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Istanbul: Dolmabahçe Palace & Harem Ticket with Audio Guide
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Istanbul: Dolmabahçe Palace & Harem Ticket with Audio Guide

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.

About This Activity

  • Free cancellation Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
  • Duration 2.5 Hours
  • Audio guide languages English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian
  • Meeting point No hotel pick-up – go directly to the palace entrance next to the Clock Tower in Beşiktaş and show your QR code.

Select number of participants and date

1 Adult, 0 Child, 0 Infant

Experience

Highlights
  • See the Selamlık state rooms, the Harem and the Bosphorus gardens
  • Stand beneath the great chandelier of the Ceremonial Hall
  • Walk up the famous crystal staircase
  • Use a QR e-ticket instead of queuing at the ticket office
  • Follow the audio guide on your own phone in 16 languages
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance
Full description

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.

Inside the palace

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.

Audio guide languages

The audio guide is available in 16 languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian.

How your visit works

  • Choose your date. The palace is open 09:00–17:00 and closed on Mondays.
  • Your QR e-ticket arrives by email, usually the day before your visit, so check your spam folder too.
  • The audio guide link also reaches you before your visit. Open it on your iOS or Android phone.
  • Make your own way to the entrance beside the Clock Tower in Beşiktaş and show the QR code.

Good to know

  • This is a self-guided visit: there is no live guide and nobody to meet at the gate.
  • The ticket saves you the ticket-office queue, but everyone goes through security, which can take up to 30 minutes in high season and on religious holidays.
  • Last admission is one hour before closing, so plan to arrive earlier if you want to see both sections calmly.
  • Children up to 6 enter free; bring their passport because staff may ask for it.

Transfers are not included, which makes this ticket an easy addition to a day around Beşiktaş, Taksim or a Bosphorus cruise.

Includes
  • Dolmabahçe Palace entry ticket
  • Selamlık state rooms
  • Harem section
  • Palace gardens
  • QR e-ticket with no ticket-office queue
  • Audio guide on your own smartphone
Excludes
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Live guide
  • Food and drinks
  • Personal expenses
What to bring
  • Passport or ID card
  • Child's passport, if visiting with a child
  • Charged smartphone
  • Headphones
  • Comfortable shoes
Important Information
  • Closed on Mondays
  • The QR e-ticket and the audio guide link are sent by email before your visit; please check your spam folder
  • The audio guide is not a device: it runs on your own smartphone with your own headphones
  • The security check is mandatory and can take up to 30 minutes at busy times
  • Last admission is one hour before closing
  • Children up to 6 years old enter free; from age 7 a full-price ticket is required
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance

  • See the Selamlık state rooms, the Harem and the Bosphorus gardens
  • Stand beneath the great chandelier of the Ceremonial Hall
  • Walk up the famous crystal staircase
  • Use a QR e-ticket instead of queuing at the ticket office
  • Follow the audio guide on your own phone in 16 languages
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance
  • 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.

    Inside the palace

    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.

    Audio guide languages

    The audio guide is available in 16 languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian.

    How your visit works

    • Choose your date. The palace is open 09:00–17:00 and closed on Mondays.
    • Your QR e-ticket arrives by email, usually the day before your visit, so check your spam folder too.
    • The audio guide link also reaches you before your visit. Open it on your iOS or Android phone.
    • Make your own way to the entrance beside the Clock Tower in Beşiktaş and show the QR code.

    Good to know

    • This is a self-guided visit: there is no live guide and nobody to meet at the gate.
    • The ticket saves you the ticket-office queue, but everyone goes through security, which can take up to 30 minutes in high season and on religious holidays.
    • Last admission is one hour before closing, so plan to arrive earlier if you want to see both sections calmly.
    • Children up to 6 enter free; bring their passport because staff may ask for it.

    Transfers are not included, which makes this ticket an easy addition to a day around Beşiktaş, Taksim or a Bosphorus cruise.

    • Dolmabahçe Palace entry ticket
    • Selamlık state rooms
    • Harem section
    • Palace gardens
    • QR e-ticket with no ticket-office queue
    • Audio guide on your own smartphone

    • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
    • Live guide
    • Food and drinks
    • Personal expenses

    • Passport or ID card
    • Child's passport, if visiting with a child
    • Charged smartphone
    • Headphones
    • Comfortable shoes

  • Closed on Mondays
  • The QR e-ticket and the audio guide link are sent by email before your visit; please check your spam folder
  • The audio guide is not a device: it runs on your own smartphone with your own headphones
  • The security check is mandatory and can take up to 30 minutes at busy times
  • Last admission is one hour before closing
  • Children up to 6 years old enter free; from age 7 a full-price ticket is required
  • Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance
  • Frequently Asked Questions

    Yes. The ticket covers the Selamlık state rooms, the Harem and the palace gardens.

    You receive a link before your visit and open it on your own iOS or Android phone. Bring a charged phone and your own headphones; no device is handed out at the palace.

    The audio guide is available in 16 languages: English, German, Russian, Polish, Turkish, French, Spanish, Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Romanian, Korean, Hungarian.

    Go straight to the palace entrance next to the Clock Tower in Beşiktaş and show your QR code. There is no guide or staff member to meet.

    The palace is closed on Mondays. On other days it is open 09:00–17:00, with last admission one hour before closing.

    Children up to 6 years old enter free of charge; bring their passport. From the age of 7, children need a full-price ticket.

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