The Hagia Sophia Topkapı Palace and Ephesus most visited attractions in Turkey

The Hagia Sophia Museum,Topkapı Palace and the ruins of Ephesus. These are the most visited tourism attractions in Turkey last year, according to the Culture Ministry’s General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums.

The Hagia Sophia Museum, a 1,475-year-old church that is regarded as one of the most significant architectural structures in Istanbul and in the world, became the most-visited museum in 2012. Hagia Sophia was a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and is now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. The Hagia Sophia served as inspiration for many other Ottoman mosques, such as the Blue Mosque, the Şehzade Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque, the Rüstem Pasha Mosque and the Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque.

Topkapı Palace in Istanbul which was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years (1465-1856) of their 624-year reign came in second place. Both Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia are located in Sultanahmed and within walking distance to each other and infamous Blue Mosque.

Ephesus, an ancient Greek and later a major Roman city on the coast of Ionia was in the third place. The ruins of the city which date back to 6000 B.C. are one of the best preserved ancient city ruins in Turkey and is quite popular thanks to its accessibility.

Meanwhile, the Mevlana Museum in the Central Anatolian province of Konya and the ruins of Hierapolis in the Aegean province of Denizli ranked among the most popular museums and ruins.

In 2011 a grand total of 28,462,893 tourists visited museums and ruins in Turkey, contributing 253,892,756 liras of revenue.

Turkey Tour Key Offering Cappadocia And Ephesus Tour Packages

Turkey Tour Key has announced that they are currently offering two different kinds of tourism packages specifically catering for the needs of those who want to get the most out of their holiday to Turkey. Currently, among numerous other tour packages, Turkey Tour Key are proud to be offering Cappadocia tours and Ephesus tours. Both of these tours have been built and put together to ensure that all tourists to Turkey are able to view some of the most spectacular sights that the country has to offer. Currently, both of the tours have a length of 2-days, and include several stops and visits - as well as helpful, joyful and cheerful tour guides which are ready to guide tourists along the educational journey they so desire.

With dozens of positive reviews, anybody visiting Turkey and looking to explore Cappadocia tours and Ephesus tours are recommended to check out the two packages currently being offered by Turkey Tour Key. Both of the packages are currently affordably priced, and are actually some of the most affordable priced tour packages in the country.

Cappadocia (Kapadokya) is an area in Central Anatolia in Turkey best known for its unique moon-like landscape, underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks. Ephesus (Efes) is a was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the coast of Ionia, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era. These well preserved ruins are one of the major tourist attractions of Turkey.

Celsius Library in Ephesus