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Istanbul: 5-Day Guided Museum Pass

4.3 / 5

60 reviews

Activity provider: Istanbul Tourist Pass®
City card

Istanbul: 5-Day Guided Museum Pass

Activity provider: Istanbul Tourist Pass®

From US$ 106.69 per person

Skip the line to get into the Topkapi Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Basilica Cistern, Blue Mosque, and more on an exceptional guided tour.

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Duration 5 days
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Skip the ticket line
Wheelchair accessible

Experience

Highlights
  • Visit Istanbul's most important landmarks
  • Learn from your English-speaking tour guide
  • See the wonders of Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Basilica Cistern
  • Marvel at Dolmabahce Palace
Full description

Enjoy a pass that will take the hassle out of visiting all the must-see sights of Istanbul. This 5-day pass will grant you skip-the-line access to the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, Dolmabahçe Palace and Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. As you sightsee through these culturally and historically significant locations your pass will also ensure your very own English-speaking guide, maximizing your visit to all of these spectacular places.  Experience Hagia Sophia, great architectural beauty, and is an important monument both for the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires. Once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum in the Turkish Republic, find out why the Hagia Sophia has always been a precious building.  Discover the Topkapi Palace and how it was built between 1466 - 1478 and served for over 400 years as the residency and administrative headquarter of the Ottoman Sultans.  Visit the Basilica Cistern, built in the 4th century and enlarged in 532 AD, used as water storage during Byzantine times. Listen to your guide as they explain the mystery of the Medusa heads from Greek mythology. Enjoy a totally unique art experience with a ticket and guided tour package of the Ibrahim Paşa Palace. This unique building, currently housing the largest selection of Turkish and Islamic artworks is a stone structure just as beautiful as the artwork it houses. During your guided tour of the Museum, you will have access to the building's ceremony room and second court, where the collections are held. Visit the second largest church of the Eastern Roman Empire, following Hagia Sophia located in the outer courtyard of Topkapı Palace with your experienced guide. It ranks as the first church completed in Constantinople, before Hagia Sophia. Your 5-day pass allows you to visit the following sites by joining guided tours: - Topkapi Palace - Istanbul Archaeological Museums - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts - Grand Bazaar - Blue Mosque - Hagia Sophia - Dolmabahce Palace - Basilica Cistern Guided tours have specific meeting points and timetables.

Includes
  • Topkapi Palace guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Istanbul Archaeological Museums guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Basilica Cistern guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Dolmabahce Palace Museum guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Grand Bazaar guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Blue Mosque guided tour with skip-the-line ticket
  • Hagia Sophia guided tour
  • Transportation to meeting point
  • Entry to Topkapi harem
  • Tips / Gratitudes

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Meeting point

Your guide will be holding a flag with the logo of the Istanbul Tourist Pass. For the Hagia Sophia, Grand Bazaar, and Blue Mosque meet your guide at the Sultanahmet BusForUs (Red Double Decker Busses) stop, near Sultanahmet Square. For Dolmabahce Palace, the meeting point is in front of the Dolmabahce BUFE(Black Kiosk) before the security line. Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour departure time.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Passport

Know before you go

  • The included attractions cannot be visited without the guide
  • All children will be asked to present their valid passport at the entrance of the museums in order to validate their age
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.3 /5

based on 60 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.6/5
  • Value for money
    4.2/5
  • Service
    4.1/5
  • Organization
    3.9/5

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The tour is definitely worth it if you are staying for multiple days. We used for 2 days and feel like we got our money's worth. As other reviewers mentioned, be careful to check the official website for Istanbul Tourist Pass for the dates as those are the most up-to-date.

March 26, 2023

Fantastic city ! Very good & friendly guides ! Just two weak points: - GetYourGuide is selling services of several service providers like 'IstanbulTouristPass'. ONLY the time schedules and service contents on the sites of the service providers are correct, not (always) the one of GetYourGuide. - several attractions are not/partially accessible as the Basilica Cisterns closed already 2 years ago for renovation, as the Blue Mosque accessible but covered in scaffoldings for renovation, as Dolmabahce Palace's gardens invisible due to renovations

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March 26, 2023

It was one of the best experiences we had in Istanbul, during our family visit. Our guides Oguz, Furkan and Ilke were extremely knowledgable and professional. They were on time, the locations were easy to find, and we learned a lot about the museums, culture and the city. This tour was a joy and is a must if you are visiting Istanbul. Many thanks, Sharmistha, Supriyo, Asmit.

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March 26, 2023

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