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İstanbul Welcome Card

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İstanbul Welcome Card

Activity provider:Travelgroup
4.1  / 5
149 reviews

From US$ 96.28 per person

Benefit from a flexible card including public transportation, entrances to top museums, guided tours at Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern, a Bosphorus cruise, and an audio guide app.

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Valid 7 days
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Experience

Highlights
  • Benefit from free hotel delivery
  • Visit Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern and Topkapi Palace with a historian guide
  • Enjoy a cruise on the Bosphorus
  • Make use of 10 transportation tickets
  • Pay less at top sights, attractions and activities
Full description

When you arrive in Istanbul your welcome package will be waiting at your hotel for you. Inside the package, find your card loaded with 10 rides for public transportation and vouchers to join the Bosphorus Cruise, Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapi Palace tours. Skip the lines and explore the Basilica Cistern, and the Topkapi Palace with a historian guide. You will have fun on a cruise along the Bosphorus and witness breathtaking views over the shimmering waters of Istanbul's magnificent river. See bridges, palaces, fortresses, seaside residences and, many other historical places. Travel around the city with 10 transportation tickets including metro, tram, ferry, funicular, bus, and metrobus. Take advantage of numerous discounts at many top attractions across the city and discover museums with the included audio guides at your own pace.

Includes
  • Free hotel delivery
  • 10 transportation tickets
  • Skip-the-ticket-line entry to several museums and attractions (except Hagia Sophia)
  • Guided tours of the Hagia Sophia, Basilica Cistern, and Topkapi Palace
  • Discounts at top sights, attractions, and activities
  • Bosphorus cruise
  • Audio guide app in 8 languages
  • City map
  • Delivery to Airbnbs, apartments, or areas outside Istanbul

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Your card will be at your hotel when you arrive. The activity provider will contact you and get your hotel details so they can send you the card on time. Delivery to Airbnbs, private apartments, or outside Istanbul is not available.

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  • Your card will be valid for 7 days hours after the first use
  • The lines at Hagia Sophia cannot be skipped
  • Hagia Sophia tour: Daily at 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM; Fridays only at 2:00 PM
  • Topkapi Palace tour: Daily except Tuesdays at 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM
  • Basilica Cistern tour: Daily 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM
  • 90-minute Bosphorus Cruise: daily every hour between 10 AM and 5 PM
  • There is no skip-the-line entry at Hagia Sophia

From US$ 96.28 per person

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4.1 /5

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The Welcome card was very turnkey. The delivery to my hotel was perfect, the instructions were very clear on how to find the tours and the guides gave me a very good sense of the city. I used the heck out of the metro pass. I would recommend that they add instructions on how to add more $$ to the card, as the kiosks to add more money never provided information in any language besides Turkish though they said they would.

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April 4, 2023

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Bianca – United StatesVerified booking

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The Istanbul Welcome Card is a great way to introduce the city to anyone who has not visited before. You can use the museum pass and travel card along with the optional guided tours as flexibly as you wish. The two guided tours led by Emre of the Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia were both very good giving a fascinating insight into the history of these sites and their features. One criticism is the instructions for activating the travel card via SMS text. This is not necessary and unless you have a Turkish registered phone number is not possible. The code you require is the HES code which is supplied on completion of the visitor locator form which you must complete before entry to Turkey - no SMS text is required.

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October 24, 2021

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Chris – United KingdomVerified booking

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Cards delivered to our hotel as promised. The tour guides were excellent with the Museum Pass and very knowledgeable and friendly. The Istanbul card easy to use on the public transport all over the city. I recommend to everybody to get these cards, they make your life a lot easier. 10/10 Thank you!

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