Daily Ankara City Tour from Kirikkale

(Lunch included)

Pick up from your hotel in Kirikkale and depart for Ankara City Tour. After about 1,5 hours drive we will reach Ankara. 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 neighborhood 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 Christian 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 MAUSOLEUM OF ATATURK. Ataturk started and lead the independence 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 honor, the mausoleum, the lion's road, the towers with symbolic meanings, ceremonial ground, change or guards ceremony, and museum. Ankara is well known with KIZILAY NEIGHBORHOOD and we will end the tour with a walk in here. After the tour transfer back to your hotel in Kirikkale. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we look forward to seeing you in the future on another TravelShop Booking Tour. Thank you for choosing TravelShop Booking.