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Istanbul Super Combo: Topkapi Palace + Hagia Sophia + Basilica Cistern Skip-the-Line Tickets with Audio Guide

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RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ

Ricardo

Jun, 2025Verified booking

4/5
Meeting point easy to find. Quick to receive tickets (once giving the reserve papers of the app) and go inside the palace.
Angelina Purwin

Angelina

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Both the Hagia Sophia and the sunken palace were beautiful! It is very worthwhile. And especially for the Hagia Sophia, it's worth buying tickets online in advance to avoid the queue at the ticket office. It's also worth it for the Basilica Cistern, as there are 2 different queues here and the one for the e-tickets was quicker in our case.
JUAN LUIS GARCIA ROSADO DOMINGO

Juan

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
The architecture of the basilica cistern is amazingly beautiful, very well lit and with a well organized traffic. It has generously met my expectations. But the number of visitors per shift or hour should be reduced.
Sala Arianna

Sala

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Quick and easy purchase. Even faster entry with skip the line up organized . I really liked the gardens and the overview from the terraces the ballroom and the doctor's residence hall
Ashokkumar Parbhubhai Kushal

Ashokkumar

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Tickets were easy to book, great instructions and saved a lot if time by not queuing. In terms of the sites they were really good to see and understand the history behind it. Great addition to our Istanbul trip.
Plamena Kolarova

Plamena

Apr, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Easy to book. Very clear instructions from the guide in Topkapi, which helps not to miss the Harem and the incredible collections. Jump the queue ticket saved us waiting hours to enter. The experience in Topkapi, Hagia Sophia and Balisica were totally different and absolutely awesome.
Iliescu Andreea Cristina

Iliescu

Apr, 2025Verified booking

4/5
The Palace is amazing and very interesting to discover. Booking the tickets by the app is the best thing ever. The thing not so great is when you loose the conection to audioguide.
Martin Melcher

Martin

Apr, 2025Verified booking

4/5
We made a combined booking with Fastlane. For Hagia Sophia and Cisterna Basilica, the tickets we sent were immediately our valid tickets. Worked perfectly. Both sights were very beautiful and interesting. At Hagia Sophia, as a non-Muslim you "only" get to the first level and can look down into the whole mosque. Also very impressive, but not really explained beforehand. At the Topkapi Palace there was only one reservation in the mailing, which is easy to overlook, and we only noticed in front of gate 2 (where you need real tickets). We then had to go back to an agency outside Gate 1 so that we could finally get in with a tour lady. It worked but with a certain loss of time. The palace itself was huge and very beautiful. Be sure to book a ticket with harem access (as we had), this part is the highlight of the palace. All in all, a great day with lots of wonderful impressions.
Victoria McGeary

Victoria

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Made such a difference avoiding the long queues and getting there relatively early was the wa right call
Creati Adriano

Creati

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Simplicity in the directions provided, all ok
Raquel Recaj Dolz

Raquel

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
It was a good idea to book without queues, since there were a lot of tourists.
Ashley Bajana

Ashley

Apr, 2025Verified booking

4/5
There was no line to enter the cistern as we arrived early which made our experience easy and seamless.
Kristine Cox

Kristine

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Fantastic location, so different from everything else in Istanbul. Skip the line tickets are excellent, we got straight in. Make sure you have downloaded the tickets before arriving so you have a code for them to scan.
John Sherstobitoff

John

Jun, 2025Verified booking

3/5
Skip the line worked. The lighting at Hagia Sophia was very distracting to take photos. Basilica Cistern was great. Audio guide did not work at Hagia Sophia (was it free for everyone?) so I did not even bother trying at the Cistern.
Kristina Juodisiute

Kristina

Jun, 2025Verified booking

3/5
It crashed several times. If I tried to check steps of the guide it went to the side of the screen and I could see the half of the the meniu only. It happened suddenly and sometimes got fixed without explanation either. However, it was really annoying and I stopped using it after 5-6 times restarting the tour guide. The good side of the tour was your staff and smooth entry. For that I can give 5 star. He was really clear and informative.
THAIS FARHAT DE SIQUEIRA

Thais

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
We were greeted in a separate queue with entry without delay. We were helped very clearly by the staff to download and use the audio in our language. We loved the experience
Naveen Prasad Santhanakrishnan

Naveen

Jun, 2025Verified booking

4/5
The opulence of the Ottoman sultans was on display when we visited the treasury. Overall its a good experience glimpsing through all the courtyards. It takes about 3 hours to finish this tour. Recommended for those who would like to see history and learn something about the past.
BLANCHET SYLVIE

Blanchet

Jun, 2025Verified booking

4/5
The palace is amazing and worth to visit, Regarding the audio guide provided by the ticket salers this is not very easy to use and it will be better to have the original one. Furthermore the ticket does not give access to the church in courtyard one. In general this tour is a little bit expensive
EDUARDO ALONSO DELESTAL

Eduardo

Jun, 2025Verified booking

5/5
In none of the three places we had to wait in line, we were able to enter directly without any problems. In the Topkapi Palace, once inside, there were many people and there were queues for the treasure and the relics.
Pierre Malléjac

Pierre

Jun, 2025Verified booking

4/5
The queue was cut at the Citerne and the reception staff were very helpful, sharing the connection with us so that we could collect our tickets. But it was more complicated at Topkapi, where you had to collect your ticket from a hut outside the site, which wasn't properly explained. And there's no real queue cutter.
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