Walk through the legendary city of Homer's Iliad. This guided tour explores the UNESCO-listed ruins of Troy near Çanakkale — nine cities layered over three thousand years — and the acclaimed 2018 Troy Museum, on the shores of the Dardanelles where Europe meets Asia. A story-rich day for your clients, led by a Ministry-licensed local guide and ready to resell.
Few places on earth carry a legend like Troy. Immortalised in Homer's Iliad and rediscovered by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s, the ancient city at Hisarlık, near Çanakkale, turned out to be not one city but at least nine, built one upon another across more than three thousand years. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998, and paired since 2018 with a superb modern museum, Troy is a highlight of any western Türkiye itinerary — and this tour brings its walls, gates and stories vividly to life with a Ministry-licensed local guide.
Built for the travel trade, the tour is completely flexible. We operate it as a half-day from Çanakkale, as a long day trip or overnight from Istanbul, or — most popular of all — combined with Gallipoli into a classic two-day Çanakkale program. Resell it as it is or have us tailor the pace, gateway, inclusions and guiding language — private or seat-in-coach, under your brand, with confidential net rates on request and no public pricing.
From the ancient mound of Hisarlık and its wooden horse to the acclaimed museum and the shores of the Dardanelles.
At the mound of Hisarlık, near the mouth of the Dardanelles, lie the ruins of Troy (Truva) — the legendary city of Homer's Iliad and one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. First excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s, Troy is not one city but at least nine, built one atop another from the Early Bronze Age to Roman times. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998, it is where myth and history meet.
Standing at the entrance to the site is the great wooden Trojan Horse — the enduring symbol of the legend in which Greek soldiers hid inside a giant horse to breach the walls of Troy. Visitors can climb inside this striking replica for the classic photograph, as your guide separates the myth of the Iliad from the archaeology beneath your feet.
Troy's massive stone walls, ramps and gates are among its most evocative remains, dating largely from the layers known as Troy VI and VII — those many scholars link to the Trojan War of around 1200 BC. Walking beneath the ramparts, your guide brings alive the story of the Iliad: Paris and Helen, the ten-year siege, the wrath of Achilles and the fall of the city.
Troy's long life continued into the classical world, when it was revered as the mythical homeland of the ancestors of Rome — visited by Alexander the Great and honoured by emperors. From this era survive the Temple of Athena, the council chamber (bouleuterion), the odeon and a small theatre, the upper layers of a city that lived for millennia.
Opened in 2018 and widely acclaimed, the striking rust-coloured Troy Museum stands beside the ancient site and is among the finest modern museums in Türkiye. Across its galleries it tells the full story of Troy and the Troad region — thousands of artefacts from Bronze Age finds to Greek and Roman sculpture — and explores the legend, the excavations and the famous "Treasure of Priam".
Entrance optionalThe tour is set on the shores of the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Strait), the narrow waterway linking the Aegean to the Sea of Marmara and dividing Europe from Asia. Time in the lively port city of Çanakkale takes in its waterfront promenade — home to the giant wooden horse used in the 2004 film Troy — and the strait that has shaped history from Homer to Gallipoli.
A sensible default — fully configurable when we build your net rate.
Entrances, the Troy Museum, lunch, the Dardanelles ferry and a two-day Gallipoli & Troy combination can all be built into your net rate on request — just tell us how you'd like to package it for your client.
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Troy lies at Hisarlık, about 30 km southwest of Çanakkale on Türkiye's northwest coast. It is a short drive from Çanakkale as a half-day, or a long day trip or overnight from Istanbul — often crossing the Dardanelles by ferry along the way.
The UNESCO archaeological site with its nine layered cities, the walls and gates, the classical Temple of Athena and odeon, the iconic wooden Trojan Horse, and the acclaimed Troy Museum, opened in 2018, which displays the region's finest finds.
Troy is a genuine archaeological site, and the layers known as Troy VI and VII match the traditional date of the Trojan War around 1200 BC. Homer's Iliad blends real history with myth, which is exactly what makes visiting Troy so compelling — your guide explains where the two meet.
Yes — this is the most popular way to visit. Troy and the Gallipoli (Anzac) battlefields are usually combined into a classic two-day Çanakkale program from Istanbul, which we operate end to end.
Become a partner and send us your brief with dates, gateway, group size and service level, and we reply with a costed, ready-to-sell proposal on confidential net rates — with no public pricing.
Give your clients the legend of Troy — Homer's city, the Trojan Horse and the acclaimed Troy Museum — with net rates and one accountable local team on the ground.
