Ankara
Base town · Ankara province

Ankara

2 places to see from here1 night on The Hittite heartland

The capital. Its Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is the best single introduction to the Hittites and Phrygians, and the Temple of Augustus stands in the old town.

Follow the 3-day tripAncyra (Augustus Temple)

What to see from here

Distances are straight lines from the town centre.

  • 2 km
    Ancyra (Augustus Temple)

    Roman Ankara. Allow about 1 hour.

  • 81 km
    Gordion

    Capital of Phrygia and city of King Midas, where Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot. Allow about 2 hours.

Ankara

Museums in Ankara

  • museum
    Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum

    Anatolian seals, Urartian objects

  • museum
    Gordion Museum

    Phrygian finds, Midas Mound

  • museum
    Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

    Çatalhöyük, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian collections

  • museum
    Roman Baths of Ankara (open-air museum)

    Roman bath complex

Trips that stay here

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