Canakkale

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Where Troy, Gallipoli and the Dardanelles converge A city at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles, where ferries have crossed for thousands of years between the legends of Troy and the battlefields of Gallipoli. The strait connecting the Aegean to the Sea of Marmara is barely a kilometre wide here, and from either bank you can see the opposite shore and its castle. Thirty kilometres south lies ancient Troy, settled for 4,000 years, rebuilt nine times and on the UNESCO list since 1998. The ruins are not the most spectacular in Turkey, but the weight of the ground and the excellent on-site museum make the visit matter. Across the water, the Gallipoli Peninsula holds the cemeteries and memorials of the 1915 campaign, a place that draws visitors from Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Turkey alike. The events of 1915 remain deeply present in the national memory, and the battlefields are interpreted with unusual even-handedness. Between the two, Canakkale itself is an easy, walkable waterfront town with good fish and a young university crowd. Places to Visit in Canakkale · Eight Anchors Where you actually go in Canakkale. Eight places worth your time. Tap a photograph, the map will follow. Ancient Troy sits on a hill 30 km south of Canakkale city centre, inhabited continuously from around 3,000 BC to 500 AD. Nine distinct city layers have been excavated here. The 2018 museum on site is genuinely excellent and provides the archaeological context that the ruins alone cannot supply. Go in the morning and allow three hours minimum. The Trojan Horse replica at the entrance is a crowd-pleaser, but the massive sloping walls of Troy VI, the Late Bronze Age city of around 1700 to 1300 BC, are the real thing.

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