Activity provider: Istanbul Welcome Card
Guided tour

Istanbul: Topkapi Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Audio Guide

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    Istanbul: Topkapi Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Audio Guide

    Activity provider: Istanbul Welcome Card

    From US$ 39.75 per person

    Skip the ticket lines and discover Topkapi Palace in Istanbul on an informative tour with an audio guide. Explore at your own pace and take a break for coffee.

    About this activity

    Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
    Covid-19 precautions
    Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
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    Duration 30 minutes - 2 hours
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    Skip the ticket line
    Live tour guide
    English
    Audio guide included
    Spanish, English, German, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Polish, Arabic, Turkish

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Skip the line and enter the glorious Topkapi Palace
    • Discover the Palace on your own pace with an audio guide app
    • See the best views over the Golden Horn and Bosphorus River
    • Enjoy a highlights tour with a local guide
    Full description

    Take the shortest way into the glorious Topkapi Palace of Istanbul. Choose the time that suits you best, meet your host in front of the museum, and go directly to the entrance. You can save up to 2 or 3 hours by not standing in the famous lines. Following security checks, receive a brief introduction as to what to see inside, including the council hall, arms and armory section, or holy relics. Afterward, enjoy the palace at your own pace. You can enjoy a long coffee break in-between looking over a spectacular view of the Bosphorus. It is possible to see all of the palace within one hour, or you can choose to stay inside for several hours at your leisure.

    After your 30 minute-tour with your guide, you can stay inside the museum as long as you would like.

    Includes
    • Skip-the-line ticket
    • Audio guide app in Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, English, German, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Russian
    • 30-minute short presentation in English
    • Gratuities
    • Entrance to Harem
    • Headphones, please bring your own
    Covid-19 precautions

    You must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • You must keep social distance while in vehicles
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • You must bring your own headphones
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask

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    Meeting point

    Look for the guide dressed in red at the III Fountain of Sultan Ahmet, outside Topkapi Palace, next to the Carpet Museum.

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    Important information

    Know before you go

    • With your pre-booked ticket, you will skip ticket lines, but you cannot skip the security check
    • Download the audio guide app before your visit, as the Topkapi Palace does not have internet
    • To make the most of your experience at the Palace, download the audio guide that is available in Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, English, German, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Russian
    • Audio guide download instructions are written in your confirmation
    • Once you download the audio guide app on your smartphone, an internet connection is no longer needed
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.2 /5

    based on 128 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.1/5
    • Value for money
      3.9/5
    • Service
      4.1/5
    • Organization
      4.2/5

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    Everything was great. We met with our guide on the meeting point, and then started the tour. He introduced us with all important and interesting details from the beginning until the very end of our tour. We saw all 4 courtyards of the Topkapi Palace, and then the Harem section. Amazing experience!

    April 29, 2022

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    Jovan – Serbia Verified booking

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    It was absolutely the best choice to have a ticket in order to skip the line and don’t waste any time!! We were running late and communicated via Watsapp in order to reschedule for the next available hour, they answered promptly and were very understanding!! We met a few minutes before we had to enter the Palace and we found our guide very easily!! The best part was our guide Ezgi she was so familiar with everything and told us amazing facts about the Topkapi Palace, the courtyards, the Harem and everything. She was friendly and answered all of our questions! We would highly recommend everyone to book a tour in the Topkapi as it is indeed huge and you will need someone to dhow you around and explain everything. You can also download the app for free ( when you have internet) in order to listen to it while you are there or even after. We loved our guide so we chose to let her take the lead and tell us a fee things. When returning we listened to the audio and it was very interesting!!!!!

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    November 13, 2021

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    Danai – Greece Verified booking

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    I really liked the option of entering the palace with tickets purchased online in advance and having an introduction of about twenty minutes with the most important data and then being able to visit it at your leisure. A pity that they do not offer this introduction in Spanish. Yes, there are guided tours of the palace in Spanish, but they last about three hours. It would be great if it could be freely accessed with the introduction in Spanish

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    March 2, 2020

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    Amaia – Spain Verified booking

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