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Ottoman Royal Tour at the Topkapi Palace - Half-Day Private Guided

By Travelium
Free cancellation available
Price is £96 per traveller* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Feel the difference of being a peasant or high rank officer!
  • Witness the grandeur of a dynasty, reigned about 600 years.
  • Marvel at the glittering Crown Jewels and Imperial Armoury.
  • Explore the Holy Relics, remained after our anchestors.
  • Hear the legends and learn the truths about Harem.

Activity location

  • Topkapi Palace
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    • 34122, Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Guest's Designated Hotel
    • 34435, Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey

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Ottoman Royal Tour At The Topkapi Palace - Half-Day Private Guided
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 13:30
Price details
£96.10 x 1 Traveller£96.10
Total
Price is £96.10

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional Tour Guide in your preffered language with live commentary.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Expertise comments and knowledge about the Topkapi Palace.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fast track access to the sites with skip-the-line tickets.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transport from/to your Hotel.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food & Drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Admission Fees to Museum, including Harem & Hagia Eirene.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal Expenses

Know before you book

  • This is a private tour and maximum group size is 8 persons.
  • Children aged 4 or younger, are complimentary when accompanied by paying adults.
  • This tour requires a medium-distance walking and comfortable shoes.
  • Special services, events, and maintenance may occasionally close all or part, of the sights; please check before you go.
  • You are asked to be at the Meeting Point before 5 minutes of your tour's starting time.
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

1453 was the year, twenty-year-old Mehmet II (later named the Conquerer) commanded his armies to take the lands of Constantinople from the Eastern Roman Empire and converted to a new Ottoman Capital. This important footstep towards to the history resulted with a new-born empire, reforged from the foundation of a small-tribe-state.

After a six-year construction by a very special and selected stone masons and cutters, Saray-i Cedid-i Amire (the New Palace) was completed in 1465 and opened to use of the House of Osman and its cabinet.

The palace's itself contains many symbolic meanings with regards to social degrees, in its architecture and thePalace it self still remains as one of the most attractive places to pay a visit even today.

This specially designed excursion is inviting you to unlock the every single door at the Imperial Court of the Ottoman Dynasty and reveal the history behind those doors!

Location

Activity location

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    Topkapi Palace
    • topkapi palace
    • 34122, Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Guest's Designated Hotel
    • 34435, Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey