A Short Trip To Çanakkale 2022

Çanakkale, like Istanbul, has territory in both the Europe and Asia continents. It is a town and seaport, located on the narrowest point of the southern coast of the Dardanelles. The city has been host to many civilisations; the earliest settlements are thought to be 4000BC. However, Çanakkale’s real history began with Troy between the years 3000 – 2000 BC and Gallipoli during World War I. Eceabat, formally known as Maydos is located in the Çanakkale district, on the east shore of the Gallipoli Peninsula on the Dardanelles Strait. It is a small relaxed waterfront town, with easy access to Gallipoli.

A Short Trip To Çanakkale 2022

In A Short Trip To Çanakkale 2022 , Where to go in Çanakkale ?

1. Troy (Truva)

By far one of the top things to do while in town is visit Troy in Çanakkale. The discovery of ancient Troy (the city thought to be the site of the Homeric legend of the Trojan Wars) was mostly thanks to amateur German archaeologist and treasure hunter Heinrich Schliemann, who began digging here in 1871.

2. Troy Museum

In A Short Trip To Çanakkale 2022 we will go to Troy Museum

Opened in 2018, the Troy Museum, right beside the entrance to the Troy archaeological site, exhibits 2,000 artifacts unearthed during excavation of the site; many of them never having been displayed before. This is a great opportunity to get your head around Troy’s vast history, plus explore the site’s famous place in mythology and legend.

3. Military Museum

Çanakkale’s Military Museum sits in a park facing the Gallipoli Peninsula across the Dardanelles Strait, where World War I’s Allied attack on Turkish forces played out.

4. Trojan Horse in Çanakkale

 Film-buff alert: Çanakkale’s waterfront is home to the wooden Trojan horse model used in the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen movie Troy. Nearly every tourist in town stops here to snap a photo of this old movie prop, which once rubbed shoulders with Brad Pitt.

5. Kilitbahir Fortress

The pretty fishing harbor of Kilitbahir is dominated by this impressive fortress, which like Çimenlik Castle in Çanakkale, was built by Mehmet the Conqueror in 1452. Süleyman the Magnificent added the sturdy interior tower in the 16th century.

6. Northern Gallipoli Battlefields

For most visitors to the Gallipoli Peninsula (both Turkish and foreign), a trip here is a pilgrimage and a remembrance of the horror of war. In World War I, Allied forces (British, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and French troops) landed here on 25 April, 1915 to launch an attack on the Ottoman Empire (fighting on Germany’s side).

7. Southern Gallipoli Battlefields

In A Short Trip To Çanakkale 2022 we will go to  the southern Gallipoli Peninsula is home to more memorials and cemeteries from the Gallipoli campaign. The village of Alçitepe is home to the Salim Mutlu War Museum, with plenty of finds displayed from the battlefields, and the Gallery of the Gallipoli Campaign, with photos and dioramas illustrating the battles.

8. Gökçeada Island in Çanakkale

The peaceful ambience of Gökçeada Island makes it a lovely place to rest up for a couple of days, particularly if you need a break from sightseeing.

9. Dardanelles in Çanakkale

The coastline hugging the Dardanelles is home to plenty of lesser-seen ruins and monuments that most tourists miss in their haste to see Troy or explore Gallipoli’s WWI battlefields.

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