Turkey · TICKETS
Turkish days out are cheap by European standards and vary wildly in quality, which makes the shortlist the whole job. Here are 15 tickets & entry passes that hold up, each with its price and its verdict.
Review of the $29 Kusadasi cruise tour to Ephesus, Mary's House, Artemis, and Turkish lunch, with tickets, guides, timing, and shopping tips.
“Very friendly tour guide- tour included Virgin Mary’s house and Ephesus. Very informative and inclusive.”
Review of Hagia Sophia’s skip-the-line ticket, mosque visit, audio guide, museum option, costs, queues, access rules, and practical tips.
“Hagia Sophia was as described, very pretty and interesting. My main complaint is I found it quite difficult to find where I had to get my ticket from. No one seemed to know! Also depending where you are approaching the mosque it’s quite a climb.Very steep approach.”
Enter Topkapi Palace and its Harem with skip-the-line access, a flexible timed entry, and a smartphone audio guide in Istanbul.
“The guide was great to get you in and explain what he is there to do. Once you’re in you can roam around and take your time as it isn’t a tour guide, just fast track”
Tour Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and Hippodrome with a guide, reserved Hagia Sophia entry, headsets, and Galataport pickup.
“Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and gave great insights to the history and art. She was excellent.”
Explore Cappadocia’s Green Tour with Kaymakli Underground City, Selime Monastery, Ihlara Valley, lunch, and small-group comfort.
“A wonderful small group trip with a fantastic guide, U fuk. It was a very full day with visits to exceptional sites, decent lunch and rounded off with a beautiful 3.5 km walk through a gorgeous forested river Gorge. Exceptional value for money, highly recommended!!”
Review of Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern skip-the-line ticket, with practical advice on price, entry, lighting, crowds, timing, and value.
“Queue jump was excellent! We skipped the whole line! The cisterns were beautiful and I’m really glad I decided to visit! It’s also lovely and cool and a great way to escape the heat for an hour!”
Hagia Sophia skip-the-line ticket with English audio guide, upper-gallery access, practical tips, costs, queues, dress rules, and honest value advice.
“Overall, it was a good experience. No need to stand in the line to buy a ticket”
Review of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia and Basilica Cistern combo ticket, with skip-ticket-line access, audio guide details, costs, and practical tips.
“Quick and easy access to passes, just walk right up to entry and skipped the waiting lines for ticket purchases!”
Review of Cappadocia’s Red Tour from Göreme, covering castle views, cave churches, fairy chimneys, pottery, lunch, price, and practical tips.
“Oz/Orgi was an excellent tour guide!! If you need someone to get through succinctly the red tour, he would be a great choice”
Review of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia skip-the-line ticket, audio guide, optional group tour, price, entry tips, and value at $42.
“We had a wonderful tour thanks to our great guide Augusto (Ouzan) who told us about the wonders of this marvellous building in a most impassioned way.”
Review of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace and Harem tour, with skip-the-line tickets, expert guides, Golden Horn views, and practical tips.
“Great tour. Guide ( Erme?) was very knowledgeable and never stopped giving us interesting information. He was really an exceptionally good guide. We had him for tours in the morning at Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and the Basilica cistern, and then Topkapi palace in the afternoon. This was a time when skip the line was actually truly beneficial.”
Explore Cappadocia’s Red Tour with castle views, cave churches, fairy chimneys, lunch, pottery, hotel transfers, and a local guide.
“We had a wonderful experience with guide Ugur during the Red Tour. The tour was well structured with lunch in the middle and exciting pottery ceremony in between tourist attractions. Ugur gave us a lot of new knowledge while also being so entertaining, best guide! Highly recommend.”
Review of Kusadasi’s Ephesus and Mary’s House tour, with port transfers, entry tickets, guides, shopping, lunch options, and cruise return advice.
“We had such a great time our tour guy Josh was very informative and very friendly. He answered all Of our questions. He went above and beyond to make sure we enjoyed ourselves..”
Review of Cappadocia’s 9-hour Green Tour, with Derinkuyu, Ihlara Valley, Selime Monastery, lunch, guide, tickets, and practical tips.
“The guide was funny and informative. The driver excellent. Fun informative day. Would do it again.”
Hagia Sophia skip-the-ticket-line entry with an English audio guide, practical tips, access limits, costs, queues, and honest value advice.
“A wonderful experience, the online tickets were well worth it considering the long lines”
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