Istanbul Topkapı Palace & Harem Skip-the-Line Combo Ticket (Audio Guide or 90-Min Guided Tour Option)

Skip the ticket line
and enter Topkapı Palace and the Harem

Meet your host holding a flag or umbrella in front of VIERI JEWELLERY in Sultanahmet, then walk together to the palace entrance. You skip the ticket line, but the mandatory security check cannot be skipped.

Explore the palace of the Ottoman sultans

Topkapı Palace was built by order of Sultan Mehmed II, who conquered Istanbul in the 15th century. In this complex of kiosks and pavilions arranged around four courtyards, admire the beautiful gardens, ceremonial spaces, architecture blending Ottoman and Byzantine styles, and fine tilework.

Visit the Imperial Treasury and the Harem

See the Imperial Treasury, which holds treasures such as the Topkapı Dagger and the Spoonmaker's Diamond, and step into the Harem, the private living quarters of the sultan's family.

Choose how you want to explore

With the entry-only option, explore freely after checking in with your host. With the audio guide option, explore on your own with an app-based audio guide available in German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Chinese and Arabic. With the guided tour option, join a 90-minute small-group tour including the Harem with an English-speaking guide.

※ If the palace or Harem is closed for official reasons, you will receive a full refund.