Troy (Truva, Troy) - a city located in the northwestern part of Anatolia, near the Dardanelles and Mount Ida, is on the UNESCO list of sites. Troy is known for the most part because of the Trojan War (and the very horse) described in many works of the ancient epic, including the world-famous Odyssey and Iliad by Homer.

Content 1 How to get to Troy 1.1 Search for air tickets to Izmir (the nearest airport to Troy) 2 Hotels in Troy 3 Restaurants 4 Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Troy 5 Surroundings of Troy 5.1 Aegean coast of Turkey

How to get to Troy

Troy is two kilometers from the Canakkale-Izmir highway (D550 / E87), from which you will need to turn off when you see the Troy or Truva sign.

The nearest town to the Three, Canakkale, is 30 kilometers to the north of it. From there, buses run every hour to Troy, departing from a stop under a bridge across the Sari River. The journey by bus takes about half an hour and will cost 3 lire.

In the summer, buses are sent regularly, but the rest of the time you better arrive early, so as not to miss the last bus leaving.

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Hotels in Troy

Most of the hotels are located in Canakkale, so tourists usually stop there and come to Troy for one day. In the Troy itself you can stay at the Varol Pansiyon hotel, located in the center of the neighboring village of Tevfikiye.

Opposite the entrance to Troy is the Hotel Hisarlik, owned by the local guide Mustafa Askin, the cost of rooms is on average from 25 to 35 EUR.

Restaurants

There are not so many restaurants in Troy either. In the above-mentioned hotel Hisarlik has a cozy restaurant with home cooking, working from eight in the morning until eleven in the evening. If you decide on it, be sure to try güveç, a meat stew in a pot.

In addition, you can dine in the village of Priamos or in Wilusa, located 50 meters from the ticket office. Both restaurants prepare Turkish cuisine, and the latter, in addition, is well known for its meatballs and tomato salad.

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Troy

Near the entrance to the city is a wooden copy of the Trojan Horse, inside of which you can go. But it is better to do this on weekdays, because on weekends it is filled with tourists and it will be quite difficult to climb or look around. But if you decide to visit Troy in the winter, you can get the horse for personal use.

Next to it is the Excavation Museum, which exhibits models and photographs telling how the city looked in different periods. Opposite the museum is the Pithos garden with water tubes and clay pots of that time.

But the main attraction of Troy is undoubtedly the ruins. To get to the city, you will need a ticket worth 15 lira, for visitors it is open from daily from eight in the morning until seven in the evening from May to September and from eight to five in the period from October to April.

Troy was destroyed and rebuilt nine times - and from each of the nine rebuilds in the city, something remains to this day, although amateur excavations in the 19th century were extremely destructive.

To explore the city, it is most convenient to use the road encompassing it in a circle. To the right of the entrance you can see the walls and tower of the period of Troy VII (that is, the city as it became after it was rebuilt for the seventh time) relating to the period when the city was most suited to the description of Homer in the Iliad . There you can go down the stairs and walk along the walls.

Then the road will lead you to the brick walls, partially restored, and partially preserved in its original form. Above them is the destroyed altar of the temple of Athena, along which the walls of the early and middle periods pass, and on the contrary - the houses of the rich inhabitants of the city.

Continuing the path, you will pass the trenches left from the excavations of Schliemann and come to the palace complex, also relating to the period most likely described in the Iliad. To the right of the palace are parts of the sanctuary of the ancient gods.

Finally, the road leads you to the concert hall of Odeon and the city council chambers. Passing along the stone road, you will return to the place from which you started your inspection.

Surroundings of Troy

At 30 km south of ancient Troy there is no less ancient Alexandria of Troyan - a city founded by the commander of Alexander the Great by Antigone in 300 BC. e. However, this vast archaeological site, unlike the popular Troy, is almost not marked. Accordingly, to understand yourself, without deep knowledge in ancient history, there is hardly likely to be.

Noteworthy are the outskirts of the village of Gulpinar (Gulpinar), where the picturesque ruins of the temple of Apollo, which was erected in the 5th century BC, are located. e. colonists from Crete. The most western point of Asia - Cape Baba - is interesting for its fishing port Babakalek (Babakale, Babakale, "Baba Fortress"), where there is a charming Ottoman castle of the 18th century. Here you can also refresh yourself by bathing either directly among the boulders that surround the harbor on both sides, or else traveling 3 km to the north to a nice equipped beach.

Another "highlight" of these places is the town of Ayvacik (Ayvacik) 30 km east of Troy .At the end of the week, the merchants from all outskirts flock to the local market, the best souvenir from here is a colorful carpet .If you are lucky enough to get to Ayvacik at the end of April, you can catch the traditional annual gathering of nomadic peoples Paniyyr .At this time, bright dancing and musical performances, noisy bazaars are organized around the city, where thoroughbred horses are exhibited .In addition, 25 km to the south lies and the ancient Assos, whose name caresses the rumor of not one fan of antiquity . Photo of Troy (12)