Topkapi

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Диана

Level 9 Local Expert

It's a wonderful place that I definitely recommend visiting. The price is not cheap, but it is worth it. Of course, there are long queues in spring and summer, so be sure to take your passports, as they leave them as collateral or ask for money as collateral. I advise you to come in the morning, there is a very large area where you can walk all day.

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Гузель К.

Level 5 Local Expert

Very inspiring. So many interesting things. To visit such a place with such a history is great! But I was very upset by the local audio guide, which is included in the ticket price. There was no QR code for more than half of the rooms (rooms), and therefore you do not know which number to dial on the device to eavesdrop on the desired audio.

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Юлия Л.

Level 16 Local Expert

We were on an excursion, we didn't stand in line, the guide took care of the tickets in advance, it was very beautiful, informative, the scale of the buildings is amazing

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Наталья Т.

Level 15 Local Expert

Topkapi Palace is beautiful, large-scale, magnificent. Walking through the corridors and rooms is a pleasure. Fans of the Magnificent Century series will especially like it. The staff is polite. Security is responsive and will help with any question.

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Алексей Смирнов

Level 7 Local Expert

The impressions exceeded my expectations! We spent 6 and a half hours on a leisurely tour of the palace.

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Елена А.

Level 11 Local Expert

A good place to explore Turkey! For tourists, I recommend coming to the opening at the ticket office and there is no queue at the entrance. We were on Saturday, 11/16/24. They passed freely. At 13:00 in the afternoon, there were already very long queues. The entrance is not cheap 1700 Turkish lira, they paid with a card and wrote off 5400 rubles of the Russian Federation!

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Наталия Сибирцева

Level 8 Local Expert

Be sure to take a guide! Very beautiful rooms and gardens, everything has its own story.

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Татьяна

Level 7 Local Expert

It is worth visiting as a historical place once. I wouldn't go a second time.…It's expensive (2000 liras, at the time of the visit ~ 4500₽, the audio guide is mediocre - if you want an interesting story with exciting stories, pay for a guide. For the audio guide, you need to leave your passport or driver's license as a deposit. The territory is beautiful and well maintained

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Юлия Чегаева

Level 6 Local Expert

We were with my husband in February, it was very cold in the palace, but I liked the tour. We visited historical sites and museums. A huge territory. The cost is 2000 lire, or approximately 5000 rubles.

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Aleks

Level 8 Local Expert

I was not impressed, there were huge queues for tickets (for such a price, we could put umbrellas so that it would not be so hot to wait). The palace itself is not impressed, it is quite monotonous. At the end there is only a beautiful fountain and walls. It's not worth it for such a price (1,500 lire per person).

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Наталья Андрианова

Level 10 Local Expert

It's amazing from the outside, inside there are just showcases with various exhibits, it's a pity that the atmosphere of the palace itself is not reproduced at least approximately. The tickets are super expensive, and they also ask for a passport as a deposit for the audio guide.

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Nazh.Lola.90

Level 18 Local Expert

Topcaps. This is the heart of Istanbul. Every tourist who has visited Istanbul at least once should definitely visit here. This is a historical place. A great and powerful sultan lived here. The famous TV series "Magnificent Century" was filmed here. Inside Topkapi there is a mysterious harem, the same one where Hurrem (Alexandra) lived, a mysterious harem with a centuries-old history.

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Mikhail S.

Level 21 Local Expert

Top museum. It's worth a visit. Plan the whole day at once, because there is something to see there. My wife took me because they were filming something there, but I would have gone a second time myself.

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Марина

Level 19 Local Expert

The beauty of the East) Ornaments, columns, carvings, garden. Jewelry on weapons, helmets, sultan gloves. Magnificent view of the Bosphorus from the terraces. Victory pavilions and a mysterious harem. With a huge number of rooms, passages, nooks and crannies and, in my opinion, without a single tree. But there are plenty of them in the decorations of the state halls. Tickets, my friends, we took for 1,500 lira (4,500 re) - the palace itself, the cathedral of Irina, the harem. We took an audio guide (for free). He's not much use, just a couple of sentences. It is not very convenient to use.So we were guided by English inscriptions. I finished reading about the harem on the Internet in the evening))

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Елизавета

Level 9 Local Expert

It is especially interesting for those who watched the TV series "Magnificent Century". Entrance fees are expensive, of course. An audio guide is enough for two people. It's worth visiting once for show, we wouldn't go a second time.

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Альфия Гарипова

Level 6 Local Expert

Entrance to the Topcaps 1500 lire - general overview + harem. The territory is very beautiful, exhibitions with decorations, dishes, weapons have been made. The views of the Bosphorus from the balconies are charming, the ornaments, tiles, and paintings in the buildings are very beautiful. It is necessary to lay 3-4 hours for inspection.The audio guide is free, all the musical notes are translated into Russian. There are crowds on Saturday and Sunday, you need to go on Monday, he has to work, fewer people. The entrance to the attractions is paid only in lira. Take care of the exchange earlier

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Яна Н.

Level 5 Local Expert

The place is wonderful and beautiful, but the ticket price is the most unpleasant thing. 6 thousand rubles per person. The "advantage" is that the museum provides an audio guide for free, which leaves much to be desired. First of all, in many places the recording starts in Turkish instead of Russian. Secondly, the guide is not very informative. Thirdly, in many places there are no numbers at all, allowing you to understand which entry to include.

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Эльвира Ушакова

Level 12 Local Expert

A beautiful and interesting place, if you go with a guide, you will pass without waiting in line... And so there are very long queues to get inside, however, as well as to all historical places, so plan ahead, you won't get through everything in a couple of hours, take food and water with you. And keep in mind that there are museums inside the palace where you need additional rest

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Ирина Оро

Level 15 Local Expert

The entrance ticket to the harem is very expensive+Top caps + Aya Irina costs 1,700 liras (October 2024) In fact, it's like our Kremlin, only 5 times more expensive. If you are not fans of Turkish TV series, then there is no point in going. There are a lot of people, nothing is clear. We took an audio guide (for free, but a passport or 100 bucks as a deposit), but the audio guide told half of the halls in Turkish. And in general, there were difficulties with him. So if you want to look, go ahead. There is nothing to do there for general development.

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Elena

Level 11 Local Expert

I've been dreaming of coming here for 12 years! Since I'm a fan of the series (it's clear which one)))) I was sooo interested! I will not retell the historical facts - those who are interested will see for themselves. I will say about the benefits: the first and most important thing is that there is a public toilet on the territory of the palace! I was in the museum for 4 hours, but in good weather you can go for the whole day. There are benches where you can relax and have a snack (you can take it with you or buy it, but the price, you know, will be for tourists ...) Russian Russian audio guide - they gave out a smartphone as a pledge of a passport, but he did not tell some rooms in Russian. You can download the application, everything is in Russian. Of the disadvantages, the ticket price is cosmic, in terms of rubles, the ticket came out over 5,500 (with a harem). There's nowhere to charge your phone!!! The harem is not completely open.

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Людмила

Level 11 Local Expert

A beautiful monument, a huge territory is well maintained and beautiful. The view of the strait is worth special attention. There are a lot of tourists, although this did not greatly interfere with the visit.

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марина едигарова

Level 9 Local Expert

Incredibly interesting and atmospheric. If I happen to come to Istanbul, I'll go again. But not cheap...It's even more expensive now.

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Sergey Sarkisyan

Level 16 Local Expert

It is a very interesting museum, with a huge number of exhibits. You need to set aside a whole day to visit all the buildings slowly and, if desired, return a second time. The audio guide is very helpful and is available in many languages.

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Виктория

Level 15 Local Expert

Perfectly! Interesting! Watch, listen, enjoy. Everything is organized comfortably. The audio guide periodically lags - it confuses the language, then it skips something. But it's definitely worth going anyway.

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Настя Маликова

Level 5 Local Expert

For those who have come to Istanbul for the first time, it is recommended to visit Topkapi. Yes, it's expensive, but it's worth it to get acquainted with the sultan's life.

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Алексей И.

Level 8 Local Expert

Very expensive tickets in the first place, the only interesting and rare items are trophies and weapons, and a lot of porcelain. The audio guide is about nothing, the sultan's harem is very faded. A lot of things are under restoration. I repeat, the ticket price is more expensive than in the Louvre and the Hermitage combined.

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Сергей Аминов

Level 10 Local Expert

An amazing museum, I recommend visiting as early as possible when there are fewer people with excursions. We visited about 12 got in line just to enter the harem. It took 4 hours for a normal inspection of the entire complex. I liked everything very much.

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Елена Кабакова

Level 6 Local Expert

A very beautiful, interesting place, definitely worth a visit. The territory is large, you can walk for a long time, including take a snack and be sure to have water. By the way, St. Irene's Cathedral is located on the territory of the complex and its visit is included in the price. A stunning place, makes a strong impression, a sense of eternity, a piece of ancient Rome, especially after the splendor and wealth of the palace.

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Лада Коптева

Level 13 Local Expert

It's a beautiful place, for 2024 the entrance to the museum is +-50$, but it's worth it. It is very beautiful inside, there are many places to walk. It is better not to take an excursion, but to go yourself, because there are not particularly queues (and individual guides are afraid of them), and it takes a lot of time to see everything. It takes about five hours in total. But we must remember that the palace is open until 3-4 days, because there is no electricity and only daylight. It's a cool place, I highly recommend it

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Иванов Иван

Level 6 Local Expert

Clearly an overrated attraction. They paid 1,700 liras for a visit in October 2024. Most of the exposition is ordinary objects, you can look at a million cups and spoons, but almost nowhere will you be shown the interiors, the harem is entirely empty rooms. The information in the audio guide is very scarce and not interesting for such money, and the badges with numbers are not everywhere, I found out about some of them only by accidentally finding a map of the palace on the Internet.

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Вишневская Наталия

Level 12 Local Expert

A delightful place, the main thing is to go through this palace with a good guide who will tell you the story in an interesting and exciting way We were lucky in this regard

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Екатерина Н.

Level 8 Local Expert

5100 for visiting the palace and numerous queues in each room.. Everyone can choose on their own whether to go or not.. In my opinion, you can not visit, instead you can go to Beylerbey, the cost is 1200 rubles, although in November the exterior facade is hidden, under restoration, but inside you can also get acquainted with the decoration of the palace.

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Дима Пятаков

Level 15 Local Expert

A unique piece of architecture! Greatness is fascinating. However, there are disadvantages: in the audio guide, the explanation is not always given in the language in which the guide was taken. So half of my information was in Polish, I think. There are no other disadvantages, except for the huge crowd)

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Александр Коровушкин

Level 19 Local Expert

I didn't like it, there weren't any life factors at all, solid supplies and a couple of thrones, I can't believe that such a white "castle" was empty, plus I didn't really like that not everything was opened for 6k rubles per person, in general, I don't even know whether to advise or not, then specifically we didn't go, yes, beautiful interior, but nothing more, just cold corridors and nothing interesting.

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Марина Ноздрань

Level 5 Local Expert

Definitely need to see. A big plus is that when you buy a ticket, they give you an audio guide. Not necessarily a tour guide, a group. I was walking alone, and the audio guide told me everything I needed. The nuance is only the lira. The nearest exchanger is on Sultanahmet, which, in principle, is not far on foot.

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Андрей Абрамов

Level 21 Local Expert

"The Magnificent Century" is a popular Turkish TV series, filming of historical scenes took place in the palace of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, which is now called Topkapi or cannon Gate. I enjoyed looking at the antique weapons encrusted with precious stones. Orders of the Ottoman Empire and gifts from envoys of other states, including the Russian state. There are 4 courtyards on the territory of the palace park. Each one has unique trees, the age is measured in hundreds of years. When we went to Hagia Sophia the day before, I was very sorry that I did not take the audio guide. And on the way to Topkapi I reminded my wife to buy it. It turned out that there is an audio guide in the Sultan's Palace, but it is very strange. You make the payment, leave your passport as a deposit and receive a small box. She's not wearing headphones. And in one of the pavilions, your Russian audio guide independently changes the language to Serbian. And then - back. It happened several times and not only for me. So I recommend that you think before buying this service. It is better to allocate a whole day to inspect the entire Topkapi. Take into account its huge territory, the queue at the entrance and security checkpoints.

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Айдос Канатбеков

Level 3 Local Expert

An interesting palace, it will take 3 hours of time if you do not look at everything in a hurry. Be sure to take the audio guide, it comes for free. We visited the Istanbul Museum Pass.

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Алена Хабарова

Level 20 Local Expert

A huge territory. It's beautiful, interesting, lots of locations, and you can walk for a long time. I liked it, it was interesting. There are a lot of people, but there are no queues and it is generally comfortable to walk.

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Андрей Болотин

Level 8 Local Expert

Topkapi deserves to visit it! Although the tour costs 2,400 lire per ticket, you can take an audio guide (for free!) And go quietly and see everything to your taste. I recommend it!

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Мария Я

Level 13 Local Expert

The price is definitely too high. Of course, you can watch it once, but if you have somewhere to spend 2,400 lire, then you don't have to go. It's interesting, of course, that's for sure. But not wow. You have to pay another 900 lire to view the harem. In fact, the palace will cost you 3,300 lire. It's really expensive for this place. Just so you know, for the locals, 400 lire for everything, including the harem. Of course, I understand that in our country it is also more expensive for foreigners. But here the price is inadequately inflated.

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Светлана Т

Level 9 Local Expert

It's a great place, every stone and every tree has a story. I was also very lucky to have a guide. With such a guide, you can definitely spend a whole day there.

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Лариса Л.

Level 15 Local Expert

It's an amazing place, and you can feel the spirit of history. Unfortunately, there was little time and a lot of people. I would like to consider it in more detail. I want to go back and look at everything again.

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ольга Попова

Level 7 Local Expert

We visited this place according to the museum map. You can walk there all day. Interesting and informative. I recommend you to visit, you will learn a lot from the history of the Turkish state and its rulers.

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Сергей Ненашев

Level 16 Local Expert

An interesting place! You immerse yourself in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Take your time, go through the entire palace with all the halls and rooms.

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варя пупкина

Level 5 Local Expert

This place is worth visiting only for those who love Turkish TV series. The entrance is expensive, for that kind of money there should be a lot more things to see in this palace. there are few exhibits, but there are quite a lot of beautiful views, if I had known all this in advance, I definitely would not have gone, the money was wasted.

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Наталья Шокурова

Level 6 Local Expert

Full immersion in palace life, we go the way of the girls who were brought for the Sultan, wax figures, smells, and....

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Василий Корольков

Level 15 Local Expert

It's beautiful, there's a lot to see. You should set aside 5-6 hours for a thoughtful visit if you want to see everything.

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Татьяна К.

Level 11 Local Expert

An interesting place - there is where to walk and what to see. The entrance ticket is quite expensive (more than 2 thousand liras). Historical buildings, a well-kept garden, a beautiful view of Istanbul - gradually you get into the spirit of the past era, when court intrigues reigned within these walls. There is a museum of calligraphy. It's unclear how they made all these beautiful pages - just jewelry work. The time for the tour is two hours.

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Сергей

Level 11 Local Expert

It's beautiful, informative, and interesting. But with our ruble exchange rate, of course, the price is inadequate. Tickets for two to the castle and the harem with a guide 17000 rub. For locals, if anything, the ticket is exactly 10 times cheaper. Nearby is the beautiful Gulhane Park, where parrots live. It's free.))

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Маи Ша

Level 7 Local Expert

If you will be in Istanbul, do not ignore the trip to Topkapi. The palace conveys the atmosphere of those times so well, each exhibit attracts you, you involuntarily slow down to delve into the essence of the story.

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