
Topkapi Palace tickets and tours

Avoid the queues and enter the Topkapi Palace with your fast track entrance ticket. Enjoy a 45-minute highlights tour with an official Topka...
Flexible

Enjoy and learn about the glorious Topkapi Palace with one of the few historian guides in Istanbul. Did you know that Fatih Sultan Mehmet wa...
1 hour 30 minutes

The Topkapi Palace is the largest palace of Istanbul and the Süleymaniye Mosque is the largest mosque in town. On this tour you visit both. ...
4 hours

During this tour in Istanbul, you'll visit the most important places of the city, in a small group accompanied by a licensed English-speakin...
8 hours

The first place you'll visit is the Topkapi Palace, where the Sultans and royalty lived and was also used for educational and administrative...
4 hours

Explore Istanbul and discover its charm with a 7-day welcome card. Get fast-track entry to Istanbul's highlights including the Hagia Sophia,...
168 hours

The Istanbul Tourist Pass is a digital city pass which offers access to the most visited sights of the city during the 3, 5 or 7 days that y...
Flexible

Discover the wonderful history and fascinating culture of Istanbul with this afternoon tour that will take you to some of the city's most po...
4 hours

The Ottoman Art Pass will grant you entrance to the 4 locations listed below. To visit the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Blue Mosque, the Grand...
48 hours

Topkapı Palace was the grand residence of the Ottoman Sultans and the administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire for more than 400 years. O...
1 hour 15 minutes

Enjoy a skip the line admission and live guide commentaries in English at all top 8 museums of Istanbul, including the Basilica Cistern. Thi...
120 hours
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The inside story
The Topkapi Palace is a large museum located in the Fatih district of Istanbul and has a history that dates back to the 15th century. Construction started on the palace in 1459 by the conqueror, Sultan Mehmet II and continued to be renovated and expanded throughout the centuries. The palace was used as a residence and administrative headquarters to the Ottoman Empire for four centuries.
The palace opened as a museum in 1924 and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Istanbul. The museum is not only notable for its beautiful architecture and art collections but also for its history of the Ottoman Empire.