Ankara

From MaxTravelz

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the second largest city in the country after Istanbul. Population 5.15 million.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By Plane 2.2 By Train 2.3 By Bus 3 Get around 4 See 4.1 Landmarks 4.2 Archaeological Remains 4.3 Museums and Galleries 4.4 Parks and Gardens 5 Do 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 Get out

Understand

People: Generally wants to helpful for a tourist. However, residents of especially suburbs are not welcome. Istanbul ıs passıon, Ankara ıs government for Turkey. Residents are generally students or civil servants.

Get in

By Plane

Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is located some 28 km northeast of the city. International flights are rather low in frequency and scope - apart from Turkish Airlines (THY), only Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Swissair offer direct flights to their respective European hubs. For other carriers flying into Turkey, a flight into Istanbul is necessary, followed by an air transfer to Ankara by means of Turkish Airlines.

Airport buses are operated by HAVAŞ through the city center reaching Ulus (the historical center of the city, close to the museums and baths), and AŞTİ (where the intercity buses depart from to almost all the cities in Turkey). The price is around 5 Euros.

By Train

Being in a central location in Turkey, Ankara can be reached from almost all trains departing from Istanbul to the eastern part of Turkey. The train trip from Istanbul to Ankara takes around 6-7 hours depending on the type of the train (fastest is Baskent for now, however, there will be faster trains in the near future to shorten the trip to 3 hours).

By Bus

The buses reach AŞTİ (Ankara Şehirlerarası Terminal İşletmeleri) standing for Ankara Intercity Terminal. Most of the cities in Turkey have direct buses to the capital of Turkey, and buses are much faster than trains in Turkey. From Istanbul to Ankara, the bus trip takes around 5 hours.

Get around

See

Landmarks

• Anıtkabir, open daily, museum open daily except Mondays - situated on an imposing hill in the Anittepe quarter of the city is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, completed in 1953. A museum nearby displays a large collection of Atatürk memorabilia and paraphernalia
• the Atakule Tower

Archaeological Remains

• the Citadel
• the Roman Theatre
• the Temple of Augustus
• the Roman Bath

Museums and Galleries

• the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi)
• the Ethnography Museum (Etnoğrafya Müzesi)
• the Painting and Sculpture Museum (Resim-Heykel Müzesi)
• the War of Independence Museum (Kurtuluş Savaşı Müzesi)

Parks and Gardens

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

A good drinking venue is Marilyn Monroes' bar on Tunali Hilmi, especialy on a Friday night but every night is good. The cool crowd is over by the bar. Only and only on Friday's another venue is the Black and White club, which you will need to ask directions to or better still get some of the Marilyn's crowd to take you along to.

Sleep

Get out

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