Canakkale, Turkey Travel Blogs

Gallipoli
Aug 5, 2007

We still have two missions before we leave Turkey. One is Istanbul, of course, and the other is a pilgrimage to Gallipoli. Canakkale is the town most people base themselves in when they visit the Gallipoli peninsula. It is also very close to the ancient ...

Gallipoli - Chuchills great plan - Not!
Dec 3, 2005 (1 photos)

From Goreme, still feeling the effects of a hangover, we headed for Olympus - the home of tree houses, ancient ruins and Chimera (eternal flames). We stayed at Kadirs, one of the original places with tree house accommodation - definitely original... ...

Gallipoli: a bastard of a place
Apr 26, 2006 (41 photos)

... with the incompetence senior commanding officers did result in the spiritual birth of three great nations - Australia, New Zealand and Turkey - so it was not a completely pointless exercise. (The rest of this entry will be a composite of my lone ...

Anzac Cove: Dardanelles dawn service
Apr 25, 2006 (20 photos)

... have actually been dropping it off their itineraries as its popularity wanes a few years after the Hollywood blockbuster was released. Canakkale has its own Trojan horse, a convincing fibreglass version, as well as a scale model of the ancient city ...

Sir this is a sheer waste of good men - joe ...
Jul 20, 2002 (8 photos)

"Sir, this is a sheer waste of good men" - Joe Gasparich, N.Z. soldier It's a place every Australian and New Zealander has read about, studied at school, seen the Mel Gibson movie version, watched the Anzac parades, been indoctrinated to rile the ...

Gallipoli and Troy
Jun 15, 2008 (19 photos)

... were especially honored in this battle: New Zealand and Australia, for fighting under their flag for the first time; and Turkey, for their brave fighting under a commander that would soon lead their new republic. Today, Kiwis and Aussies visit on April ...

The saga of the jacket
Dec 5, 2007 (1 photos)

... in five minutes.' Fast forward five minutes. 'Yes, we have located the jacket'. Whew what a relief. Unfortunately we were leaving Canakkale the next morning. How was I going to get the jacket? Jimmy arranged to put it on a bus that was leaving Selcuk at ...

The Gallipoli battlefields
Dec 5, 2007 (5 photos)

... and from before they even admitted that they had found it! Lucky for me it turned up there and is now on a bus on its way here to Canakkale. All I have to do is get up at 4:30 in the morning to go and meet the bus. I'll let you know how it goes... So back ...

Lest We Forget
May 20, 2006 (17 photos)

It was a grey day, a day of rain and tears, of brave souls and proud hearts. It was fitting that the weather was so forlorn as I made my pilgrimage to Gallipoli. The morning had started off with a splutter as the tour was late leaving Istanbul, and by ...

Going to Gallipoli
Jul 19, 2005

... . Now the idea of that many Aussies in one place gives me that "oh dear" feeling, so I have deliberately not ventured to Turkey for that day, but kept it locally in London - but being there in Mid July - does not really change the importance of the place ...

Lest We Forget..
Jul 13, 2006 (14 photos)

... of the hype). For those that have never been to Turkey, Mustafa Kemel now known as Ataturk or literally 'Father of Turkey' is quite simply the most sincerely revered human being you're ever likely to encounter. His likeness is anywhere and everywhere, ...

Pergamon and Assos
Dec 3, 2007 (7 photos)

... . We were pretty sure that we had wrongly turned down someone's private driveway. Assos is perhaps the prettiest seaside village in Turkey (but of course I haven't seen them all). The pictures will tell only part of the story. We wandered about the old ...

2nd week in June 2003
Jun 9, 2003

... on the crowded buses a totally different and especially smelly experience! This weekend I was in a place called Saroz, near Canakkale. A small bay where Turkish people own their own summer homes with nothing but the sea in view, on approaching I passed ...

Venus the love potion
Apr 25, 1998

We arrived a little way up the coast, where once again we pitched our tents, but this time, we were joined by another two trucks from two different companies. One had been shadowing us all the way from Egypt, whilst the other one was starting out. As ...

Gallipoli
Oct 17, 2005 (9 photos)

... day (and every day after that!) so didn't really look around Istanbul. We had used a Turkish travel agency to organise our travels in Turkey because it is such a big country and we weren't sure how to fit in all we wanted to do in such a short time frame ...

Anzac day
Apr 25, 2005 (5 photos)

... . Genghis told us that it would be fine, but we insisted and left at 9pm. Now back to the raki, there is a saying in Turkey: Raki is the answer, what was the question? This stuff is a rough rough aniseed spirit which comes in strengths of up to 59% ...

CONTIKI - CANAKKALE
Jun 6, 2009

DAY 28 - KAVALA TO CANAKKALE It has been a very long time since I have updated this log. It is now day 42 of our Contiki trip and I am writing day 28... Hopefully I don't miss out any of the good bits! I'll try my best:) Today was another big travel day ...

Canakkale
Jun 26, 2007 (10 photos)

... moved on to WW1. Our afternoon was spent out on the Gallipoli peninsula, a 15 minute ferry ride across the Dardanelles from Canakkale. The Dardanelles were named in honour of Prince Paris' grandfather, King Dardanos, who initially settled in the Troy area ...

Ferry across the sea of mamara to canakkale
Jul 11, 2009

Or should we go via bursa?

Gallipoli
Jul 1, 2008 (16 photos)

... It was quite interesting, but a bit too long drawn. After that tour we crossed the Dardanells and entered the Asıan part of Turkey, why I'm now on a different continent:D Well, the mosqitoes under the computer table are klling me, why I'll stop for now. ...

Gallipoli & Troy
Aug 11, 2008 (13 photos)

... up would also have slowed down the attackers' cause. After the tour of Troy, we had time to wander around the town of Canakkale and get some lunch. Justin, Jacqui, Sheila and I found a place that had the Olympics showing on a big screen. The food ...

Gallipoli Peninsula
Sep 1, 2008

... to prepare for the tour tomorrow, after which it will be back for another 5 hours on the bus to Istanbul. At least countryside has been interesting. Di found a fantastic hole in wall bakery and fresh hot turkish bread in Turkey is mouth watering.

Tevfikiye (Troy): Varol Pansion
Dec 6, 2008 (14 photos)

The 6th of December was my last morning in Tefikiye, where I had been staying in the Verol Pansion for the past twenty days. It seems a good idea to show some of the aspects of that time and place, a warm one, now in my memory. The Varol Pansion is the ...

how many ships are in your midst?
Jun 18, 2009

... 've found ourselves in a strange situation with a few days to kill before Damien arrives so we're planning a loop round western Turkey linking back up with Damien in Istanbul on the 21st. Without a guide, Gallipoli itself isn't too much of an attraction so ...

Yenikoy Walk
Nov 30, 2008 (8 photos)

... walking around there, just to get oriented; then bought some chips, asking the store proprietor if there was a mini-bus to Canakkale. He said one would be stopping right directly across the street in fifteen minutes. It came in about five minutes. It ...

Gelibolu
Sep 17, 2008

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We love Australia?
May 22, 2007

Had our tents packed up ın Kavala at 7:30 and were on the road to Gallıpoli by 8:30. We reached the Greece-Turkey border around 11 AM.  First through the Greece booths, they had to let us out.  Then to the Turkey booths, they had to let us in.& ...

Gallipoli and Troy and a Hammam
Nov 29, 2007

The overnight bus from Denizli to Cannakkale was good but long and not much sleep was had.  Due to it being low tourist season some places we go there are little or no fellow tourist for example we were the only non Turkish people at the bus ...

Another Visit to Gallipoli
Dec 1, 2008 (13 photos)

... quite far. It is a four-legged pedestal (or stone table, in the words of the Lonely Planet Turkey  guide), the Canakkale Martyrs Memorial, that commemorates all the Turkish soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli. Thinking it might take all day ...

Gallipoli
Aug 21, 2009 (2 photos)

... Canakkale complete with tea, coffee, a bow-tie clad conductor and a ferry across the Dardanelles. Our stay in Canakkale was rather mixed, being a combination of a moving visit to Gallipoli's battlefields and cemeteries and enjoying the nightlife of a ...