🏛️ Topkapı or Dolmabahçe Palace?
Choosing a palace, understanding tickets and sections, and planning a rewarding visit
Topkapı Palace seen from the opposite shore of the Bosphorus. This archive photograph, taken on 17 August 2009, does not show the current visitor entrance.
Photo: Bjørn...
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İstanbul is a centre of Turkish, Ottoman and Byzantine history,
with enough sights for several trips.
This guide brings together İstanbul's main museums, palaces, historic mosques and archaeological landmarks,
with links to detailed guides to give visitors and residents a useful reference...
Basilica Cistern
Blue Mosque
Dolmabahçe Palace
Galata Tower
Hagia Sophia in İstanbul
Historic Sites in İstanbul
İstanbul Museums
İstanbul Palaces
Rumeli Hisarı
Topkapı Palace
Blue Mosque
İstanbul Palaces
İstanbul Museums
Historic Attractions in İstanbul
Hagia Sophia in İstanbul
Galata Tower
Rumeli Hisarı
Basilica Cistern
Dolmabahçe Palace
Topkapı Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace’s waterfront façade. Diego Delso, delso.photo — CC BY-SA 4.0; displayed as a thumbnail with no image edits.
Dolmabahçe Palace in İstanbul: Ottoman Splendour on the Bosphorus
If Topkapı represents the classical Ottoman court, Dolmabahçe Palace presents a grand...
Dolmabahçe in İstanbul
Dolmabahçe Palace
İstanbul Palaces
Ottoman Palaces on the Bosphorus
Tourism in Beşiktaş
İstanbul Palaces
Dolmabahçe on the Bosphorus
Visiting Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace Museum
Historic Attractions in İstanbul
İstanbul is a city of bridges, markets and the Bosphorus, and it was also the capital of empires for centuries. Its Byzantine and Ottoman past survives in grand palaces, major museums, mosques and historic monuments.
This guide introduces İstanbul's principal museums, palaces and historic...
Basilica Cistern
Dolmabahçe Palace
Hagia Sophia
Historic Attractions in İstanbul
İstanbul Archaeology Museums
İstanbul Museums
İstanbul Palaces
Topkapı Palace
Historical Tourism in İstanbul
İstanbul Palaces
İstanbul Museums
Historic Attractions in İstanbul
Hagia Sophia
Basilica Cistern
Dolmabahçe Palace
Topkapı Palace
İstanbul Archaeology Museums
Museums, Palaces and Castles in Türkiye: A Journey through History and Civilisations
Alongside its landscapes, hotels and markets, Türkiye offers an extraordinary range of museums, palaces, castles and archaeological sites, spanning Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman history through to the...
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
Antalya Museum
Dolmabahçe Palace
Ephesus Ancient City
İstanbul Palaces
Topkapı Palace
Museums in Türkiye
Palaces in Türkiye
Historic Castles in Türkiye
İstanbul Museums
Museums in Türkiye
Archaeological Sites in Türkiye
Ephesus
Dolmabahçe Palace
Topkapı Palace
Antalya Museum
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations