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.
Aegean
Museums in Manisa
5 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Manisa, with hours and what to see at each.
Manisa
Aigai Archaeological Site
A hilltop Aeolian city in the Yunt Mountains of Manisa, rebuilt on the Pergamon model, with a theatre, a three-storey agora, a stadium and a Temple of Demeter.
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Manisa
Alaşehir Archaeological Site
The ruins of ancient Philadelphia in Manisa, once called Little Athens, with the tall piers of the 6th-century St. John church.
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Manisa
Manisa Akhisar Museum and Akhisar Hill Cemetery
A small museum in a former Teachers' House in Akhisar, with archaeological and ethnographic finds from the town and its surroundings.
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Manisa
Manisa Museum
A museum in the Muradiye complex, Mimar Sinan's only work in the Aegean, showing archaeology and ethnography of the Manisa region.
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Manisa
Sardes Archaeological Site
The capital of the Lydian kingdom, where coins were first minted, with a huge bath-gymnasium complex and a Roman-era synagogue to explore in Manisa.
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.