Coastal fortress on the European shore of the Dardanelles Strait, built with the narrow strait at its foot. Visitors climb stone towers and walls, walk through the cloverleaf inner citadel and its exhibition rooms, and look out over the water.
Highlights
- Yellow Tower
- Inner Castle
- Walls and battlements
Good to know
- Museum card gives free entry; foreigners pay 200 lira
- Closed on Mondays; ticket office closes 18.15
- Steep staircases inside and outside, some footing tricky
