Troy Ticket Price 2027: €30 From April, €27 Now, How to Get There

A Troy ticket costs €27 for foreign visitors today and rises to €30 from 1 April 2027, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's tariffs, and the same ticket covers the Museum of Troy next door, so you pay once for the ruins and the museum. The listing shows the site open every day, 08:30 to 17:30 with the ticket desk closing at 17:00, while local press reported summer hours of 08:30 to 20:00 for 1 May to 1 October 2026. The 2026 price and hours below were checked on 11 November 2026, and the 2027 figure comes from the Ministry's tariff schedule published in September 2026. If you would rather not deal with buses and ferries, our Troy full-day private tour from Istanbul is from $165 per person, and our Troy day trip with the ferry ride and lunch is from $175 per person.

Troy ticket price and what it covers

The Ministry's museum page for the Troy archaeological site gives €27 and states that the price is valid for entry to the Museum of Troy too. Several blogs still describe two separate tickets; follow the Ministry page, and ask at the desk if the booth says otherwise. Turkish citizens use the MüzeKart, and a Museum Pass Turkey holder should ask at the gate how the pass is handled for the two buildings. Children under 8 are listed as free in the guides we checked.

Foreign prices at Turkish sites are set in euros and change when the Ministry's tariff changes. The 2027 tariff published in September 2026 raised several sites, as our note on Ephesus ticket prices for 2027 explains. For Troy, the combined ticket (Troy ruins plus Museum of Troy) is listed at €30 from 1 April 2027, and the three-site ticket with the Assos ruins at €40. Until 31 March 2027 the price stays at €27 (and €38 with Assos).

Troy opening hours

The Ministry's page lists Troy open every day from 08:30 to 17:30, with the ticket office closing at 17:00. A Çanakkale news report from 2 May 2026 said the Museum of Troy, the Troy ruins, Assos and the Apollo Smintheion would run summer hours of 08:30 to 20:00 from 1 May to 1 October 2026. Expect the same pattern in 2027: long summer evenings, a 17:30 closing in winter. The site's own visitor guide gives the phone number +90 286 217 67 40 for checking the day. Our report on winter hours at Ephesus, Pamukkale and Troy lists last entries for the cold months.

Allow about three hours. Start in the museum, which is built around finds from the mound, then walk the ruins; the order makes the walls and gates easier to read.

Museum of Troy: what you see

The museum stands beside the site, so a visit to one is a visit to the other. Most visitors spend an hour in the galleries, which follow the nine settlement layers of the mound from about 3000 BC to the Byzantine period, with pottery, jewellery and tools from the excavations. The ruins outside are low stone walls, a ramp, a sanctuary and the remains of fortification towers, and the layers are easier to read once you have seen the museum first.

What you see at the Troy ruins

The walk is short, about 1 to 1.5 km on marked paths with boards in English. The main stops are the city walls and the ramp, the sanctuary and the so-called Troy VI towers, where the stones are from different periods. The wooden horse at the entrance is a modern replica that visitors climb inside for photos; it is not an excavated object. Bring a hat in summer, because there is almost no shade, and water in July and August.

How to get from Istanbul to Troy

Istanbul to the ruins is about 320 to 340 km, so a day trip means a very early start. The three ways:

• Coach to Çanakkale, then minibus. Buses leave Esenler bus station for Çanakkale about every hour or two and take roughly 5 to 6 hours. From the Çanakkale terminal, minibuses run to the village of Tevfikiye next to the ruins; there is no direct bus to the site. The last minibus back is the risk, so leave Çanakkale early and confirm the return time at the gate.
• Hired car or taxi. About 30 km from Çanakkale, so 30 to 40 minutes. A taxi from the city is the easy choice for two or three people; ask the price before you set off, because posted figures are old.
• Private tour with a driver. Pick-up from your hotel in Istanbul, the drive and the tickets arranged by us, so you do not plan the return bus. See our Troy tour from Istanbul page for the route.

Travellers who stay overnight in Çanakkale have the best of it: the first minibus gets to the gate when it opens, and you are done before the coach groups arrive.

Troy together with Gallipoli

Gallipoli sits across the Dardanelles from Çanakkale. A car ferry from Çanakkale to Eceabat takes about 25 to 40 minutes, depending on who you ask, and runs frequently. Combining the two is a two-day trip with an overnight in Çanakkale: Gallipoli on one day (Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair) and Troy on the second morning. Doing both in one day from Istanbul leaves too little time at either. Our Gallipoli day trip from Istanbul covers the battlefield day, and our Gallipoli and Troy tour page puts them on one route. If your dates are around 25 April, read our note on Anzac Day 2027 passes first. Longer private routes continue south from Troy to Pergamon and Ephesus, as in our 3-day Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamon and Ephesus tour.

Day trip or two days: which one?

A day trip suits you if Troy is the only target. Take the two-day route if Gallipoli matters to you, because the two sites are close but the day is long. Our Troy day trip guide for visitors from Spain walks through the day hour by hour, and the Turkey tour packages page shows how Troy fits into a longer route. Our sister site Get Türkiye Tours lists more Troy tours.

What this means for your trip

Budget €27 per adult for both the ruins and the museum until 31 March 2027 and €30 from 1 April, three hours on site and about five to six hours each way by coach. If the long bus day does not suit you, take a tour; if you have a spare night, sleep in Çanakkale and see Troy at opening time.

Questions travellers are asking

Plan it with us

We arrange Troy and Gallipoli from Istanbul, with the hotel pick-up, the driver and the tickets organised by us:

• Troy Day Trip from Istanbul: Ferry Ride & Lunch Included, from $175 per person
• Troy Full-Day Private Tour from Istanbul, from $165 per person
• Gallipoli & Troy Private Tour from Istanbul, 2 Days, from $235 per person

For a quote on your dates, write to us on WhatsApp +90 545 307 67 88. More Istanbul options are on our Istanbul tours page.

Sources: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, muze.gov.tr Troy archaeological site page (ticket and hours, checked 11 November 2026); Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2027 combined-ticket tariff (Cetvel II, valid from 1 April 2027); Troy visitor guide troyaantikkenti.com; Çanakkale Olay, 2 May 2026 (summer hours); Turizm Aktüel, 12 September 2026 (2027 tariff report).