Topkapi Palace was the official residence and main residence of the Ottoman sultans in the city from 1465 to 1853. Now it has been transformed into a museum, showing the past and amazing treasures of the royal life to the world. The palace was ordered to be built in 1459 by Sultan Mehmed II, who conquered the Byzantine Empire. The famous emperor chose this highland on the left side of the Bosphorus, where the magnificent Marmara can be seen. With a panoramic view of the sea and the Golden Horn, its history and grandeur are the jewels of Turkey. There are many historical sites in the old town of Sultan Ahmed, where Topkapi Palace is located, including the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Archaeological Museum and other attractions nearby. Entering the Palace Museum, take the streetcar T1 and get off at Gulhane Station, walk to the Hagia Sophia, walk on the inner side road for a few minutes and you will see a gate like a city wall. There is a Rococo style Sultan Ahmed at the door. The III fountain, with a little Islamic style, is more unique. There are many people around and there are many tourists. This is the entrance of the Topkapi Palace scenic spot. There are also soldiers with guns standing on both sides of the entrance. This was originally the gate of the palace at the beginning, when only the sultans could enter and exit, it was called the gate of the emperor. After passing through the gate, you enter the first courtyard, and walking along the path, you can see a Holy Peace Church built in the Byzantine period on your left. Keep going and you will see the ticket office on the right. After purchasing the ticket, you will arrive at the welcome gate. This is a city gate with octagonal towers on the left and right. When you look up, you can see a passage from the Koran engraved on the gate. After passing the security check, we entered the second courtyard. Looking at the large grass and flower beds, standing at the entrance, there is a glass window on the right hand side, showing the scale model of the palace. Before visiting the second courtyard of the Harem is the entrance to the Harem, and the row of rooms on the right used to be the imperial kitchen, and now displays the exquisite ceramics collected by the Sultan. There are more than 10,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, including more than 40 pieces of precious Yuan blue and white, which are priceless treasures. Here you can enter the harem to visit first. The first thing you see is the eunuch's room, then pass the laundry room, then walk through the corridor and between the various rooms, and then go to the queen mother's room, the residence of the four wives, each has their own world, Life is also protected. The Ahmed III restaurant in the harem is painted with exquisite flower and fruit patterns, the royal hall is decorated with exquisite Chinese porcelain, and the Murad Thirty Secret Room is decorated with brightly colored mosaic tiles, showing Islamic style everywhere. aesthetic. In addition, the quadrangular column in front of the harem built the Tower of Justice, which was used to monitor the urban area and defend against foreign enemies. Passing through the gate of happiness is the audience room in the third courtyard. Back then, the sultan, the grand vizier and the generals discussed politics here four days a week. Today it is a showcase for the museum's collection of precious handmade rugs. On the south side of the third courtyard of the Palace Treasure Hall is the Topkapi Palace Treasure Hall, which houses the treasures and clothes of the Sultan. There are 4 rooms in total, with nearly 200 treasures on display. Except for the collections in the fourth room, the rest of the city Replace regularly. In the fourth room, you can see the fisherman's spoon diamond, one of the largest diamonds in the world, which is a large 86-carat diamond surrounded by 49 small diamonds, set in the shape of teardrops, which is dazzling. You can also see the Topkapi dagger, inlaid with 3 huge emerald gems weighing 3 kilograms, and the deep green seems to have magic. From the treasure hall, there is a small viewing platform overlooking the beauty of the Marmara Sea. The view is very good. You can take pictures with the blue sea behind and the buildings on the opposite bank. Looking at the Golden Horn Bay in the sea view restaurant, you pass through the third courtyard and enter the fourth courtyard. There is a sea view restaurant on the right hand side, where you can enjoy the view and eat, so the business is very good. To the left is the Tulip Garden, where tulips bloom in April and May. At the end is the Baghdad Pavilion, which was built to commemorate the capture of Baghdad in 1638. The interior is decorated with Iznik tiles, which is very ornate. On the edge of the platform there is a small pavilion Yvtaye with a golden roof, from which you can overlook the Golden Horn and the new urban area opposite. The fourth courtyard is relatively empty, and there are benches between the flowers and plants. In a leisurely afternoon, you can even see tourists reading here, and the wind is caressing, which is very comfortable.
Topkapa Palace is one of Turkey's most famous palaces, with Beijing Palace, Paris Versailles, Moscow Kremlin and other known as the world's top ten palaces, located in the heart of Istanbul, just behind the Hagia Sophia. Like the Forbidden City, Topkapa Palace is also very large, and a young man has to spend most of the day if he wants to visit the entire palace in detail. There are palaces and buildings large and small in the palace, and there are many exhibits. The innermost palace can see the Istanbul Strait and the mountain view on the other side of the Strait. In addition to the big, the entire palace is surrounded by flowers and vegetation everywhere, which is very beautiful. Tickets 🎫 are 950 lira, which is more expensive, more expensive than the Forbidden City, but it is worth a visit. At the same time, the Palace also provides audio guides in multiple languages, and you can get them by showing your passport 🪪, which is very convenient.
Everything is beautiful in this palace, worth visiting. At least 2 hours to explore. So it is better to bring a bottle of water with you.
Such a huge palace, a bit pricey for tickets but definitely worth it! You can easily spend 4 hours here and view from the back terrace are amazing.
The Istabul Museum Pass is now 1750 lira, which is a bit expensive, but it is free of queues. Tickets and voice guides for the Topkapa Palace are two teams. You can rent voice guides with free documents for tickets, but there are not many content introduced. Most of the exhibits have to see the instructions for themselves. The entire palace is quite large and it takes half a day to visit.
The palace of the Ottoman sultan, also known as the old palace of Turkey, has been around for more than 500 years. This palace complex is located at Cape Saraquilio, overlooking the Golden Horn and the Marmara Sea. Many places in the palace can clearly see the Bosphorus. The highest point of the offshore is even more magical. It is outside China. The area of the old palace with the most Chinese porcelain is quite large. The pattern is roughly divided into three-inch style. The first inch is a large garden. It is called the first courtyard. There is a Byzantine-style church in this large garden. Look at the feeling of a little Hagia Sophia Cathedral. There is a wall in the second. So far, it is the core part of the palace. Earlier, you need to get permission from the Sudan to enter this door. The main reason is that the conference hall is the inner court. Generally, people can't enter. The whole palace is so big that it's only a part of it that you can visit, like my Palace Museum, there are still many areas that are not perfect to open.
Topkapa Palace (World Heritage Area) is an old palace in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the official residence and main residence of the Ottoman Sultan in the city from 1465 to 1853. It is an important tourist attraction in Istanbul with many tourists.
The Palace of Topkapa, also known as the Old Palace, is located on the promontory of a peninsula full of historical relics in Istanbul, a former place for national ceremonies and royal entertainment, and a place where successive Sudans worked and lived. Overlooking the Marmara Sea and Bosphorus, the Palace of Topkapa consists of four courtyards and other small buildings, such as the harem, as if it were a city in the middle of the city. The palace is supplied through underground troughs, with royal dining rooms, gardens, libraries, schools and mosques. There are also artists and craftsmen who have produced many excellent works for the entire empire.