Museum Pass Turkey 2027: €185 From April, Regional Passes, Worth It?

MuseumPass Türkiye, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's museum card for foreign visitors, costs €165 for 15 days today and €185 from 1 April 2027, under the ministry's new tariff. The four regional cards cost €65 to €105 now and €75 to €120 from April. Check first what your tour covers: on our 8-day Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus tour, from $1,464 per person, the entrance fees in the itinerary are included.

Museum Pass prices for 2027: all five cards

Today's prices are on each card's page at muze.gov.tr; the 2027 prices come from table III of the ministry's new tariff, which applies from 1 April 2027.

Most single tickets rise on the same day; the full list is in our 2027 museum prices update.

Which museums each card covers

Each card page has a map of valid museums. On 15 November 2026 the main paid sites on those official lists were:

No list includes Hagia Sophia, the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum, Dolmabahçe Palace or the Basilica Cistern, and the Mediterranean card is not valid at the Antique Pool in Hierapolis. On 15 November 2026 muze.gov.tr also showed the Side Theatre closed for restoration and the Antalya Museum closed.

Does the Museum Pass cover Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia?

Topkapı Palace: yes, on the ministry's list. The Turkish MuseumPass İstanbul page says the card covers 13 museums run by the ministry and the National Palaces, and the official maps for the Istanbul and Türkiye cards list Topkapı Palace, its Harem, Hagia Irene and the Imperial Mint (Darphane) section. The palace has been run by the Presidency of National Palaces since 2019. Its own price page, checked on 15 November 2026, lists a 2,750 TL ticket for foreign visitors covering the palace, the Harem and Hagia Irene, gives Tuesday as the closing day and says the Müzekart, the Turkish citizens' card, is not valid in the Harem and Hagia Irene; it does not mention the MuseumPass.

Hagia Sophia: no. The mosque charges its own fee for the gallery visit (see our Hagia Sophia ticket price update), and the Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum, with its own €25 ticket (€30 from 1 January 2027), is not on the lists either. For Istanbul-only plans, see our Istanbul Museum Pass guide.

Is the Museum Pass worth it? Six worked examples

Add up the single tickets for the covered sites you will really visit while the card is valid. Prices: muze.gov.tr on 15 November 2026 and the tariff from 1 April 2027.

The Cappadocia card pays off clearly only on a full programme with Ihlara and both Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu; with one underground city it saves €1 at most today and nothing from April 2027. The Aegean card needs at least one more major site, such as Aphrodisias, on top of Ephesus, the Terrace Houses and Pamukkale. The Türkiye card wins narrowly on a classic loop, and by more if you also use it at Topkapı, which is on its list.

Card or a tour with entrance fees included?

A card helps only on days you sightsee on your own. Our Cappadocia Red Tour, from $50 per person, includes "entry fees for every site on the itinerary", the Zelve Open-Air Museum among them, and the Cappadocia Green Tour, from $77 per person, includes the entrance fees to Derinkuyu or Kaymaklı and Ihlara Valley.

With both booked, Zelve-Paşabağları, one underground city and Ihlara are paid. Adding Göreme Open-Air Museum (€20, €22 from April 2027) and the Dark Church (€6, €7) on a free morning costs €26 (€29), less than half the Cappadocia card. Our Red, Green and Blue tour guide compares the day tours, and flight day trips such as the Pamukkale day trip from Istanbul, from $387 per person, include their entrance fees too.

How to buy and use a MuseumPass

• Buying: on muze.gov.tr as an e-card, or at a museum sales point with your identity document.
• Validity: counted from your first museum entry, not the purchase date, with one entry per museum.
• Evenings: the cards are not valid for night museum openings, so Galata Tower's 18:30 to 22:00 session is not covered. With the Istanbul and Türkiye cards, enter Galata Tower by 18:14, the card pages say; the Istanbul Archaeological Museums and the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum close at 18:30.
• Turkish citizens use the Müzekart; the MuseumPass cards are for foreign visitors.

For Ephesus hours and the Terrace Houses, see our Ephesus entrance fees guide.

Tours that cover this

• Cappadocia Red Tour: Guided North Valleys Day Trip with Lunch: Devrent, Paşabağ, Avanos, the Göreme panorama and Zelve, hotel pick-up, lunch and entry fees, from $50 per person.
• Cappadocia Green Tour: Ihlara Valley Walk & Underground City: Derinkuyu or Kaymaklı and the Ihlara Valley walk, lunch in Belisırma and entrance fees, from $77 per person.
• Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale & Ephesus Tour: 8 Days, 3 Flights: 7 hotel nights, three domestic flights, a licensed guide and all entrance fees as per the itinerary, from $1,464 per person.
• Private Ephesus Day Trip from Istanbul by Flight with Your Own Guide: return domestic flights, private transfers, lunch and all entrance fees as per the itinerary, from $571 per person.

No prepayment needed: pay on the tour day.

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