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Dolmabahçe Palace Tickets 2026: 2,000 TL, Harem, Hours, Closed Mondays

Official rules Updated · Last checked · reviewed by Nomad Istanbul editorial team

Dolmabahçe Palace charges foreign visitors 2,000 TL for the Selamlık, Harem and Painting Museum. Closed Mondays, ticket office 09:00 to 17:00. Booth or skip-the-line, and how long it takes.

Short version: 2,000 TL for foreign visitors at the booth, which covers the state rooms, the Harem and the Painting Museum. Closed Mondays; the ticket office runs 09:00 to 17:00. Allow two to three hours. The Museum Pass doesn’t work here. Skip-the-line tickets cost about 550 TL more and are only worth it on a summer weekend.

Price and who pays

From Milli Saraylar’s own Dolmabahçe page, 2 October 2026:

TicketForeign visitorTurkish citizen
Selamlık + Harem + Painting Museum2,000 TL (about €36)250 TL
Dolmabahçe + Yıldız Palace + European-side pavilions2,750 TL500 TL
National Palaces Full Pass (Dolmabahçe + all pavilions, not Topkapı)3,500 TL750 TL
Children 0–6FreeFree

The palace rules give the domestic price only to Turkish and Northern Cypriot citizens and Mavi Kart holders. A residence permit doesn’t count, so foreign residents pay 2,000 TL. Students with ID get a reduced ticket; foreign students pay twice the reduced price. The 8× gap with the citizen price is the largest at any big sight in the city; see the foreigner prices report.

Hours and closed days

  • Closed every Monday and on New Year’s Day.
  • Ticket office 09:00 to 17:00. Go before 15:00 so you have time for the Harem.
  • 10 November: the anniversary of Atatürk’s death in the palace. A special memorial route opens, free for everyone; expect very long queues.
  • No photography inside the rooms. Gardens and the Bosphorus front are fine.

Booth or skip-the-line

At the booth: 2,000 TL, by card. Out of season or on a weekday morning, this is all you need.

Skip-the-line: worth it on summer weekends, when the ticket queue can take an hour. You still go through security.

4.7/5 from 1,413 reviews on GetYourGuide · checked 13 Oct 2026

Best available · rated 4.7 · no Dolmabahçe ticket reaches 4.8

Dolmabahçe Palace and Harem skip-the-line entry with audio guide

1 day · from about 2,550 TL ($52)

Selamlık, gardens and Harem, skip the ticket line, audio guide in 11 languages (leave an ID at the desk to collect it). Not a guided tour. About 550 TL more than the booth.

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Other tickets we checked on 2 October 2026: a second Dolmabahçe and Harem entry ticket at 4.7 from 764 reviews (from about 3,010 TL; rating checked 13 October 2026); the most-booked “Fast-Track & Audio” ticket at 4.6 from 2,561 reviews; a skip-the-line entry by the Istanbul Tourist Pass at 4.5 from 643 (below our bar, not linked).

What you see

  1. Selamlık, the state side: the Crystal Staircase, the Ambassadors’ Hall and the Ceremonial Hall under a 4.5-tonne chandelier.
  2. Harem, the family quarters, including the room where Atatürk died on 10 November 1938. The clocks are stopped at 9:05.
  3. National Palaces Painting Museum in the former crown prince’s apartment, included in the 2,000 TL ticket.

Combine it with

  • A Bosphorus cruise. Boats leave from Kabataş and Beşiktaş, 10 minutes’ walk either side. See our Bosphorus cruise comparison.
  • Topkapı is the older palace and a different day; see Topkapı tickets. Doing both, plus Hagia Sophia and the Cistern, the E-pass can pay off.

Getting there

Tram T1 to Kabataş, then 5 minutes’ walk along the water to the Clock Tower gate. From Taksim, the F1 funicular down to Kabataş. Ferries from Üsküdar and Kadıköy stop at Kabataş and Beşiktaş.

Notes

GetYourGuide links on this page are affiliate links. If you book through them we get a small commission and you pay the same price. Booth prices are from Milli Saraylar’s own page, checked on 2 October 2026; the palace administration changes lira prices during the year.

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