Ankara Tour

Ankara Tour

By Deren Koray Tourism

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5h
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Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

Welcome to the capital of Turkey that history and that of the surrounding area dates back to the Bronze Age and the Hatti civilisation. After check-in at the hotel, the first visit of today is the impressive modern form of Ataturk's Mausoleum where ancient and modern architectural concepts testify to the power and grace of Turkish architecture took place. Museum of Anatolian Civilisations with its priceless collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Hatti, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian and Roman artefacts, For lunch we’ll pass to Byzantine Ankara Castle for traditional Zenger Pasha Restaurant. Then we’ll proceed for Roman Baths with its Roman structure remain. Temple of Augustus and Rome await your exploration. Ethnographical Museum which houses magnificent Seljuk doors of carved wood, is our next stop. The Sculpture and Painting Museum illustrates the history of the Turkish fine arts.

Activity location

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- 2 Gözcü Sokak
- 06240, Ulus, Ankara, Türkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- 2 Gözcü Sokak
- 06240, Ulus, Ankara, Türkiye

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Prime Languages in Multilingual

5h
Opening hours: Sat 07:30-14:00
English

You can purchase this tour in English, German, French and Turkish. Please see other language options.
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Price details

€600.74 x 1 Adult€600.74

Total

Until Fri, 17 Apr

Other Languages in Multilingual

5h
Opening hours: Sat 07:30-14:00
Arabic

You can purchase this tour in Spanish, Italian, Russian, Greek, Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Arabic and other languages.
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Price details

€699.02 x 1 Adult€699.02

Total

Until Fri, 17 Apr

What's included, what's not

Private transport
Soft drink/Pop
WiFi on board
Bottled water
Lunch
Air-conditioned vehicle
Fuel surcharge
Parking Fees
Service charge

Know before you book

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialised infant seats are available
Service animals allowed
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Transport options are wheelchair accessible
Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Wheelchair accessible
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Ankara (Pass by)

Ankara is the capital of the modern Turkish Republic. In the course of ten millennia of habitation, the denizens of the area have reflected in their art - from the vigorous paintings of Catalhoyuk to the confident lines of Seljuk architecture, to more recently, the impressive modern form of Ataturk's Mausoleum - the dramatic contours of the surrounding landscape. The seat of Turkey's government in the strategic heart of central Anatolia, Ankara is the city selected by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the republic's founder, to house the capital of the newly politically defined country. Though thoroughly modern in appearance Ankara's history and that of the surrounding area dates back to the Bronze Age and the Hatti civilisation. In the second millennium B.C. the Hittites followed as lords of the land and were succeeded in turn by the Phrygians, Lydians and Persians. In the third century B.C., the Galatians, a Celtic race, made Ankara their capital. It was then known as Ancyra, meaning anchor.

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

1h 30m
Admission ticket included

Very few places in the world could provide you with a chronology of the sweeping progress of mankind. One of them is the Museum of Anatolian Civilisation in Ankara. This ex-Museum of the year, arranged as a chronological spiral, takes you back 900 miles of years. The Museum of Anatolian Civilisations boasts with its priceless collection of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Hatti, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian and Roman artefacts. Anatolian Museum, one of the most remarkable museums in the world, considered to be. The building is housed in two renovated structures of the Ottoman era: one is a caravanserai 600 years old, the Kurşunlu caravanserai, while the second is the Mahmut Paşa Bedesten (a covered bazaar and strong structure designed to protect precious trade commodities). The best way to be astonished is to visit the museum with the glories and richnesses of the long history of Anatolia that goes back to the 7th millennium BC.

Ankara Castle

45m
Admission ticket included

The Citadel of Ankara bears the marks of all civilisations that played their part in the past of the city. It is founded on the highest hill in the middle of Ankara plains and used by everyone who reigned in this region in Ankara. It has a presence in Ankara Cityscape. The inscriptions on its walls make his history evident. In the citadel, we shall visit Ankara houses of the 17th century, and the Alaaddin Mosque is still open to worship, the oldest religious building in Ankara. From the city walls, the panoramic view over Ankara is as amazing as it was for the turrets of yesteryear.

Anitkabir

Each year, on the 10th November, a huge influx of visitors comes to Anitkabir (The Mausoleum of Ataturk), the first place many of us think of, particularly on Ankara. Between 1944 and 1953 in Anittepe, the eternal rest of the Turkish founder, Ataturk, was constructed. The complex covers an area of 750 000 square metres and has the characteristics of the second national architectural period. Ankara's main monument is without a doubt Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey's eternal resting place. This mausoleum is a magnificent neoclassical building, designed properly on a large esplanade and with dark lines. The entrance of the mausoleum is made through a triumphant alley lined with granite slabs, known in Turkish as Anıtkabir. The greatness of the founder of modern Turkey is fittingly monumental. The museum hosts Atatürk's wax statue, texts, letters and articles, and a photo exhibition recording important moments in his life and in the establishment of the Republic.

T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Etnografya Müzesi

30m
Admission ticket included

The Ankara Ethnography Museum is dedicated to Turkish cultures. It was constructed between 1925 and 1928 by the architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu. During the period of construction of Anıtkabir, the museum hosted the sarcophagus of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from 1938 to 1953. This museum houses a rich collection of folkloric artefacts as well.

Roman Baths and Open Air Museum

The Roman Baths of Ankara are the ruined remains of an ancient Roman bath complex in Ankara, Turkey, which were uncovered by excavations carried out in 1937-1944, and have subsequently been opened to the public as an open-air museum. The baths were constructed with three main divisions: a frigidarium (cold section), tepidarium (cool section) and caldarium (hot section). They were built during the time of Emperor Caracalla (3rd century AD) in honour of Asclepios, the god of medicine. Today only the basement and first floors remain.

Location

Activity location

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- 2 Gözcü Sokak
- 06240, Ulus, Ankara, Türkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- 2 Gözcü Sokak
- 06240, Ulus, Ankara, Türkiye

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