Ankara City Tour, Discover top historical attractions of the city. The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, where you can see various ruins of the Stone Age, Neolithic Age, Hittites, Urartians, Phygians and more. Learn all history about legendary Ataturk while visiting his grave, Ataturk Mausoleum and the Citadel of Ankara.
Pick up between 8:30 am - 9:30 am from your hotel in Ankara City Center. We will visit the award winning MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS which was established in 1921 and reached its present structure in 1968. In the museum you can simply see the summary of human civilization where yo can see the artefacts from Palaeolithic Age ( 8000 BC ), Neolithic Age ( 8000-5500 BC ), Calcolithic (Copper-Stone) Age ( 5500-3000 BC ) to present time. The museum has a perfect exhibition about historic Anatolian cultures like Hittites, Phrygians, Urartus and Late Hitties.
Next stop will be THE ANKARA CASTLE which is one of the oldest sites in Ankara and is believed to date back to late Hittites period 1600 BC. The castle was used by Roman, Seljuklu and Ottoman empire. The castle overlooking the city contains a small neighbourhood of old historic houses and a local market which you can enjoy. After that we will visit AUGUSTUS TEMPLE which is also known as Ancyranum that was built in 25 – 20 BC by The Romans. The temple is known with its Greek inscriptions.The temple was converted to a Basilica in Chrisitian era.
We will also visit HACI BAYRAM MOSQUE next to the temple. We will have free time for lunch and after that we will visit THE MAUSELOUM OF ATATURK. Ataturk started and lead the indepedence war of Turkey and saved the country and he is also the founder of democratic and secular Turkish Rebuplic. Here you can see hall of honour, the mauseloum, the lion's road, the towers with symbolic meanings, ceromonial ground, change or guards ceromony, and museum.
Ankara is weell known with KIZILAY NEIGHBORHOOD and we will end the tour with a walk in here. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we look forward to seeing you in the future on another TravelShop Turkey Tour. Thank you for choosing TravelShop Booking.
Professional English-speaking tour guides
Lunch
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach
Pick up from your hotel in Ankara
Return Transfer to your hotel in Ankara
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Guided Ankara City Tour
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