Topkapi Palace and Harem In Istanbul

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Pass By: Walks In Istanbul - Tours, Yerebatan Caddesi, Istanbul 34122 Turkey

Meet your professional guide and join your very small group for a walking tour of Topkapi Palace and see its Harem, too.

Visit the top site in Istanbul with priority admission tickets and never wait in a line again!

Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey

Start your tour after you pass Sultanahmet Square.

Enjoy your guide's commentary about Topkapi and the Ottoman Sultans who lived in it.

Visit the Palace complex of low buildings and pavilions, kiosks and courtyards. It’s a self-contained city that most of the inhabitants rarely left.

There are many sections open for visits and you will get an in-depth walking tour through all the displays.

Savor this romantic scene with the views of the Bosporus in Istanbul.

Enjoy walking the outer terraced gardens, where flowerbeds blaze with tulips of many colors and climb the high terrace to admire the view over the Golden Horn,too.



Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey

Harem in Topkapi Palace: the famous house of the Monarchy.

Walk in the Harem and filter myth from reality as you listen to stories from your guide. 

Witness the very seat of the Ottoman Sultan’s power in Topkapi Palace lying within the deepest reaches of the Harem.

The Harem in Topkapı Palace was ruled by the Queen Mother who wielded both domestic and political power.

The Harem housed hundreds of women-mostly war captives- and family members as well as hundreds of eunuchs, who performed a whole range of administrative and personal duties.

Walk through the sections where the eunuchs lived and were educated.

Take photos of the courtyard of the concubines and the Queen Mother’s Rooms.

See cupboard doors inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoise shell.

Our walk through the Harem is the only way you can see the very early exceptional Iznik tiles with verses from the Kuran and beautiful floral designs.

End the tour seeing the Holy Relics and the Imperial Kitchens. You may choose to have free time afterwards.

Duration: 1 hour