Theme Park Entry Ticket Istanbul with Package Options

The theme park in Eyüpsultan: Istanbul's biggest ride park

The park sits on a hillside in the Alibeyköy area of the Eyüpsultan district, on the European side about twenty-five minutes by road from Taksim, and opened in 2013 as the first complex in Turkey to combine a theme park, a shopping mall and an exhibition centre on one site. It is the place people mean when they search for an amusement park in Istanbul: a proper ride park with roller coasters, water rides, dark rides, a children's zone and live shows, laid out along wide avenues with plenty of shade, benches and kiosks. Because it is open-air, the best months are April to June and September to October, when it is warm but not baking.

Your ticket covers every ride and show in the park for the whole day, and you can leave for the mall and come back in with the same ticket. Height limits apply on the thrill rides, so families with small children should plan around the kids' area and the gentler attractions, which are plentiful.

The big rides: launch coaster, log flume, tower and giant swing

The headline ride is the launch roller coaster that fires riders from standstill to 110 km/h in three seconds before a tall loop and a series of twists; it is the fastest coaster in Turkey and the main reason teenagers ask for this park. The log flume follows a long water channel before a sudden fifteen-metre plunge that soaks the front seats, perfect in summer. For a calmer thrill, the fifty-metre observation tower lifts you slowly above the park for a view across the European side towards the Golden Horn, and the giant swing seats forty people on a twenty-metre circle that rises higher with each pass.

Add the 360-degree ride that is gentle enough for most ages, a family coaster, spinning and drop rides and the water-splash areas, and a full day fills quickly. Queues are longest between 13:00 and 17:00 at weekends; weekday mornings right after the 11:00 opening are the quietest, and the Diamond package adds a fast pass for the main rides.

Package extras: traditional-sports park, upside-down house, meal and photo

Beyond the rides, the park has a traditional-sports area where visitors try old Turkish and Ottoman disciplines such as archery under instruction, and a tilted, furnished upside-down house that produces the photos everyone posts afterwards. These are paid extras with the basic ticket, which is why the packages exist. Silver adds two activities in the traditional-sports park and one printed souvenir photo; Gold adds the upside-down house and a burger menu of burger, chips and a soft drink at one of the park restaurants; Diamond adds all of that plus the fast pass.

Food in the park and the mall is halal as everywhere in Istanbul, with Turkish grills, pide and kebab, pizza and burgers, ice cream and Turkish coffee, so even on the basic ticket nobody goes hungry. Lockers, hair dryers after the water rides, fairground games and professional photo services are paid separately with every option.

Getting there, opening hours and tips for the day

How to get to the theme park without a car: take the T5 tram along the Golden Horn from Eminönü or Cibali to its last stop at the Alibeyköy bus terminal, or the M7 metro to Alibeyköy, and walk a few minutes to the entrance; buses from Eminönü and Taksim also stop nearby, and a taxi from Sultanahmet takes about half an hour outside rush hour. Theme park opening hours vary by season and weekday, with entry from 11:00 on your booked date and later closing in summer, so check the day's closing time at the gate.

Bring a passport or ID card, comfortable shoes and a change of clothes for the water rides; a small bag can go in a paid locker. Each adult ticket allows up to three accompanying child tickets, children aged 4 to 14 use the child category and infants up to 3 enter free. Pregnant women should not use the rides. Tickets are personal and cannot be transferred.