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Combo (Save 13%): Entry Tickets to Galata Tower with Optional Audio Guide + Skip-the-Line Tickets to Basilica Cistern

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Donna Lewis

Donna

Apr, 2025Verified booking

4/5
Thr queue was way to long so booking online was great. We did have help to do the online booking by one of the ladies working there. The cistern was amazing. The history of Istanbul is one to behold. Loved it
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.
Joliann Ninham

Joliann

Mar, 2025Verified booking

5/5
This skip-the-line ticket with an audio guide to Galata Tower was absolutely worth it! The audio guide was packed with fascinating history and fun facts. The panoramic views of Istanbul from the top were breathtaking! A must-do experience for anyone visiting the city. Highly recommended!
José Manuel Toledo fornes

José

Feb, 2025Verified booking

4/5
I recommend visiting it but I think the price is a bit high because there are many more mosques and monuments to visit, but you can not leave stambul without visiting it.
Julie Hills

Julie

Apr, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Very easy to access, beautiful historic building amongst a busy city, highly recommend visiting
CARLOS ROSAS MENAYA

Carlos

Mar, 2025Verified booking

4/5
Fast access without queues and possibility of Audioguide in Spanish offline
Therese Hunziker

Therese

Mar, 2025Verified booking

5/5
It is really worth seeing, impressive and amazing.
Iris Dölderer

Iris

Mar, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Everything worked well. Sights were very interesting.
Martin Talaveron Bellerin

Martin

Mar, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Just as it says when you buy them. No queues.
Schievano Renzo

Schievano

Mar, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Beautiful!!! We purchased tickets online at a cheaper price.
CRISTINA LAVIN NOVOA

Cristina

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
The place is breathtaking...you can't imagine what you are about to see and, of course, pictures of the place are not the same as seeing the cistern live and direct. It is an exciting, moving place, so full of history. A not very long visit that allows you to be in the historic district of Istanbul with the Hagia Sophia and Sultanhamet mosques and the Topkapi Palace, as neighbors. In addition, a cool place that helps to coexist with the heat of the city. It has a good back-up auditory.
CATARINA ALEXANDRA CHAPARRA DE MAGALHÃES FERREIRA SANTOS

Catarina

May, 2025Verified booking

4/5
I loved Hagia Sophia and the Cistern... inside it's very beautiful and it's worth buying the tickets without queuing. It worked properly.
Marianne Walker

Marianne

May, 2025Verified booking

4/5
Cisterna was an amazing sight to see. One problem was that we did not know we had to listen to our "paid" audio on our own phone. I did not have earphones with me. Ticket sellers need to explain this better.
Daniel Enrique Ruffinatti

Daniel

May, 2025Verified booking

3/5
The place is wonderful, worth a visit! The audio guide said that the code was already used, no one on site could help me.
Miguel Angel Ocampo Marin

Miguel

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
The reservation is very easy to make. The attraction is spectacular. The cost seemed high in relation to similar sites in Europe. However, it is worth to visit it.
Stefano Leale

Stefano

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Great, the only problem that at the entrance to the topkapi it was not indicated that with these tickets we would have to wait in a different line. Otherwise all ok, I would do it again.
FRANCISCO JAVIER LOPEZ RIVERA

Francisco

May, 2025Verified booking

3/5
Hagia Sophia, OK, although you suck the same queue as everyone else who has online tickets. Cistern, the best, because the line goes fast. Topkapi, the worst. The place for the appointment is not the most suitable, a narrow and sloping street, with a very small bar where not as many people fit as I expected there. Nowhere at the entrance did it say that you had to exchange the ticket for a piece of paper. The guide could not understand English, and thank goodness I asked because I would have been left without the paper. Of course the queue was huge to get in and you literally got lost from the guide to the access to the harem. The exact hours to enter the Topkapi is a pure fallacy, there are people entering from the beginning to the end of the day.
MARIA ESTHER CLEMENTE CERRATO

Maria

May, 2025Verified booking

4/5
I think it is better to buy tickets individually and freely, otherwise you will be subjected to schedules that may not suit you, and to explanations in a language that is not yours and that serve no purpose other than to confuse you.
Deborah Ann Kontopoulou

Deborah

May, 2025Verified booking

4/5
The Basilica Cistern was wonderful and would highly recommend , we skipped the queue swiftly. We unfortunately had a long wait in the queue for Agia Sophia, it was good to see but I found it a little disappointing.
Anja Baake

Anja

May, 2025Verified booking

5/5
Audio guide digital was great and no queuing to buy tickets. Both sights are very impressive and highly recommended.
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