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 Isparta
4 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Isparta, with hours and what to see at each.
Isparta
Antiocheia Archaeological Site
A Hellenistic and Roman city of Pisidia near Yalvaç, laid out on a grid, with a theatre, aqueduct, temple of Augustus and a church of St. Paul.
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Isparta
Isparta Museum
The city museum of Isparta, in a two-storey building opened in 1985, with archaeology, treasury, ethnography and carpet galleries.
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Isparta
Uluborlu Museum
A small museum in the Culture Palace at Uluborlu, opened in 2007, showing local ethnography and archaeology, including the district's traditional iron and copperwork.
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Isparta
Yalvaç Museum
The largest museum in the Lakes region, in Yalvaç near ancient Antiocheia, with prehistoric, classical, ethnographic and St. Paul halls and a garden display.
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.