Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
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Museums in Burdur
4 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Burdur, with hours and what to see at each.
Burdur
Burdur Museum
A lakeland museum with colossal statues from Sagalassos, Bronze Age pottery from Hacılar and Kuruçay, and a garden of Roman stelae and sarcophagi.
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Burdur
Burdur Natural History Museum
A restored nineteenth-century church that now shows Pleistocene fossils from the Elmacık beds, so visitors meet Burdur's inhabitants of 2.5 million years ago.
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Burdur
Kibyra Archaeological Site
The ruins of an ancient highland capital near Gölhisar, with a theatre, odeon, stadium, agora, temple and monumental street, once the head of a four-city league.
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Burdur
Sagalassos Archaeological Site
A Roman-era city high in the Taurus Mountains at 1,500 to 1,700 metres, among the best-preserved in Asia Minor, with restored fountains, a library and a theatre.
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Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.