Where to stay
You're likely to start at the vibrant metropolis of Istanbul. After that, you can choose your base. Quiet, friendly Eceabat? Or bustling, cultured Çanakkale?
Çanakkale
Çanakkale
Çanakkale is a busy harbour city, with a thriving nightlife and a high student population. Most facilities are clustered around the waterfront and docks – including hotels, licensed restaurants, ATMs, public phones, banks, bus offices and the tourist office. A Turkish airlines shuttle-bus goes to central Çanakkale from the Istanbul Airport around three times a day. It is also possible to get a taxi, which costs slightly more.
Tips
Çanakkale gets crowded on weekends, as a lot of Turkish people spend time off here.
Many clubs and bars are concentrated around Matbaa and Fetvane Sokaks.
See www.canakkale.com.tr for more information.
- 1 Naval Museum
Walk around the guns and cannons in the park outside, then explore the Gallipoli exhibits inside the museum.
Cimenlik Sokak.
Open 9am - 5pm, every day except Monday and Thursday. - 2 Clock tower
Built in 1897, this historical Ottoman clock tower is an impressive landmark, five storeys high, near the harbour. - 3 Ferry terminal
Ferries cross the Dardanelles between Eceabat and Çanakkale every hour. - 4 Çanakkale Tourism Information Office
Here you can find schedules of the minibuses and ferries. The office also provides a free tourist map of Çanakkale and the surrounding areas. - 5 Trojan horse
This large model on the waterfront promenade is from the 2004 movie Troy. Beneath it are highly informative displays about the ancient city itself.
Open all the time. - 6 Archaeology Museum
Also known as the Çanakkale museum, it contains relics from Troy and other ancient areas nearby.
100-Yil Caddesi.
Open 8am – 5pm every day. - 7 Chanak Consular Cemetery
This cemetery contains graves from 1860 to 1965. It is kept locked at all times and the key is kept at the CWGC Çanakkale Office 5 minutes away. Visitors should contact the Office beforehand to obtain the key. Wheelchair access is possible via main entrance.
For further information see http://www.cwgc.org/ - 8 Çanakkale airport
This small domestic airport provides regular flights to/from Istanbul and Ankara.