Gateway to Troy and the Gallipoli battlefields.
Çanakkale sits on the narrowest point of the Dardanelles, the strait between Europe and Asia. Its seafront promenade is home to the wooden horse from the 2004 film Troy, and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge now spans the strait.
Across the water, the Gallipoli peninsula holds the cemeteries and memorials of the 1915 campaign — a moving visit for many British and Irish families. The ruins of Troy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are 30 km to the south.
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