Istanbul's New Palace – Dolmabahçe Palace 🏛️ The Most Beautiful Seasi
📍 Dolmabahçe Palace 🈺 Opening Hours: 9:00 (Closed on Mondays) 🎫 Ticket Price: 1050 TRY for foreigners 📍 Address: Vişnezade, Dolmabahçe Cd., 34357 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Turkey 🚇 Transportation: Take the T1 tram to Kabataş Station, then walk along the road for about 5-10 minutes. After passing through security 🛂, you'll reach the ticket office (on the left side of the palace entrance). ✨ Highlights: Be the first to buy tickets and capture the empty entrance garden. Head straight to the most beautiful seaside gate 🚪 (palace exit). The view from the stairs is breathtaking! The interior decor resembles Russia's Winter Palace 🏛️. Right after opening, many staff may not be in place yet, so you can snap some stunning photos in the empty rooms. The first gate on the right side of the palace entrance is perfect for wide-angle shots—stand back and zoom in! 📸 🙋🏻♂️ Tips: To capture the seaside gate without crowds, enter the palace and head straight to the right along the seaside to reach the second gate. No need to go through the palace—take your photos first, then explore the palace at your leisure! After exiting the first palace, there's a cozy café with beautiful decor. Cakes 🍰 and drinks 🥤 are around 160 TRY—perfect for a break. There's a second palace nearby, with the entrance and exit in the same spot. After visiting, walk through the back garden to return to the main entrance. Arrive at 9:00 when it opens to enjoy the palace crowd-free and take amazing photos! 🎉 #Turkey 🇹🇷 #Istanbul #DolmabahçePalace 🏛️ #MostBeautifulSeasideGate 🚪 #Travel #MustVisitMuseums ✨