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.
Eastern Anatolia
Museums in Elâzığ
2 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Elâzığ, with hours and what to see at each.
Elâzığ
Elazığ Museum
Elazığ's archaeology and ethnography museum, born in Harput in 1965 to show finds from the Keban and Karakaya dam rescue excavations.
Visitor guide
Elâzığ
Harput Castle
A hilltop fortress above Elâzığ with roots reaching back to Urartu, later an Artuqid stronghold and Ottoman quarter, and still the symbol of old Harput.
Visitor guideIstanbul 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.