Topkapi Palace -Istanbul, Turkey
605 reviews
March 15, 2019
A beautiful place that makes it clear how the rulers of the Ottoman Empire lived. Unique handmade tiles, oriental ornaments, household items, gardens... Walk a lot, train in advance, it's really better to spend the day, especially if you still go to the Harem. It is a pity that quite a few exhibits are on display and the audio guide leaves much to be desired. Like, "this is where something was located. Uninformative. It's much better in our Pushkin Museum. Although if you are without a course guide, perhaps you should take one. But you should definitely visit the palace.If there is a problem with time, then from my point of view, you can not visit the Harem. You won't lose much. The cost of visiting the palace is 60 lire, the Harem is 30 lire. An audigid, common to both the Harem and the palace, 20 lira and a passport or driver's license as a deposit, you can have one document for several people.
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December 28, 2021
There is a huge queue, but there is essentially nothing to watch. There are several places with a pleasant view of the water.
The palace itself is very ascetic, inanimate.
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April 29, 2024
Very beautiful.
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September 15, 2019
I have dreamed of seeing Topkapi Palace for a very long time and my dream has come true. On August 30, 2019, on this day, Turks celebrate "Zafer Bayram", i.e. Victory Day! Public transport in the city was free, but the entrance to the museum was for a day)) I thought we were just standing in a huge queue for tickets at the entrance. But I want to say that despite the huge number of tourists from China, Arab countries, and Europe, we stood in line at the checkout for no more than 5 minutes, passing through metal detectors and scanners at the entrance, well, maybe 10 minutes.
I must say right away, do not skimp on the guide if you want to get the most emotions and information. Get yourself an individual guide, otherwise the experience may just be ruined.
I, in turn, squeezed the money for the guide, saying that I know everything myself, but I don't. I didn't get the expected emotions, alas.
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May 13, 2023
It is very interesting for those who are interested in history.
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January 8, 2024
A magnificent palace. It's not too expensive, but it's worth it.
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July 6, 2023
It is definitely worth visiting this museum at least once.
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May 12, 2023
You can see for the sake of understanding how courtyards are arranged.
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April 6, 2023
The queue at the entrance helps when self-service terminals are turned on
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January 10, 2024
You can't run around the Topkapi Museum in an hour.
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July 21, 2023
A cool historical place
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September 9, 2023
The greatness of Istanbul :It's just impossible to cover!
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October 29, 2019
Harem – a visit to the collective farm bath
Harem – visit to the collective farm bathhouse
A visit to the Harem involved an invasion of the pavilion for the filming of an erotic film. In fact, the feeling was akin to visiting a women's bathhouse on a millionaire collective farm. Yes. There are a lot of things. There is even pathos – gilded mirrors. Painted walls and ceilings. And not only in Arabic script. The chambers of the "Valide Sultan", that is, the "Sultan's mother", are provided with paintings akin to Versailles and Bourbon France in general.
Of course, the chambers of the Sultan's daughters and his favorites are of interest.
But the actual rooms for copulation are given away by a cool brothel in a seaside sanatorium. Of course, it is gratifying that this is all for one person – a lot, but nothing more.
One of the most remarkable discoveries was that with all this peasant household there was a crowd of eunuchs. Next to the entrance to the harem is their own location – in the basement they have a very decent hostel, with heating, bunks, their own bath-washroom and even a room for smoking hookahs. In general, the boys lived well, but there were no opportunities to be satisfied. Only to satisfy. Therefore, you should not envy them.
Despite the separate price of a visit to the Harem of 15 lire, it is worth paying such money only in order to report on a visit to the Harem.
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April 9, 2023
Expensive entrance at 650 liras per person, a lot is closed for restoration
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May 20, 2023
A great historical place!
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January 20, 2024
It is required to visit.
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January 13, 2024
It's very beautiful!)
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February 12, 2024
Expensive. A low-quality and boring audio guide. The expositions are boring and ill-conceived.
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January 17, 2024
Very interesting museum
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February 8, 2024
Tickets are expensive
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August 19, 2023
There's nothing to see. A waste of time and money
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March 1, 2023
Must see! Monumental! Although it is uncomplicated
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March 17, 2024
It's worth a visit.
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December 18, 2023
Well, there are no words, I advise the class
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May 18, 2024
Expensive ticket
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September 6, 2024
A wonderful place!
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July 18, 2020
The most beautiful palace complex, built over 5 centuries when the Turks captured Constantinople! It was the residence of the Turkish sultans before the construction of the Dolmabahce Palace in the middle of the 19th century. There is a huge park and a harem at the palace (there is a separate fee for it). Beautiful view of the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn and some areas of the city!
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January 15, 2024
Not worth the money
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June 16, 2023
Powerful and beautiful. Previously, they were able to build in such a way that the descendants of the heart would freeze.
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December 18, 2021
To be honest, in my understanding palaces are not a palace at all. Some small halls decorated with tiles. I'm not impressed.
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August 17, 2023
Everything is clean and beautiful
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May 27, 2024
Nicely
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January 21, 2024
Very expensive.
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December 29, 2024
Great place
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November 3, 2023
Ancient history in reality
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November 25, 2023
A magnificent century!☺️
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July 31, 2023
I didn't go inside, it's too expensive)
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August 23, 2020
For amateurs and not really, I recommend it. The Top Cape Palace on the shore of the Bosphorus will instantly transport you to the era of the Great Ottoman Empire in all its splendor. Feel like a Hurrem or a Suleiman!!!
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August 3, 2024
Very expensive
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January 7, 2024
Worth a visit
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August 13, 2022
The ticket costs 420 liras for foreigners, there is no children's summer, it costs the same
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March 29, 2024
Beauty
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July 30, 2021
They gave 400 rubles for 2 people!!! The audio guide doesn't really tell you anything interesting, the rooms are empty, and there is a lot at the restaurant. The extreme price of the whole tour is 50 liras per person, no more.
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October 4, 2019
November 19, entrance at the ticket office next to the gate is 72 lira (about 800 rubles), an individual guide is 60 dollars (it is difficult to find a good one, I recommend it by the name of Nuri), a two-hour tour. The palace itself was not impressed, a lot is under restoration until the age of 23. There is virtually no luxury and details, so the general surroundings, walls, ceiling, floor have been replaced in many places, there is no furniture, only rooms with clocks and weapons. Without a guide, I would have walked there in half an hour, but a good guide tried to immerse us in the atmosphere of the past.
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September 11, 2023
The price is 950 liras for admission
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April 17, 2024
Delight
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August 14, 2023
Everything is very cool and energizing!
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October 7, 2023
I was bored there
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October 23, 2019
I visited this courtyard with my wife on 10/23/19. I was very upset with the expensive entrance ticket, and the fact that a third of the expositions were closed to the public, the armory and the treasury. In the end, I watched everything I could. The expositions are very sparse. And apparently some of them do not belong to this palace in any way. There are a lot of visitors, the price is very high, there is not much to visit.... I do not recommend it for visiting.
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August 7, 2023
Very interesting
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