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Topkapi Palace
Bab-i-Hümayun Caddesi, Istanbul Driving directions
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The harem with its eunuchs was a place of great intrigue, luxury and exquisite pleasure, and here in the harem of Topkapi Palace visitors are plunged into a mythical Orient of a thousand and one treasures and as many fantasies. Lattice-work screens filtered the mysteries of a maze-like palace occupied by the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. This sumptuous enclosed palace built from the 15C-19C was a town within a town, and its architectural and decorative riches, still intact today, provide an insight into a history which is as exotic as it is spectacular. You will have to share this unforgettable setting with crowds of awe-struck tourists, all of whom will be keen to visit the unmissable Treasury and its masterpiece: a 250kg solid gold throne encrusted with diamonds and emeralds.

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Where to sleepnearby

  • From €27
    Preferred Hotel Old City
    Good 7.3
    447 m - Nobethane Caddesi, Tayahatun Sok. No:15 Sirkeci, Istanbul 34420
  • From €17
    Sur Istanbul Hotel
    Very good 8.2
    448 m - Hocapasa Mah Tayahatun Sokak No:19 Sirkeci Fatih, Istanbul 34410
  • From €7
    Palace Point Hotel
    Good 7.8
    454 m - Hocapasa Mah.Tayahatun Sok. 17 Sirkeci, Istanbul 34412

Where to eatnearby

  • $$
    Matbah
    MICHELIN 2024
    537 m - Caferiye Sokak No:6/1, Sultanahmet/Fatih, Istanbul 34122
  • $$$
    Avlu Restaurant
    MICHELIN 2024
    741 m - Cankurtaran, Tevkifhane Sokak No:1, Fatih, Istanbul 34122
  • $$
    Lokanta 1741
    MICHELIN 2024
    756 m - Alemdar Mahallesi, Profesör Kazım İsmail Gürkan Caddesi No:34, Cağaloğlu Hamamı, Fatih, Istanbul 34110

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