Best Deal for Istanbul Classics
Istanbul History Pass
Topkapi Palace & Harem Tickets and Smart Audio Guide
Hagia Sophia Ticket
Bosphorus Cruise Ticket and Smart Audio Tour
Blue Mosque Guided Tour
Whirling Dervishes Ceremony Tickets
Istanbul City Guide App in 9 Languages
Live Assistance by Local Guides
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Skip-the-line bundle · Flexible 3-day window · City guide app included
Maximize your time in Istanbul for the best value!
Best Deals for Top Sites while enjoying Live & Digital Support around Old Town
If you want to skip the line entrance to top sites in Istanbul while enjoying a smart guide all around Old-Town Istanbul, this is the best possible package with the best price!
Plus, there are desks around the old town and constant assistance all the way!
Here there is your bundle: Topkapi Palace with its Harem section, Hagia Sophia, a Bosphorus Cruise Tour witness the authentic ritual of dervishes right next to the Hagia Sophia.
Meanwhile, if you wish, you can widen your menu with other fast track entrances like the Basilica Cistern or Dolmabahçe Palace Museum with its harem section. In addition to the smart city guide app, there are live guided tour options at your will.
How Does the Istanbul History Pass Work?
Simple booking. Flexible days. Your own pace.
After booking, two informative emails help you arrange reservations and open the city guide on your phone. Then you go with the flow — organize up to three days in Istanbul as you wish.
Book Online: Reserve your package and secure your tickets in Istanbul
Immediately receive a link in the confirmation email where you can open your booking menü
3 days before your arrival start to decide the days you want to make your visits
Enjoy online and on-the-field support by a team of local insiders before and after your arrival
Explore Istanbul's top sites at your own pace with your day-long flexible tickets
Travel in your own rhythm. Istanbul City Guide combines expert knowledge, smart technology, and local support to help you explore Istanbul with confidence.
Created by local historians and licensed guides, the app transforms your walk into a guided experience. GPS-triggered audio automatically starts as you reach each location, bringing the city's history to life while helping you navigate with ease.
Download your guides and continue exploring offline, wherever your journey takes you. Available in 9 languages, the app includes premium sections for Topkapı Palace, the Grand Bazaar, the Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern, Beyoğlu & Taksim, the Bosphorus, and the Princes' Islands, with more than 300 places waiting to be explored.
More than an audio guide, Cogito helps you experience Istanbul like a local. Discover carefully selected restaurants, from traditional backstreet eateries and fresh seafood restaurants to Michelin Guide recommendations. Every suggestion is personally chosen by local experts.
And if you ever need help, our local team is available online and at key locations across Istanbul, ready to assist with the app, your tickets, or your visit.
Fast-track tickets & smart services in one bundle
Topkapı Palace & Harem
Skip-the-line access to the home of the Sultans, including the private Harem chambers many visitors miss — plus a smart audio guide.
Hagia Sophia Ticket
Experience one of the world's greatest architectural wonders without the hassle. See stunning mosaics in this sacred space.
Bosphorus Cruise & Audio Tour
Relax on a boat between Europe and Asia while stories of waterfront palaces and fortresses play in your headphones.
Blue Mosque Guided Walking Tour
Join an official guide for Sultanahmet Mosque and an Ancient Istanbul walking experience through the historic peninsula.
Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
Witness an eight-century sacred ritual — a hypnotic ceremony that reveals the soul and culture of Turkey.
City Guide App (9 Languages)
A curated map with live location and premium museum audio guides. Available in ENG, FR, ITA, SPA, DE, PT, AR, CN, RU.
Live Assistance by Local Guides
Online and live support from local expert guides and staff whenever you need help planning your day.
Everything you need for a smooth 3-day exploration of Historic Peninsula and Bosphorus, with flexible timing and no hidden deposits after booking.
Add iconic venues while booking — only if you want them
Dolmabahçe Palace & Harem
Fast-track tickets with audio guide to the lavish Bosphorus-side palace and its Harem section.
Basilica Cistern
Skip-the-line entrance and smart audio guide beneath the ancient water palace of Constantinople.
Prefer a deeper itinerary? Add these skip-the-line experiences during checkout. Otherwise you pay nothing more after your History Pass booking.
Flexible plans, reliable support, and everything you need for a smoother Istanbul visit.
Cancellation Policy
Plans change. Cancel up to 72 hours before your visit for a full refund.
Flexible Bookings
Before or after your arrival, choose your days for each visit flexibly as you wish! Your tickets are already reserved. Meanwhile, for the day of your choice your tickets will be day-long flexible regarding the museum and tour timelines.
Constant Assistance
During your visit, you can always get assistance both online and on the field around the top sites when you need. The chat screen on the websites and desks next to the Gates of Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Topkapi Palace entrances are at your service when you are in Istanbul.
City-Guide App in Your Pocket
Explore 300+ places in 9 languages with the Cogito City Guide App, plus local restaurant and activity recommendations. Our curated guides by local experts and historians cover Basilica Cistern, Topkapı Palace, Beyoğlu, Princes’ Islands, Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, the Bosphorus, and more.
From flexible booking and easy cancellations to live support and our city-guide app, your booking is designed to give you more freedom before and during your visit.
Everything travelers ask before booking
Istanbul History Pass Basics
The €95 price applies to both adults and children. Children under 5 are free.
€119 is the regular list price of each single activity, if it is booked separately.
The Pass is valid for the first day and the next three days selected during booking date.
You receive an extra day when you purchase one of the available add-ons.
You can receive a full refund up to 72 hours before your booking.
Yes. You can change your dates up to 72 hours before your booking.
How does it work?
Right after booking, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to your booking menu. Your reservation options will become available three days before your selected date. Until then, all your tickets are secured.
Skip-the-Line Access
You can skip the ticket line. Everyone must still go through the security line.
You can skip the ticket line.
No. The Blue Mosque is free to enter, and fast-track access does not apply. The Pass includes a guided tour.
You can board the boat directly without waiting in the ticket line.
Yes. After booking the Pass, you can choose your reservation through the booking panel for any available date within the three-day period.
You can skip the ticket line.
Topkapi Palace & Harem
Yes. The ticket includes both Topkapi Palace and the Harem.
Cogito Istanbul app provides a detailed and curated audio guide experience.
You need to enter Topkapi Palace on the day you select in your reservation.
Flexible check-in is available throughout the day, from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm until the end of 2026. The locations and instructions will be sent by email.
Yes. Your ticket will be sent to you in advance.
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays. There is no special rule regarding this closure.
Hagia Sophia
Yes.
Yes. Hagia Sophia's own audio guide is included with the admission ticket.
The Hagia Sophia has its own audio guide app and it is available in the gallery for every visitor.
No. You have flexibility throughout the day.
A QR code will be sent to your email address.
Prayer times change throughout the year. Please ask our support team in advance, either online or at the check-in desk.
Bosphorus Cruise
The cruise lasts 90 minutes.
It departs from Eminönü Pier, next to Galata Bridge.
It returns to Eminönü Pier, next to Galata Bridge.
Boats depart every hour from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.
You have day-long flexibility with the QR code provided with your booking.
Yes.
A sightseeing boat is used for the cruise.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
The audio tour uses your GPS location to automatically tell you about the places around you during the cruise.
The audio tour is available in nine languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
If a service cannot operate during your Pass period because of force majeure, you can receive a refund for that service.
Blue Mosque Guided Tour
The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes.
The live tour is in English only. Audio guides are available in eight other languages.
It is available every day except Tuesday and Thursday.
There are two departures each day: one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The exact times change depending on the prayer schedule.
Your ticket and the meeting-point location will be sent by email.
The walking tour passes by the Million Stone, the Hippodrome, the Blue Mosque with an inside visit, Arasta Bazaar, Hürrem Sultan Hammam, the first courtyard and public gardens of Topkapi Palace, Gülhane Park, and Hagia Sophia.
The tour schedule changes according to prayer times. You will see the updated time on your booking schedule.
The mosque provides covers if necessary.
Whirling Dervishes Ceremony
The ceremony takes place at Abud Efendi Mansion.
You can select an available date through the booking calendar. The ceremony is held every day except Tuesday and Thursday.
The doors open at 6:15 pm.
At 6:15 pm, there is a detailed introduction to the Sema ceremony. You will learn how someone becomes a dervish, about the makams used during the Sema ceremony, and their relationship with Istanbul's call-to-prayer tradition. The introduction also includes live ney or kanun music.
The ceremony begins at 6:30 pm. At 7:30 pm, guests can ask questions to the dervish and the host in English or French.
No. Seating is free seating.
Yes. Photography and video recording are allowed, but flash photography and tripods are not allowed.
Yes. However, we ask guests with children to respect the quiet atmosphere of the ceremony.
Yes. There is a digital and flexible booking screen where you can make your reservation.
No. Before the ceremony, the host gives a detailed cultural introduction with a live ney or kanun performance. The introduction lasts 15 minutes. The traditional drinks such as Turkish coffee and sherbet are included.
It is an authentic, sacred, eight-century ritual performed by authentic members of the Sufi community.
Cogito City Guide App
The app is available in nine languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, and Russian.
Yes.
Yes. Pass holders have access to all premium content. Available audio guides include Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, Grand Bazaar, Beyoğlu/Galata, Blue Mosque, the Bosphorus, and the Princes' Islands.
You have access to the app for seven days.
Yes. You need to download the content in advance to use it offline.
Yes.
No. You need to download the app from Google Play or the App Store.
Yes. You have full access to the restaurant recommendations.
Live Assistance
Live assistance is available from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, Istanbul local time.
You can contact the team directly through the in-app chat or WhatsApp.
Live assistance is available in English.
There are two support desks within a one-minute walk of the entrances to Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia, and Topkapi Palace.
Yes, at least of one of the desks is open every day. Plus, there is available online support every day.
The team includes both staff members and licensed guides.
Yes. A team of guides can arrange an itinerary for bookings made more than one week in advance.
We can refer your situation to the Tourism Police and help you reach local and official support.
Purchase & Reservations
You will receive a confirmation email after booking. Three days before your selected date, you will be able to make your reservations through the booking calendar.
Yes. All reservations can be made through a single calendar page.
Yes. Each museum and activity has its own QR code.
Yes.
No.
No. All tickets are reserved and secured once you book the Pass.
We need each guest's full official name once.
No questions match your search.