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 Tokat
3 museums and archaeological sites in the province of Tokat, with hours and what to see at each.
Tokat
Latifoğlu Mansion
An eighteenth-century Ottoman baroque mansion in Tokat, now a museum-house, with richly painted wooden ceilings, plasterwork and rooms furnished as in traditional local life.
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Tokat
Tokat Atatürk House and Ethnography Museum
A house in Tokat where Atatürk stayed on three of his six visits, as the guest of his comrade-in-arms Mustafa Vasfi Süsoy, now a house museum.
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Tokat
Tokat Museum
Tokat's museum is housed in the Ottoman Arastalı Bedesten covered market, with Hittite tablets, Roman bronzes, a rich coin collection and Tokat crafts.
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.