Museums & Palaces From58.00 EURper person Istanbul: Topkapı Palace & Harem Skip-the-Line Entry with Host
Skip the ticket line at Topkapı Palace and the Harem in Istanbul. Your host meets you in Sultanahmet, gives a…

Visit Dolmabahçe Palace and its Harem on the Bosphorus with a QR e-ticket and a phone audio guide. No ticket-office queue, go straight to the Clock Tower gate.
The Ottoman court left the old walls of Topkapı behind in the 1850s and moved to the water's edge. Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş is the result: a marble front facing the Bosphorus and interiors heavy with gilding, crystal and hand-painted ceilings. This ticket covers the Selamlık, the Harem and the gardens, and an audio guide on your own phone tells the story room by room while you set the pace.
Your visit starts in the waterfront gardens, then moves into the Selamlık, where sultans received ambassadors and held state ceremonies. Look out for the crystal staircase and the vast Ceremonial Hall, whose chandelier hangs beneath a soaring painted dome. The Harem feels more private: this was the living space of the sultan, his mother and the women of the court. Before you leave, you can also see the modest room where Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, spent his final days.
The audio guide is available in 16 languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian.
Transfers are not included, which makes this ticket an easy addition to a day around Beşiktaş, Taksim or a Bosphorus cruise.
The Ottoman court left the old walls of Topkapı behind in the 1850s and moved to the water's edge. Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş is the result: a marble front facing the Bosphorus and interiors heavy with gilding, crystal and hand-painted ceilings. This ticket covers the Selamlık, the Harem and the gardens, and an audio guide on your own phone tells the story room by room while you set the pace.
Your visit starts in the waterfront gardens, then moves into the Selamlık, where sultans received ambassadors and held state ceremonies. Look out for the crystal staircase and the vast Ceremonial Hall, whose chandelier hangs beneath a soaring painted dome. The Harem feels more private: this was the living space of the sultan, his mother and the women of the court. Before you leave, you can also see the modest room where Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, spent his final days.
The audio guide is available in 16 languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian.
Transfers are not included, which makes this ticket an easy addition to a day around Beşiktaş, Taksim or a Bosphorus cruise.