Ancient City of Troy & Museum of Troy (UNESCO)

Located in modern Çanakkale province guarding the southern entrance to the Dardanelles Strait, Troy (Troia) is one of the most legendary archaeological sites on Earth, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1998. Immortalized by Homer in the ancient Greek epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey', this strategic fortress city was the setting of the mythical Trojan War sparked by Helen of Troy and concluded by the cunning Trojan Horse. Excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s and refined by modern scientific archaeologists, the site reveals nine distinct settlement layers spanning four millennia from 3000 BC to Roman times. Visitors inspect monumental cyclopean defensive walls from Troy VI and VII (the Homeric era), royal megaron palace ramps, Roman theaters, and sacrificial altars. Nearby, the architectural masterpiece of the Museum of Troy showcases thousands of gold artifacts, Bronze Age weaponry, and marble sarcophagi.