Istanbul Topkapı Palace Skip-the-Line Ticket & Audio Guide (Harem Guided Tour Option)

Enter Topkapı Palace with a host
without queuing at the ticket office

Meet your host or guide holding a white flag at the meeting point 15 minutes before your booked time and enter Topkapı Palace without waiting at the ticket office. There are three options. For Skip-the-Line Entry & Audio Guide, you meet at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III and the host gives a short introduction on the way to the entrance. For Express Entry & Audio Guide, you meet the host at Chimney Bistro and explore on your own after entry. The Harem Highlights Guided Tour visits the palace and the Harem with a guide for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Explore the court and treasures of the Ottoman sultans

Stroll through grand gates and historic courtyards and admire the ornate rooms and collections of the Ottoman court. See Ottoman weapons, fine textiles, jewels, artworks and Chinese and Japanese porcelain, and visit the Chamber of Holy Relics, which holds religious and historical relics related to Islamic and Biblical traditions. You can also enjoy views of Istanbul with the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus in the background.

Enter the Harem on the highlights guided tour

With the 1.5-hour highlights guided tour option, you tour the main areas of the palace with an English-speaking guide and enter the Harem. In the Harem, once the private quarters of the sultan, his family and some members of the court, you see the Imperial Hall, the bedchamber of Murad III, tiled rooms, baths and ceremonial spaces.

Explore at your own pace with the audio guide app

All options include an audio guide app available in 25 languages including Korean, English and Japanese. After entry or after the guided tour, you can explore more of the palace freely while listening to the audio guide on your own device.

※ Harem entry is included only in the 1.5-hour highlights guided tour option.
※ The Outer Treasury (weapons collection), part of the Matbah-ı Amire kitchen complex and the Petition Room (Audience Chamber) are temporarily closed.