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İstanbul Welcome Card

4.1  / 5184 reviews
Activity provider:Travelgroup
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İstanbul Welcome Card

Activity provider:Travelgroup
4.1  / 5184 reviews

From $99.61 per person

Benefit from a flexible card including public transportation, entrances to top museums, guided tours at Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, a Bosphorus cruise, and an audio guide app.

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Valid 7 days
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Experience

Highlights
  • Benefit from free hotel delivery
  • Visit Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Topkapi Palace with a historian guide
  • Enjoy a cruise on the Bosphorus
  • Make use of 10 transportation tickets
  • Pay less at top sights, attractions and activities
Full description
When you arrive in Istanbul your welcome package will be waiting at your hotel for you. Inside the package, find your card loaded with 10 rides for public transportation and vouchers to join the Bosphorus Cruise, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapi Palace tours. Skip the lines and explore the Basilica Cistern, and the Topkapi Palace with a historian guide. You will have fun on a cruise along the Bosphorus and witness breathtaking views over the shimmering waters of Istanbul's magnificent river. See bridges, palaces, fortresses, seaside residences and, many other historical places. Travel around the city with 10 transportation tickets including metro, tram, ferry, funicular, bus, and metrobus. Take advantage of numerous discounts at many top attractions across the city and discover museums with the included audio guides at your own pace.
Includes
  • Free hotel delivery
  • 10 transportation tickets
  • Skip-the-ticket-line entry to several museums and attractions (except Hagia Sophia)
  • Guided tours of the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapi Palace
  • Discounts at top sights, attractions, and activities
  • Bosphorus cruise
  • Audio guide app in 8 languages
  • City map
  • Delivery to Airbnbs, apartments, or areas outside Istanbul

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Meeting point

Your card will be at your hotel when you arrive. The activity provider will contact you and get your hotel details so they can send you the card on time. Delivery to Airbnbs, private apartments, or outside Istanbul is not available.

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Important information

Know before you go

  • Your card will be valid for 7 days hours after the first use
  • The lines at Hagia Sophia cannot be skipped
  • Hagia Sophia tour: Daily at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM; Fridays only at 2:00 PM
  • Topkapi Palace tour: Daily except Tuesdays at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM
  • Basilica Cistern tour: Daily 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM
  • 90-minute Bosphorus Cruise: daily every hour between 10 AM and 5 PM
  • There is no skip-the-line entry at Hagia Sophia

Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.1 /5

based on 184 reviews

Review summary

  • Transportation
    4.5/5
  • Value for money
    3.9/5
  • Service
    4.7/5
  • Organization
    4.5/5

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Muhammad Siddiqur – United KingdomAugust 22, 2023 – Verified booking
Absolutely sensational and travelling with young children, skipping the queue in the summer heat was essential. Received the pack at my hotel and all the instructions was simple and easy to follow, especially using Google Maps for the meeting points. Very good timing flexibility for the tours and made the most of the Istanbul Travelcards to use the Trams and Metro.
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Bianca – United StatesApril 4, 2023 – Verified booking
The Welcome card was very turnkey. The delivery to my hotel was perfect, the instructions were very clear on how to find the tours and the guides gave me a very good sense of the city. I used the heck out of the metro pass. I would recommend that they add instructions on how to add more $$ to the card, as the kiosks to add more money never provided information in any language besides Turkish though they said they would.
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GetYourGuide traveler – United StatesJanuary 17, 2023 – Verified booking
Almost everything was great, except that the transportation pass was not properly explained and we as a large family of 14 were not able to understand the reason of why we couldn’t used the pass 10th times as per the policy estates. My suggestion is that should be more clear on your written documents. By using this pass on the Ferry and underground train it counts as triple and we looked like fools when we tried using it on the regular train and not being able to use it again.
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Product ID: 165510

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