Nice place to visit but not good idea for kids below 12, people get to walk around the location. the tour may take upto 2 hours and i had an electronic guide which cost 10 turkish lira. you may find the electronic guide after you get into the palace. more

I have seen the reviews of the palace and do not understand the attraction. I gound the palace to be mostly boring. There is almost nothing there from its original days. Most of the place is just displays. I did not enjoy it at all and was not happy that we were paying a guide by the day to show... more

So worth the visit and the bustle of crowds. Allow 4-5 hours here. They offer an audio guide for 5YTL, although I felt the Frommer’s guidebook was just as good. Also, they ran out of audio guides for the Harem, so I recommend getting there early. Definitely see the Treasury, which spans 4 rooms and holds amazing glittering objects of... more

A wonderful palace to tour. The architecture is magnificent, and I felt transported to a very different time and place. The highlight has to be the rooms in the treasury - wonderful thrones, crowns, and of course the daggar. The room of relics is especially interesting for a non Muslim to see, how the items related to The Prophet are... more

10Y to enter the inner courtyards, armoury and to see the various famous jewels & gifts from statesmen around the world. Ottoman history is very interesting, and a reasonable amount is detailed on boards around the site, but a guide book is probably worthwhile. An additional 10Y for the Harem, which is pretty interesting in terms of what happened in... more

Very unique palace. The views of the Bosphorus are amazing. The tiles inside the palace and those inside the harem are amazing. more

I was just there on October 16, 2007. To enter Topkapi, you must pay 10 Lira. It's another 10 Lira to enter the Harem. Headphones are rented at the Topkapi entrance where you pay 10 Lira if you want the recordings for the Harem and for the rest of the palace. If you don't plan to see the Harem (which... more

I just visited Topkapi Palace in early September 2007. From everything that I read before visiting Topkapi, I was under the impression that there were audio tours available for purchase and that there was a mandatory guided tour of the harem. Imagine my surprise when I paid my fee and was then told that the audio tours had been discontinued.... more

Big complex of buildings. It takes half of day to see everything. But it's worth it's time and price. more