:00, there are lines in front of its entrance waiting for a while (usually between 10 to 25 minutes).
If you wish! You could add several guiding service options on your fast track ticket for the Topkapi Palace! They will come to your menu during the booking process.
Regularly, every 30 minutes, there is a orientation intro by an officially licensed guide inside the Topkapi Palace. After this introduction, which takes the visitors through the gates of the end of Topkapi Palace, you would know where to go and find the best collections and stories that suits your interests.
For the Harem Section of the Topkapi Palace, you can opt for tickets and guiding services from the menu while booking your tickets for the museum.
As another choice, you can opt for an 40-minute guiding service in addition to your tickets for the Topkapi Palace with the best price in Istanbul Old Town by far. If you do so, also an officially licensed guide will introduce centuries-long history of the Ottoman sultans, who lived here. You will learn about the organizational and political structure of the palace as well. Your guide will point out cultural, decorative or architectural details to uncover the unique history of this complex.
There is a private tour option as well, that books your tour with an expert guide covering all the stories and details around the gardens of Topkapi Palace! This private tour is a favorite of true history loving travelers!