Dolmabahce Palace: Skip-The-Line Entry with Professional Guided Tour
4.1
27 Ratings
Beşiktaş

Visit one of the most impressive European-style palaces in Istanbul with a professional licensed guide without waiting in the ticket line. Built to let the world know the power of the Ottoman Empire one last time, Dolmabahce Palace is a showcase of magnificence.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Dolmabahce Palace - Visit one of the most impressive European-style palaces in Istanbul with a professional guide without waiting in the ticket line. With 285 rooms, this palace is one of the biggest in Turkey. Balyan family constructed the palace between 1843-1856 within 13 years. After the opening of the palace, Ottoman royal family started living there until the collapse of the Empire. After the royal family, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish Republic founder, lived here until he died in 1938. From then on, the palace functions as a museum and hosts thousands of visitors during the year.
What's Included
  • Admission to Dolmabahce Palace
  • Professional licensed guide
What's Not Included
  • Transportation
  • Meal
Location
Dolmabahçe Clock Tower
Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi
After the security check, the guide will be next to the clock tower with a white flag.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(27 Ratings)
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Shqip
Apr 16, 2024
Perfect support team - The resposne was blazing fast and on point! The support team found me a solution in matter if secconds and I am very happy with the service!
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80janetu
Apr 6, 2024
Enjoyable, interesting tour - We enjoyed our tour with Kaan very much. She was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. The #Dolmahace Palace is a wonder site and we'll worth visiting.
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328deliac
Apr 5, 2024
Excellent - Good communication overall. The PDF shared here in the group chat was very useful. The E-pass includes all that is needed to see in Istanbul and to enjoy the city. Also, the tour guides were very friendly and informative. We also appreciated that the tours started on time at all locations. Would recommend Istanbul E-pass to friends! Thank you!
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Flyright
Jan 3, 2024
Efficient Way to See the Palace - A very good tour. The guide was easy to find and very professional. He gave a good introduction to the palace but this groups are too big for guides to accompany you. I recommend getting the free audio guide, which enhances the tour inside. He the. Met us for the second half of the tour since there are two separate parts and tickets.
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Ahmadan5984na
Dec 9, 2023
Great informative tour - Really good guided tour and fascinating insight into the history of the palace. The tour guide did a great job and we learnt alot
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662joseantoniol
Oct 15, 2023
Istanbul epass is worth it - The quality-price ratio of the card and the services that can be accessed is very good. The guides were always punctual and attentive, especially Ahmet Faruk
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R7335ealaurac
Oct 4, 2023
Safety pin - Very good guided tour by Garbi, in English, and the palace is impressive, not to be missed. Turkish culture and so-called Asian luxury are appreciated.
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Gabriela_h
Apr 28, 2024
A good choice if you want to skip lines - We decided to buy this tour because we were afraid of the long lines. It turned out that the day we went it was not so bad. When we met the tour guide, the group turned out to be extremely large, over 30 people so he said he would not accompany us inside because they do not allow tours that large. Hence, the 4 stars. (We thought it was going to be more of a small group tour) However, our guide was extremely knowledgeable and gave us historical information about the palace and answered any questions. Some people got the guided earphones so you can get info on what you were seeing as you walked through the palace. I thought our guide did a good job explaining facts, his English good and we could understand despite the large group. I would say the only advantage to this tour is to skip the long lines if you anticipate that.
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William_s
May 1, 2024
Not so much - Here’s the review - didn’t happen! Got an email morning of tour asking to reconfirm - which I did. Then hour later “sorry it’s been cancelled.” Some lame excuse they’re “cleaning or repairing.”. Huh?? Asked for refund - not automatic apparently - was told they couldn’t issue refund. I have to go through the broker that booked the tour - Viator. Allegedly, Viator is refunding me. Not a great experience.
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568shivangg
May 1, 2024
Bad experience with epass with terrible service - The pass I'd not value for money. The service provided was terrible. I gave the feedback in their WhatsApp group and asked for refund I was told that they won't give it. In guided Tour, guides do not go inside unlike other tour companies
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