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 Edirne
4 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Edirne, with hours and what to see at each.
Edirne
Edirne Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
A museum 50 metres from the Selimiye Mosque, with Enez finds, Thracian horseman stelae, Balkan costume and a garden about Edirne's water culture.
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Edirne
Edirne Hıdırlık Bastion Balkan History Museum
The largest of Edirne's late-19th-century bastions, headquarters of Şükrü Pasha during the Balkan Wars, now a museum of the siege with artillery rooms and a tunnel.
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Edirne
Necmi İğe House Ethnography Museum
An 18th-century mansion beside the Sarı Mosque, the oldest surviving civil architecture in Edirne, now recreating Rumelian wedding customs, crafts and daily life.
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Edirne
Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Fourteen rooms in the Dar-ül Hadis madrasa of the Selimiye Mosque hold Ottoman weapons, tiles, calligraphy, dervish lodge objects and Kırkpınar wrestling history.
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Istanbul tickets online
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.