Troy (Truva)
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Site of the heroic siege in in Homer's Iliad, Troy (Truva in Turkish, Ilion in Greek) was excavated in the 1870s by Heinrich Schliemann. He uncovered civilizations dating back 5,000 years, including best-preserved Roman architecture. Explanatory materials at the site are limited, so visitors should bring a good history text or hire a guide.
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- Bruce SHat Head, Australia75 contributionsRomance vs the realityWhen we visited the Troy site our Turkish tour guide had forewarned us not to expect to see much there. He wasn’t wrong! The not-very impressive ruins of the city (actually nine cities!) don’t make for spectacular viewing. The main attraction for the great majority of visitors seems to be the XXL-sized model of the fabled Trojan Horse (but if visiting in 2023 it’s now under extensive renovation). When tourists are not around it must seem a pretty desolate place, the only permanent residents seem to be a thriving colony of cats. The surrounding flat land offers good view of the coastal plain.Visited November 2022Travelled as a coupleWritten October 9, 2023
- tinkle_24Northampton, United Kingdom1,786 contributionsGood stroll round..Sadly not a lot left except the ruins. We could not even see the model horse which was covered up and under renovation. However interesting to see the archaeological digs which showed various stages of historical development in the history of the area.Visited October 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten October 15, 2023
- enjeekay206 contributionsHistory lessons revisitedA great lesson in history. The famous Wooden Horse of Troy was closed to visitors due to some renovation. However, the ancient city sights which have been excavated gave insights into the life in those days. It is believed Alexander the great, had visited here in his quest for expanding his empire.Visited October 2023Travelled with familyWritten October 16, 2023
- Kregg J.Seattle, Washington128 contributionsTroy from Canekkale, a better optionNote: a one-day tour from Istanbul to the ancient ruins at Troy is an ordeal and will eat up a large portion of your day, just getting to and from. We rented a car and drove to Canekkale, stayed the night, and then made a 20 to 30-minute drive the following morning to the ruins at Troy. Canekkale is also a great starting location for visiting the nearby battlefields of Gallipoli, which you can get to on a ferry ride for $3 for two people. Canekkale is a great little city with a waterfront area that's alive with restaurants, shops, and eateries.Visited September 2023Travelled as a coupleWritten October 22, 2023
- Marvin GOgdensburg, New York1,493 contributionsThe magic of 'The Iliad' has been brought back to life thru museum and site development.Troy was a focus of the epic poem, 'The Iliad.' The remains of this legendary place was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1870. The remains contain nine different layers of recorded history on this site. The museum of Troy, opened in 2018, follows the history of Troy from the Bronze Age, Trojan War, Eastern Roman, and Ottoman periods. This site is a "must see."Visited November 2023Travelled with friendsWritten December 28, 2023
- Charles_and_SusanNottingham, United Kingdom7,407 contributionsAn amazing site with lots to see - you do need some help interpreting it all.It was difficult to know what to expect - obviously not the film set picture with a horse outside the gates, although there is a "replica" horse which was being reconstructed when we were there. We found it to be really good, this was partly due to having a knowledgable guide to take us round and to explain some of the history. Although some reviewers have complained that there's not much to see I'm thinking that they didn't understand what they were seeing. It is quite an extensive site. There are seven layers identified. Some of the layers are more significant than others and they all add to the story of Troy. I would recomend wither having a tour with a guide or at least get a guidebook before you go around the site. Otherwise you'll miss out on a lot of the information about what you're actually seeing. You'll just be looking at different layers of masonery. That said, some of the huge blocks that were made two thousand years ago and fit together millimetre perfect are impressive whether you know more about them or not.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten April 18, 2024
- TravelibrarianIstanbul, Türkiye183 contributionsAn easy day-trip from Canakkale.This isn't a huge site, so you can make your way around in 60-90 minutes. It is well signed with information on what period each section belongs to, which is very helpful. There are also lovely views of the surrounding countryside, and as we were there in April the poppies were in bloom, which was lovely. They were building a Trojan horse, but it wasn't completed yet. It was a 10-15 minute walk from the nearby museum where the local bus from Canakkale dropped us off. Well worth a visit. Budget enough time to go to the museum down the road too.Visited March 2024Travelled with friendsWritten April 25, 2024
- Susan CMelbourne, Australia1,539 contributionsTouring the foundations of Troy I-IXTroy was much bigger and better than I expected. I had thought there would be very little left given that there have been 9 Troys on this site, each one destroyed, razed and rebuilt. Troy 6 is the one in Homer's Iliad. You walk along wooden boardwalks amongst the oaks, almond trees and fig trees, usually accompanied by one of the local dogs. You mostly see the remains of the various city walls (some of which are protected by outer mud-brick wall so you don't see the original) as well as some stone and mudbrick foundations. We also saw the ramp into the city (Troy II), the main temple site, the Palace house (Troy VI) and Odeion (Troy VII-IX). Our guide pointed out the trench dug by Heinrich Schliemann which both revealed and destroyed the archeological evidence at this site. The views across the plains are pretty. It would be a shame to miss the separate boardwalk at the start on the right which heads to the Northeast Bastion (Troy VI). We had a one and a half hour visit to Troy. We started at 8:30 am opening time and we were the only ones there till about 9:00 am. There are Turkish and English signs detailing the significance of the monuments. The replica wooden horse is under repair so can't be seen. The toilets at the entrance can handle large tour groups quite well with little queuing. We had previously been to the Archeology museum in Istanbul which had a display on Troy and its various incarnations which gave us an excellent introduction to the site. If you have to choose between Troy and Ephesus (which is much better preserved) then I would choose Ephesus but, like us, I hope you are able to see both.Visited March 2024Travelled as a coupleWritten April 25, 2024
- deborahbC3444RB327 contributionsHomer brought to lifeThis UNESSCO site is a must if you are visiting the area but a visit to the wonderful museum before the site would be recommended. Walking around the site is fairly straight forward- but not all sections are accessible unless able to use stairs. To imagine there is over 4000 years of history here is a sobering thought and the various 'layers' are easily viewed in some sections of the site. There are detailed signs which provide information for each section, making the site more easily understood. Homer's epic is certainly brought to life here! The 'horse' was a shadow of its former self when we visited as it was undergoing renovation. It can be done in an easy day trip from Canakkale and there are numerous tours available from there and even from Istanbul. We travelled independently.Visited March 2024Travelled with familyWritten April 27, 2024
- Considered ReviewNorwich, United Kingdom1,628 contributionsA direct line to myth, legend, and historyHelen, the face that launched a thousand ships; the sneakily clever Trojan horse; Brad Pitt in a pleated leather mini skirt? All roads lead to Troy... A magnificent set of ruins spanning a huge tranche of history. This is the place, it all happened here. Unmissable.Visited April 2024Travelled soloWritten April 30, 2024
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radbrad73
Dallas, TX70 contributions
Oct 2020 • Solo
So after having read some reviews of “there’s not much here” variety...what were those people looking at?!?!
Troy is amazing! Literally layers upon layers of civilization. You can see the progress of history from one layer to the next. It goes beyond the myth into the real. Where else can you go and they say, “We haven’t bothered to excavate the Roman part of the city because those kinds of ruins are so common in Turkey”? Here, that’s where. I traveled all over Turkey and saw plenty of Roman and Greek ruins, but the ruins here go so much deeper - literally.
I was staying in Çanakkale and was able to join a day tour from Istanbul hosted by Crowded House Tours and Sukru was our guide. He was great and was able to communicate so much about the site in a fun and effective way. Plus he had a ton of fishing tips - free of charge!
If I had it to do over again, I’d spend a little more time and perhaps do more than the half day tour. So if the day trip from Istanbul is all you can manage, for sure do it. But if you’re staying close by as I was - spend more time in Troy. It’s worth it.
Troy is amazing! Literally layers upon layers of civilization. You can see the progress of history from one layer to the next. It goes beyond the myth into the real. Where else can you go and they say, “We haven’t bothered to excavate the Roman part of the city because those kinds of ruins are so common in Turkey”? Here, that’s where. I traveled all over Turkey and saw plenty of Roman and Greek ruins, but the ruins here go so much deeper - literally.
I was staying in Çanakkale and was able to join a day tour from Istanbul hosted by Crowded House Tours and Sukru was our guide. He was great and was able to communicate so much about the site in a fun and effective way. Plus he had a ton of fishing tips - free of charge!
If I had it to do over again, I’d spend a little more time and perhaps do more than the half day tour. So if the day trip from Istanbul is all you can manage, for sure do it. But if you’re staying close by as I was - spend more time in Troy. It’s worth it.
Written December 31, 2020
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ertankahya
Istanbul, Türkiye6 contributions
Apr 2021 • Family
Starting from 3500 bc to 500 ad a city lived many ages. people before us were there and built and rebuilt a city from its ashes. It is amazing to feel their struggle, how a city changed with geological changes and how it lost its importance.
Written April 7, 2021
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maritimeexplorer
Nova Scotia, Canada4,190 contributions
Oct 2021
In 1998 Troy was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, The number of tourists today at Troy is a trickle compared to my first visit here about a decade ago.
The first one notices might very well be the most interesting - the Trojan Horse. This quite possibly realistic replica was erected in 1975. Whether it is because of Covid or the state of the structure it is now cordoned off so my photo shows as close as you can get now.
Now it's time for a spoiler alert - you will almost certainly be disappointed with the visit to the actual site of Troy. There are a number of reasons for this, but I attribute it mostly to the fact that it would simply be impossible for a place with the reputation Troy has to live up to expectations. Secondly, Schliemann the archaeologist who first dug at the site did a lot of damage in his initial excavations that cannot be undone. Thirdly, as archaeological sites go it is nowhere nearly as interesting as many others in Turkey like Pergamon or Ephesus. The very fact that it is one layer on top of another mitigates against a unified presentation that is reasonably understandable. So with this disclaimer in mind you should dial back your expectations.
Although I don't believe it is mandatory to follow, there is a pretty good one way path that wends its way through the various layers.
You enter at Troy VI which equates time wise with the Trojan War, but the walls just don't bring the Troy of The Iliad to mind.
The walkway takes you around the site in a counter clockwise direction taking you next to the ruins of a Temple of Athena that was built over 1,500 years after Priam's Troy at a time when the city was called Ilion. If you know your Trojan War history you will know that Athena sided with the Greeks during the war and brought many misfortunes upon the Trojans, so I was somewhat surprised to see a temple dedicated to her at Troy. Apparently even before Schliemann arrived locals were pilfering marble from the remains of the temple for building materials and all that remains are a few bits of columns.
Next are the remains of the walls of Troy II and III which Schliemann mistakenly thought were the Troy of Priam's time, but are actually over 1,000 years too old to be Homer's Troy. The walls of this Troy were topped with rather crude mud bricks.
The remains of the very first Troy date all the way back to 3,000 BC when the settlement was actually on the shore of a shallow bay on the Aegean Sea.
The last Trojan city you come across on this visit is the Roman one, now called Ilium and once visited by Emperor Augustus who paid for a number of improvements including the Odeon which is probably the best preserved site at Troy.
The first one notices might very well be the most interesting - the Trojan Horse. This quite possibly realistic replica was erected in 1975. Whether it is because of Covid or the state of the structure it is now cordoned off so my photo shows as close as you can get now.
Now it's time for a spoiler alert - you will almost certainly be disappointed with the visit to the actual site of Troy. There are a number of reasons for this, but I attribute it mostly to the fact that it would simply be impossible for a place with the reputation Troy has to live up to expectations. Secondly, Schliemann the archaeologist who first dug at the site did a lot of damage in his initial excavations that cannot be undone. Thirdly, as archaeological sites go it is nowhere nearly as interesting as many others in Turkey like Pergamon or Ephesus. The very fact that it is one layer on top of another mitigates against a unified presentation that is reasonably understandable. So with this disclaimer in mind you should dial back your expectations.
Although I don't believe it is mandatory to follow, there is a pretty good one way path that wends its way through the various layers.
You enter at Troy VI which equates time wise with the Trojan War, but the walls just don't bring the Troy of The Iliad to mind.
The walkway takes you around the site in a counter clockwise direction taking you next to the ruins of a Temple of Athena that was built over 1,500 years after Priam's Troy at a time when the city was called Ilion. If you know your Trojan War history you will know that Athena sided with the Greeks during the war and brought many misfortunes upon the Trojans, so I was somewhat surprised to see a temple dedicated to her at Troy. Apparently even before Schliemann arrived locals were pilfering marble from the remains of the temple for building materials and all that remains are a few bits of columns.
Next are the remains of the walls of Troy II and III which Schliemann mistakenly thought were the Troy of Priam's time, but are actually over 1,000 years too old to be Homer's Troy. The walls of this Troy were topped with rather crude mud bricks.
The remains of the very first Troy date all the way back to 3,000 BC when the settlement was actually on the shore of a shallow bay on the Aegean Sea.
The last Trojan city you come across on this visit is the Roman one, now called Ilium and once visited by Emperor Augustus who paid for a number of improvements including the Odeon which is probably the best preserved site at Troy.
Written March 11, 2022
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ClaudeL2
Paris, France45 contributions
Aug 2024 • Couples
The site is 30 minutes from Çanakkale en dolmuş (Truva dolmuş) there are 7 departures from dolmuş from 7.30 am to 7 pm. 150 TL return per person.
The museum is located 1 km before the site and the ticket to visit both places should only be used once. It is therefore necessary to consider the desired order to make the two visits. The driver can be asked to be dropped off or searched near the museum.
Interesting visit for Troy enthusiasts. The route of the site is really well done and shaded as much as possible, the museum did not convince us. A simple and friendly restaurant, OLEA, is close to the museum.
The museum is located 1 km before the site and the ticket to visit both places should only be used once. It is therefore necessary to consider the desired order to make the two visits. The driver can be asked to be dropped off or searched near the museum.
Interesting visit for Troy enthusiasts. The route of the site is really well done and shaded as much as possible, the museum did not convince us. A simple and friendly restaurant, OLEA, is close to the museum.
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Written August 27, 2024
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Karen B
Preston, UK938 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
The archeological site is a must see. It is expensive at £20 /600 TL but you can only see this here and at no other place in the world. Do not go to the cafe as they charge like a wounded bull. £6 /196 TL for 2 small paper cup coffees. 1/2 a mile down the road the cafe charges £2.30/ 80 TL for 2 decent coffees. The gift shop is also a rip off and they watch you and follow you around the shop as if we were professional shoplifters. We are in our 60s for goodness sake. NO HORSE either as it is being refurbed but no ticket reduction?
Written November 17, 2023
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Kregg J.
Seattle, WA128 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
Note: a one-day tour from Istanbul to the ancient ruins at Troy is an ordeal and will eat up a large portion of your day, just getting to and from. We rented a car and drove to Canekkale, stayed the night, and then made a 20 to 30-minute drive the following morning to the ruins at Troy. Canekkale is also a great starting location for visiting the nearby battlefields of Gallipoli, which you can get to on a ferry ride for $3 for two people. Canekkale is a great little city with a waterfront area that's alive with restaurants, shops, and eateries.
Written October 22, 2023
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Some_Random _
London, UK50 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
My girlfriend and I decided to visit Troy as a must to see location during our stay in Canakkale.
We were provided the guided tour by our hotel and on the morning of the trip we were greeted at 0830, as agreed, by our very bubbly guide Burak.
We arrived at the site in a short time and we started our tour.
It was mesmerising walking close to the walls of a city we only read of in classic literature’s classes.
The guide explained what the site is about and how it came to be in the different historical period of the city, from 2500BC until 500AD.
I am no archeological expert but the guide managed to explain the history of the excavation site, easily enough for everyone to enjoy and learn.
I highly recommend this tour, which only took four hours from the hotel and back.
We were provided the guided tour by our hotel and on the morning of the trip we were greeted at 0830, as agreed, by our very bubbly guide Burak.
We arrived at the site in a short time and we started our tour.
It was mesmerising walking close to the walls of a city we only read of in classic literature’s classes.
The guide explained what the site is about and how it came to be in the different historical period of the city, from 2500BC until 500AD.
I am no archeological expert but the guide managed to explain the history of the excavation site, easily enough for everyone to enjoy and learn.
I highly recommend this tour, which only took four hours from the hotel and back.
Written May 2, 2022
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Suzanne78
Amsterdam36 contributions
Apr 2022 • Family
If you're a Roman enthusiast then I'm sure you'll enjoy but we went with 3 children who quite frankly found this a boring place to visit. It's not interactive in any way and the information boards mainly refer to archaeological facts. They were excited to go inside the horse but this wasnt allowed when we were there, I'm not sure if this is always the case? I would only recommend if you're a Roman history enthusiast, otherwise you need a rather large imagination to bring this pile of rubble to life
Written April 5, 2022
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Susan C
Melbourne, Australia1,539 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
Troy was much bigger and better than I expected. I had thought there would be very little left given that there have been 9 Troys on this site, each one destroyed, razed and rebuilt. Troy 6 is the one in Homer's Iliad. You walk along wooden boardwalks amongst the oaks, almond trees and fig trees, usually accompanied by one of the local dogs. You mostly see the remains of the various city walls (some of which are protected by outer mud-brick wall so you don't see the original) as well as some stone and mudbrick foundations. We also saw the ramp into the city (Troy II), the main temple site, the Palace house (Troy VI) and Odeion (Troy VII-IX). Our guide pointed out the trench dug by Heinrich Schliemann which both revealed and destroyed the archeological evidence at this site. The views across the plains are pretty. It would be a shame to miss the separate boardwalk at the start on the right which heads to the Northeast Bastion (Troy VI).
We had a one and a half hour visit to Troy. We started at 8:30 am opening time and we were the only ones there till about 9:00 am. There are Turkish and English signs detailing the significance of the monuments. The replica wooden horse is under repair so can't be seen. The toilets at the entrance can handle large tour groups quite well with little queuing. We had previously been to the Archeology museum in Istanbul which had a display on Troy and its various incarnations which gave us an excellent introduction to the site. If you have to choose between Troy and Ephesus (which is much better preserved) then I would choose Ephesus but, like us, I hope you are able to see both.
We had a one and a half hour visit to Troy. We started at 8:30 am opening time and we were the only ones there till about 9:00 am. There are Turkish and English signs detailing the significance of the monuments. The replica wooden horse is under repair so can't be seen. The toilets at the entrance can handle large tour groups quite well with little queuing. We had previously been to the Archeology museum in Istanbul which had a display on Troy and its various incarnations which gave us an excellent introduction to the site. If you have to choose between Troy and Ephesus (which is much better preserved) then I would choose Ephesus but, like us, I hope you are able to see both.
Written April 26, 2024
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Giovanni L
Singapore, Singapore7 contributions
Jul 2024 • Business
I am writing to express my and my client's deep dissatisfaction with regards to our visit to Troy Museum on Sunday 14th July 2024 at 16:10 hours.
I was with my client in my quality of carer for a disabled person.
My client is a person carrying a disability resulting from her exposure to radiation during the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl.
In my quality as her carer, I often travel with her and in all Museums in Europe I was always allowed to enter free of charge just as her.
However in Troy, I was told that I needed to pay 27 euro to be able to be with her. I could not use Turkish Lira, I was forced to pay in Euros if I wanted to get a ticket!
The staff at the ticketing office issued a ticket free of charge for her, and they said that they could not do it for me.
I am appalled. Should I have waited for her to visit the Museum alone? And what if she fainted, or any side effect of her medical condition surfaced?
Who would have helped her?
Should I pay to perform my volunteer job as caretaker?
My resourceful and creative friend Serhat, came out with the idea that I could enter by using his Museum card.
However, once the person at the gate realised that I was not a Turk, she refused me to enter.
At this point my client chose, as a matter of principle, to give back the free ticket she had and to renounce the visit to Troy, after Serhat had driven so many kilometers for the specific purpose to let us visit this alleged marvel.
I am reporting this to make sure that people, and particularly dosabled people, know that Turkyie, a country that portrays itself under a certain light, in truth cares nothing for disabled people and their carers and is only moved by greed to cash foreign currency.
Warmest Regards,
Giovanni LOMBARDO
+6582823402
I was with my client in my quality of carer for a disabled person.
My client is a person carrying a disability resulting from her exposure to radiation during the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl.
In my quality as her carer, I often travel with her and in all Museums in Europe I was always allowed to enter free of charge just as her.
However in Troy, I was told that I needed to pay 27 euro to be able to be with her. I could not use Turkish Lira, I was forced to pay in Euros if I wanted to get a ticket!
The staff at the ticketing office issued a ticket free of charge for her, and they said that they could not do it for me.
I am appalled. Should I have waited for her to visit the Museum alone? And what if she fainted, or any side effect of her medical condition surfaced?
Who would have helped her?
Should I pay to perform my volunteer job as caretaker?
My resourceful and creative friend Serhat, came out with the idea that I could enter by using his Museum card.
However, once the person at the gate realised that I was not a Turk, she refused me to enter.
At this point my client chose, as a matter of principle, to give back the free ticket she had and to renounce the visit to Troy, after Serhat had driven so many kilometers for the specific purpose to let us visit this alleged marvel.
I am reporting this to make sure that people, and particularly dosabled people, know that Turkyie, a country that portrays itself under a certain light, in truth cares nothing for disabled people and their carers and is only moved by greed to cash foreign currency.
Warmest Regards,
Giovanni LOMBARDO
+6582823402
Written July 18, 2024
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Hello. I am going to visit Çanakkale next week. Can anybody help me for making a nice tour for 2 days. Thanks
Written July 17, 2020
Hi
Çanakkale is a nice small city with a lot of beauty. If you have only 2 days you can visit troya and its museum.. it will take half of your day .. remain time you can visit aynalı çarşı( bazaar) saat kulesi ( small tower with hour) , you can eat some fish and visit castle and tabyalar near kilitbayır .. and the second day you can visit gallipoli to ser Çanakkale war places .. ıt will take nearly all day of you ..
Than if you have more time do not forget to visit gökçeada( imbros) and bozcaada..
Written September 25, 2020
Hello - I am planning to visit Troy but I don't want a guide - can you buy individual tickets at the gate? For both museum and archaeological site?
Written October 2, 2019
Yes, you can buy tickets and (optional) audio guide at the entrance of both sites (which are very close to each other). There are also guided tours at certain hours, if you wish you can ask for them at the reception. Meanwhile, if you buy a "museum-card" you can see both sites and many other museums in Turkey free of charge. I hope you enjoy your visit.
Written October 21, 2019
Hi, is there a tour guide we can hire at the entrance? If, yes how much does it cost and how long will it take? We prefer the tour guide rather than the audio guide. We plan to drive there so we don't think to get the tour operator from Canakkale.
Written September 28, 2019
you can find a tour guide just near the shop cum coffee shop near Troy just opposite the Troy museum. He lives in the village near Troy. We picked him from the restaurant and dropped him there.He has also written a book on Troy Ruins. Cant remember his name though
Written September 28, 2019
Cost of taxi from istanbul centre to airport
Written September 25, 2019
Hi there, hope my answer is not too late.
Mind you, there are 2 airports serving Istanbul. One on the Asian side (Sabiha Goekcen, SAW), one on the European side (IST). From the city center (we stayed in Galata/Beyogly area) it took as to IST some 45 minutes, we used one of the yellow standard cabs, he charged according to the meter, it was about 45,-- Euro, more or less USD 50,--
Written October 2, 2019
Hi, How did you reach Troy from Canakkale - Taxi or Dolmus? what time is the last dolmus and where are the dolumus points?
Written April 19, 2019
You can get mini buses from Canakkale to Troy.You will see TRUVA sign on them.Their stop is next to CUMA PAZARI under the brige usually departure starting 7:30 and every hour following
Written June 19, 2019
Cuanto se demora uno en llegar a Troya desde Istanbul y se puede ir por la cuenta de uno, en transporte publico?
Written October 27, 2017
kmmb2015
Wellington, New Zealand
Hi are there are tours of Gallipoli and Troy aimed at children that anyone recommends? (teens and 9 year old). thanks.
Written December 20, 2015
Hi,
Are there tour guides at the Troy site that you can go on a tour with? Do the tour guides make the site more worth while?
If we are travelling from Istanbul to Canakkale and then staying there, are we best to join a tour from Istanbul or try to organise something once we get the bus to Canakkale and get a taxi to Troy?
Written May 20, 2015
There is audioguide avail at ticket at a very low cost.Very detailed signs and easy single path to follow up in ancient city
Written July 3, 2019
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