Çanakkale (Gallipoli & Troy) travel guide

Gallipoli battlefields, Troy and the Dardanelles. Most people stay 2 nights. Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

Highlights

Gallipoli battlefields guided tour (Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair) · 7 h · about ₹5,500 per person. Tours cross by ferry to Eceabat or Kilitbahir and include lunch. Around 25 April (Anzac Day) the peninsula is crowded and roads close.
Troy archaeological site (Truva) · 2 h · about ₹1,500 per person. ~30 min south of town by dolmuş; the ruins span many layers, so a guide or the signboards help. Little shade.
Troy Museum · 1.5 h · about ₹1,300 per person. Next to the Troy site turn-off; combine both in a half-day.
Kordon promenade & the Trojan Horse film prop · 1.5 h · free
Kilitbahir Castle by Dardanelles ferry · 2 h · about ₹500 per person. Small ferries cross the strait every ~30 min; the trefoil-shaped Ottoman fort faces Çanakkale.
Çanakkale Epic Promotion Centre (Kabatepe) · 1.5 h · about ₹600 per person. Simulation galleries on the 1915 campaign from the Turkish side; often part of Gallipoli tours.
Assos (Behramkale) Temple of Athena day trip · 7 h · about ₹2,500 per person. ~1.5h south by car; the hilltop temple looks across to Lesbos. Swim at the small harbour below.
Bozcaada island day: vineyards and castle · 8 h · about ₹1,800 per person. Ferry from Geyikli harbour (~1h by road from town); summer weekends sell out.

Old town near the clock tower (budget, ₹2,500–₹5,000 a night): Bars, cafés and the ferry pier on foot; tour pickups start here.
Eceabat (Gallipoli side) (mid, ₹4,000–₹8,000 a night): Closest base to the battlefields, across the strait by car ferry.
Kordon seafront hotels (premium, ₹9,000–₹18,000 a night): Rooms looking over the Dardanelles and the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge.

Around Anzac Day (25 April) hotels fill and peninsula roads close for the dawn service.

Marmara loop: Istanbul, Bursa & Gallipoli · 7 days · 7 days, Istanbul → Bursa → Çanakkale (Gallipoli & Troy) · from ₹56,725 per person, base estimate before flights. Istanbul, then the first Ottoman capital and the Dardanelles by ferry and road, with Troy on the way back.
Ancient sites: Istanbul, Gallipoli & Troy, Ephesus and Pamukkale · 10 days · 10 days, Istanbul → Çanakkale (Gallipoli & Troy) → Selçuk (Ephesus) → Pamukkale · from ₹1,07,525 per person, base estimate before flights. Byzantine and Ottoman Istanbul, the Gallipoli battlefields, Troy, Ephesus and Hierapolis, mostly by road.