Çanakkale is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern (Asian) coast of the Dardanelles (or Hellespont) at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 106,116. Çanakkale Province, like Istanbul Province, has territory in both Europe and Asia. Ferries cross here to the northern (European) side of the strait.
The city is the nearest major town to the site of ancient Troy. The “wooden horse” from the 2004 movie Troy is exhibited on the seafront. Çanakkale is the second city to be situated on two continents after Istanbul. However Çanakkale is closer to mid-division than Istanbul.
Most of the places in Çanakkale are in walking distance. There is a Tourist Information office several meters from ferryboat station (on the right if you are coming from the ferry). You can pick up a free tourist map of Çanakkale and the surrounding areas. They also have schedules of the minibuses to Troy and ferries to Bozcaada.
Troy horse in Çanakkale
Must see places in Çanakkale
- Trojan Horse
- Archaeological Museum
- Korfmann Library
- Naval Museum
Çanakkale,
It really rounds out the archaeological heitage of the region – there is a lot more than just Troy around!
There is theatrical part represnting some of the Gallipoli soldiers letters which is very impressing.
Few English language descriptions. If you have visited any other major museum on Turkish history and culture in Izmir, Ankara, Istanbul, or another major museum I expect you will be disappointed with this presentation. If this is the only exhibit you have a chance to see it is worth seeing if you bring information downloaded and printed from the Internet…
It really is a small museum. However there are some really nice items and in very good shape. No special parking place, but you can park on the street without a fee. No brochures or guides around. They are displaying Helenistic and items from the 6th Century B.C. The Museum is on one floor.
The museum is situated about thirty minutes walk or an 8tl taxi ride from the centre (sea front) area of Canakkale. For those interested in history and without a tight schedule it is worth visiting. Amongst others it has displays of some (few) artifacts from Troy which are displayed according to period, which provides a good addition to the structural…
This site isn't magnificent in the way that Knossos on Crete is, because there aren't reconstructed buildings (except for the rather ridiculous "Trojan horse", but at least that's fun to climb up into). But the site is fascinating because almost everything you see is exactly what was found. You get a real sense of the adding-on that happened over the…
We visited Troy in afternoon when it was quite hot.The wooden horse when you reach you feel that it has nothing got to do with the history except an imagination.The jumbled ruins still need many days of excavation and organisation.But Im thankful to our Guide Boraq from RSL travels that he had a good knowledge of history and covered all…
One of the few archaeological attractions in Turkey with well paved paths.
Lots of history and very interesting, though the wooden horse at the entrance is quite cliche.
If you do not have a good guide i recommend spending a little for the audio guide!
There really isn't that much to see and what is there is poorly described. You only need about an hour to go around the site. It's much better to go on to Pergamon/Bergama and spend more time there. The wooden horse and the guys dressed up as soldiers are particularly cheesy.
This was an excellent lesson in history. Get the audio guide or a guide for this. Troy is actually 7 different cities on top each other it's like peeling an onion. They are building a new museum in 2015 and they really building up the site. I would have given it 5stars but there is allot of work to be…