ISTANBUL WELCOME CARD
Description
Have your Istanbul Welcome Card ready when you arrive in your hotel! We deliver your pass for free before you arrival to your hotel so you can start exploring Istanbul straight away.
Highlights
Save time and save money
All tickets and tours included
Don't miss a top thing to do in Istanbul
Enjoy the highlight tours and Bosphorus cruise
Stay inside the museums as long as you want and discover them on your own pace with the included audio guide for your own smartphone!
Skip the long lines, save up to 2 hours and enter attractions the fastest way
Highlight tour at each location by an official licensed tour guide
Capture amazing pictures at Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, Basilica and the Bosphorus
Discover the legendary Hagia Sophia, glorious Topkapi Palace and mysterious Basilica with a local specialist
Enjoy a Cruise on the Bosphorus
Benefit of Free Hotel Delivery of your Cards
Download the Audio Guide on your Smartphone and start exploring what you can expect easily from your sofa at home.
Attractions
• 3 Highlight Tours with Official Guide & Audio Guide
Discover the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Basilica Cistern with a local specialist!
Meet your guide at the entrances, skip the lines and enter the shortest way inside. Save up to 4 hours by not standing in the famous queues. Benefit of the highlight tours, get the most important information and orientation tips how to discover each attraction the best way. And afterwards you can explore each sight on your pace, stay inside as long as you want, listen to the exiting stories in the audio guide and capture amazing pictures.
Tours start times
- Hagia Sophia
Tour duration: 30 minutes
Daily at 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am and 3pm.
- Topkapi Palace
Tour duration: 30 minutes
Daily except at 9:30am, 10am 10:30am, 11am, 11:30am, 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3pm, 3:30pm and 4pm.
- Basilica Cistern
Tour duration: 30 minutes
Daily except at 12:00, 13:00, 16:00
• 90 min. Bosphorus Cruise & Audio Guide
Our Marine Officer will welcome you at the pier and help you on the boat. He will explain you what you will see on the cruise and offer you a Water or Juice. You will enjoy this breathtaking cruise over the shimmering waters of Istanbul’s magnificent Bosphorus, and admire the cosmopolitan city from a completely different perspective while watching the beautiful views of the Orient and the Occident at the same time. Be ready to explore the highlights between Europe and Asia, pass by Historical Palaces, Fortresses and below the Bosphorus Bridge.
Cruise departs from Eminönü which is located across the Spice Bazaar.
Cruise start times
Daily at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm and 5pm
• Public Transportation Card with 10 Rides
Valid at Metro, Tram, Ferry, Funicular, Bus and Metrobus. When the credit is used, you can reload your public transport card with new credit at vending machines at any station.
• Istanbul Guide Book and Map
Right after your order, we will send your English digital Istanbul guide book with the must-do things, walking tours, useful information and city map as a PDF file to your e-mail account.
How does it work?
Free Hotel Delivery: We deliver your card before your arrival to your hotel. At the day of your arrival, the Istanbul Welcome Card will be waiting for you at the hotel with the public transportation card, ticket for Bosporus cruise, audioguide download instructions and all tour vouchers for Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and Basilica Cistern.
Your name will be for 7 days on our list and you can join the included tours at available times.
Dowload the included audio guide before your visit to your smartphone so you can have a look and listen what you can discover even from your sofa at home.
What is included?
Priority entry
Tickets
Application d'audioguides
Map
Venue
Free delivery service in hotels in Sultanaahmet and Taksim area
Instructions
Meeting point: Free delivery service in hotels in Sultanaahmet and Taksim area. Or pick up from our office located close by Galata Tower: Bereketzade Mah. Bankalar Cad. No. 26 Nazli Han Floor 2 Karaköy Istanbul // Meeting point instructions: Cards cannot be delivered to private residences, Airbnb’s or apartments. Be sure to put your hotel name at the moment of the booking. Emergency Number if card is not delivered: +90 850 433 88 66 or order@istanbulwelcomecard.com // Duration: Flexible // Inclusions: Free Delivery . Skip the Line Service and all Ticket and Entry Fees. Hagia Sophia 30 minutes. Highlights Tour and Audio Guide. Topkapi Palace 30 minutes. Highlights Tour and Audio Guide. Basilica Cistern. 30 minutes. Highlights Tour. Unlimited stay inside each Museum. 90 minutes. Bosphorus Cruise and Audioguide. 10 Rides with Public Transportation. Digital Guide Book and Map // Mandatory instructions: Please ensure you have answered the mandatory questions during the booking process to ensure the correct provision of service. Please note that the Bosphorus Cruise departs from Eminönü which is located across the Spice Bazaar. At the day of your arrival the Istanbul Welcome Card will be waiting for you in the hotel with the public transportation card, ticket for Bosporus cruise, audioguide download instructions and all tour vouchers for Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and Basilica Cistern // Voucher type: E-voucher. Show the voucher on your mobile device to enjoy the activity
Starting points
A. Bereketzade, Bankalar Caddesi, Nazlı Han No: 26 D:Kat: 2, 34421, Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turchia
It is only possible to deliver the card to hotels in the Sultanahmet and Taksim areas. Cards cannot be delivered to private residences, Airbnb’s or apartments. Alternatively, you can pick-up the card from the above-mentioned address, floor 2.
End point
- At the customer's discretion
Languages
Audio Guide App available: English, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Chinese and Turkish.
Download the app and search the Apple Store or Google Play Store for Hagia Sophia audio guide, Topkapi Palace audio guide and Bosphorus audio guide
