Do not Miss the Topkapi Palace Museum with Harem Section in Istanbul! And, Book from the First Hand Service Provider for the Best Prices* here!

*This is a special online promotion that is not possible at the museum or around!

Book your ticket from the first provider 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. 

*The sesion at 16:00 leaves a limited time after the tour until the closing time!

• Official Museum Team of Professionals are going to serve you with the most flexible timing and best price possible for an orientation to understand the sections of the palace! This official museum guides' desk is open 7-Days of a week for any question you have about Istanbul, once you are our registered guest. 

• The Smart Audio App (English, German, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, French) is also going to be very helpful to understand the vast gardens of sultans and the architecture and collections surrounding it. Especially it is a perfect assistance when you are using your unlmited time to stay inside!
• Harem Section Entrance is also included with this booking. 

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, the tickets for Harem Section for seeing the most private sections of Queens and Concubines inside the Topkapi Palace are included as well!

Hightlights for the Topkapi Palace visit:

• Enjoy the Fast Entrance with a licensed insider including an orientation by an official museum staff  
• Explore 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

Important Changes for the Tickets of Topkapi Palace from 2024 to 2025!

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 January 2025, the ticket price from the windows are 2000 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.

The price for Topkapi Palace & Harem Ticket here is a special promotion that is not avvailable at the gates even if you wait in the lines!

Visiting Info for the Topkapi Palace Museums

Tips for Visiting the Collections inside the Topkapi Palace Gardens!

• First of all, do not expect to see a big palace building with hallways and salons as Topkapi Palace had been a combination of gardens that remainds a fusion of Roman villas and Asian imperial courts. 
• The newly opend (Summer 2023) Treasury of Sultans is the most popular section inside the Topkapi Palace Museum. Between 10:30 and 15:00, lines could emerge in front of the entrance (which is free already when you entered the gardens). The waiting times could change between 5 to 20 minutes.
• Inside the Holy Relics of Islam Collections inside the third courtyard of the Topkapi Palace, the live Quran readings continue incessantly. So, talking loud is not recommended. If there is a need for coverings for shoulders, legs or hair etc, there are fabrics provided at the entrance for every visitor. 

Recently Opened Sections inside the Topkapi Palace Museum and its Harem Section between 2023 and 2025:

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. 

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. 

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… 

95% of the gardens, collections and salons are open nowadays. 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. 

What is included with this ticket inside the Topkapi Palace?

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 Administrative parts like the Divan, Armory and Treasury (with the legendary diamond inside) Rooms
• the Kitchens and its fabulous collections that exhibits both the daily life (particularly coffee!)and luxury as well as one of the best porcelain and glass collections of the world
• the Enderun Courtyard that was private for sultans the Palace School, the Paintings Section, the Holy Relics of Islam
• the fourth courtyard with pavilions and terraces once belonging to the sultans, namely the Baghdad and Revan Kiosks and Iftariye Balcony, the Dressing Room which are the most distinguished and aesthetically advanced examples of Ottoman classical architecture.
• the Harem Section, the royal household's residential part.

How to use Fast Track entrance to the Topkapi Palace Museum:

• 10 minutes before the starting time you chose, our museum hosts will be waiting for you at the location shown with a link in your ticket! There you will be taken to the entrance without waiting.
• Without waiting at the meeting point, our Official Museum Staff will lead you to the priority entrance.
• Inside Topkapi Palace, the gardens, halls, rooms, collections and exhibitions revealing the history of the sultans' lives and imperial administration
• If you opt for the Flexible Option, you can come and join befoe any session starting between 09:30 and 16:00. If necessary because of your program, weather etc., only with a mail, you can change the day, too, for your Topkapi Palace Museum visit. 

Where is the Harem Section inside the Topkapi Palace? 

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. 

Is there an extra ticket for the Harem Section of the Topkapi Palace?

When you enter the Topkapi Palace, our museum team will take you inside the Harem too. Of course, without waiting!

Where is Holy Relics of Islam Section inside the Topkapi Palace Museum?

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). 

Is there a guiding service in the Topkapi Palace Museum and Harem for tours?

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 hour between 10:00 and 17:00, 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! 

Topkapi Palace Museum Visiting Info

• The ticket price per person is 2000 TL with waiting lines in front of it, as declared by the administration, from the 1st of January 2025 onwards. 

• The opening time is 09:00 all year. Closing time is set to be 17:30 in winter time (usually after the 1st week of November) and the last admissions will be made at 16:30. The times move 1 hour forward (usually after 1st of April) to 17:30 for the last entrances and 18:30 for closing. 

• The most popular sections are the Treasury, the Holy Relics of the Islamic World, the Imperial Hall in Harem and Sultans terraces looking over Bosphorus of Istanbul. There might be some brief time to wait in front of such galleries. 

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  How long does it take to discover the Topkapi Palace?

  Considering its extensive gardens, a visitor can only walk from the first gate to the ending terraces in 20 minutes. Regarding the collections, gardens, rooms, harem section and many more, seeing everything requires a few hours. The average time spent by the visitors is around 90 minutes.