Dolmabahçe Palace Tickets: One Ticket Covers Both Wings
Dolmabahçe no longer splits Selamlık and Harem into separate tickets. One 2,000 TL ticket covers both plus the Painting Museum.
Sammie O
Older guides walk you through an agonising choice between the Selamlık and the Harem, or tell you to buy both. That structure no longer exists. One standard ticket covers Selamlık, Harem and the Painting Museum.
Prices, in lira
- Standard — 2,000 TL foreign, 250 TL domestic, 150 TL reduced.
- Combined I, all National Palaces and köşks — 3,500 TL. Combined II and III, 2,750 TL each. All valid one month.
- Under-6s free; student rate 7–25 with ID.
Closed Mondays
Ticket office 09:00–17:00. Also closed 1 January and the first day of Ramazan and Kurban Bayramı. Pair it with Topkapı carefully — Topkapı closes Tuesdays and Dolmabahçe closes Mondays, so a two-day Istanbul trip that starts on a Monday needs planning.
Which cards work
The Museum Pass Istanbul does not apply — Dolmabahçe is a National Palaces property, not a Ministry museum. The domestic MüzeKart is valid across National Palaces sites except, explicitly, the Dolmabahçe Selamlık — which is the main event.
Lira pricing here has moved sharply and repeatedly. Check the figure against the operator’s page close to your date rather than relying on any published guide, this one included.
Source: millisaraylar.gov.tr, checked 26 August 2026.
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