Canakkale Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Today, Chris and I visited Troy, made famous by Homer and his in-depth tale titled 'The Iliad' with immortal characters such as Agamemnon the king, Achilles the warrior, Odysseus the king, Hector the prince, Helen (of Sparta, then Troy) the princess and daughter of Zeus, and the fabled Trojan horse. Troy is not a spectacular site, with most of i...

Tevfikiye is a Turkish village which is just a typical west Anatolian farming village . . . . except in its hip pocket is the World Heritage site of Homeric Troy. I have chosen to come here and hang around for a while to read some literature and history. I suppose (had I thought ahead and planned) I could have come here next year and made it a 5...

We passed through Cannakale to visit Anzac Cove. For me, it didnt hit the spot, but for the kiwis and aussies it did. It was a very beautiful area, with many memorials all along the coast. We saw many of the cemetaries, which may or may not contain soldier's bodies. Many of the tomb stones had the soldier's ages on them. and average age was earl...

We left the cool fresh air of central Turkey and travelled back West to Gallipoli, which means it's time for a history lesson- courtesy of Wikipedia. In early 1915 Russia was fighting a multi-front war against Germany, Austria/Hungary, and Turkey. While it had a sizable army it struggled to deliver sufficient supplies to the troops. The landings...

After getting manhandled in Istanbul the night before, I was set to travel around Turkey for the next 10 days. My day began by jumping onto the Fez Bus at 700 am. The Fez Bus is a hop-on hop-off bus designed for backpackers. You get the freedom of getting off anywhere along the route and hop back on the next bus when you are ready to leave. Ther...