The fortress is open! Only closed on Monday’s. My mom and I just visited on Sunday March 14

Recuerdo que la localizacion de la fortaleza Rumeli Hisari se encuentra en el lado europeo del estrecho. Recuerdo que tomamos un barco de los que hacen la ruta desde Istambul hasta la zona asiática y que las primeras paradas la hace en dicha zona con lo cual la fortaleza se ve a la vuelta hacia Istambul. Poco más

It costs 10tl. It's open everyday except Monday.

You can take one of many buses near the funicular station at the bottom of the hill from Taksim Square. We did. As you ride, the upcoming stations display above the driver to show you when you are getting close. The ride north during average traffic took us about 20 minutes I believe. The bus drops you a pretty short distance from Rumelihisari.

I had about 40 minutes at the fortress as part of a Bosphorus tour, and was only able to walk around the walls and climb to a highpoint to see the view over the water. The layout of the fortress is easy to follow and is intact and also quite compact. Had no time to see anything further but was impressed with the site.

There is not a significant museum inside or around the museum. Actually, the fortress itself is not renovated, old ancient high stairs to the top,one of the spectecular Boshporus view that you will not regret.You should include fortress sightseeing to your breakfast or tea break, around the cafes that local mostly prefer and start from Bebek walk to the fortress have breakfast , tea . Weekends the area is very crowded.

Good day, Rumeli fortress needs between one and two hours to be seen from inisde. There are lots of climbing, take care.

Take funicular to Kabatas. When you get outside of the station on the Kabatas you will see bus terminal. Take bus to the Sarıyer district of Istanbul (it will show on the bus Sariyer as one of the bus stops). Depending on the time of the day you are going to visit Fortress it might take up to 20+ minutes to get there. Once you see second bridge on Bosporus (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge) it is time to get off the bus. Fee to visit fortress is 10 Turkish Liras. I highly recommend visiting it. It is beautiful and worth seeing.