Shores of Canakkale are a treasured historical location with a historical heritage mesmerising tourists, both local and foreign. Canakkale, centrally located on the Dardanelles straits, is the route one must take to get to the islands of Gokceada (Imbroz), Bozcaada (Tenedos), Gallipoli national park and all cities and towns along the Aegean coast.One can get to Canakkale by crossing the straits on ferry boats from Eceabat or Kilitbahir. Canakkale proper is sufficiently accommodated to entertain any number of visitors. Those wishing to get to the Aegean region by car, to take in the fantastic view on the trip, should prefer the Canakkale route. Canakkale proper is named after the Canakkale (Dardanelles) straits which separates European and Asian Turkey. The city was known as Hellespontos and Dardanel in ancient times and has continued to resume its role as a major residential center since 3000 A.D. The province bearing the name Canakkale is 9,737 km squares with a 671 km coastline. Its geographical positioning gives the province a taste of the transient Mediterranean and Black Sea climate. It includes two islands, eleven towns and 568 villages with a 448,815 population.

Canakkale's economy is based on agriculture and livestock farming. However, recent advances have shown developments in fisheries, specifically tuna, fruit and vegetable farming and related industries. Cement, ceramics, petro-chemicals, synthetic leatherwear and wine sectors have also advanced rapidly in recent years. Mining is also an important sector for the province.

Canakkale is the home to many historical sites, beautiful natural wonders and a vital inheritor of cultural tourism potential. The Gallipoli peninsula is where history’s bloodiest wars took place in the last century.

The region has numerous gravesites and memorials dedicated to the war. The peninsula also houses the Gallipoli National Park. Canakkale is also the home of the worldly reknown tourism sites of Troy and Assos which are considered to be classic remnants of early civilisations.

Some sites of attraction in Canakkale include the Archeology museum, the mine clearing ship “Nusret” which is a valued historical treasure of Turkey’s defence of the Dardanelles within the compounds of Naval museum, the Piri Reis (a leading Ottoman admiral) museum, war martyres memorial in Gallipoli National Park and Gamyayla Atat|rk (the founder and the first president of the Turkish Republic) residences.

HISTORICAL PLACES OF INTEREST
 
TROY
 
The ancient city of Troy, dating back to 3000 A.D. to 400 B.C., was settled nine different times on top of eachother at different times throughout histor. It is also the home to Trojan wars as mentioned in Homeros’ ancient ledgends. It is located 30 km to from Canakkale. Transporation is provided by frequent bus and minibus tours and by taxi’s around the clock. 
 
ASSOS
 
Assos was the home of the “school of logic and reasoning” founded by Aristotle in the seventh century. Transporation is available every half hour from Ayvacik.
 
OTHERS
 
There are also numerous other places of interest in Canakkale such as the Hamaxitos, Alexandria, Troas, Neandria, Sankrea and the Dardonos tumuli, not to mention the ancient city ruins of Sestos, Gargara and Lamponia.
 
The castles of Kilitbahir, Babakale, the island of Bozcaada, Seddulbahir, Bigalı, Nara, Gelibolu castles, the woodlands of İntepe, G|zelyalı and Kazdağı (Ayazma) where, according to mythology, is the location that held history’s first beauty pageant.
 
There are various therapeutic spa's as Ezine Kestanbol, Bayramic-Kulculer, Can-Tepekoy, Kirazli's Sifali Icmesuyu, Biga's Kirkgecit and Ayvacik's Aphrodite which can be visited throughout the year. These attractions are even more enjoyable under the Aegean sun and and its salty sea.

The Gallipoli National Park
 
Gallipoli peninsula national park spans an area of 33 thousand hectares. Those who wish to visit the World War I battlegrounds and war memorials can take the road leading to Anzak cove, northwest of Eceabat's and start their discovery of the region crammed with history. Another excursion route would be to take the southern direction from Eceabat through to Kilitbahir-Seddulbahir-Alcitepe-Kum Limani (wharf) and see southern regions of this serene world. The Kabatepe promotion center is nine kilometers from Eceabat. There are scheduled minibus and bus services to villages of the region.

Canakkale`s Castle

Canakkale - Assos

Canakkale - Troy

Canakkale

Canakkale Panorama

Canakkale Beach

Canakkale Panorama

Canakkale