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Willettsworld Says: This information centre is located about 2km north of Eceabat, overlooking Kilye Bay. This was the first place I stopped at on my Gallipoli driving tour and the centre includes lots of information on the Gallipoli campaign including photos, maps and a model of the peninsula....
Willettsworld Says: On the road south of Kilitbahir Fortress are a number of old earthen gun ramparts and concrete ammunition bunkers that form the impressive Namazgah Redoubt. They were built in the 1890s and formed, in 1915, part of the defence system of forts, ramparts and mines set up to...
Willettsworld Says: Directly across the Narrows of the Dardanelles lies the magnificent fortress of Kilitbahir, meaning the "Lock of the Sea". Like Cimenlik Castle at Canakkale, Kilitbahir was built by Sultan Mehmet II, the Conqueror, in 1452. The two fortresses guarded the Narrows from any...
Willettsworld Says: This is an open-air museum that's located between the sea and the main road, just south of the ferry terminal. It contains some memorial bronze sculpture, some rusty tools and such like that have been unearthed in the area that were used during the Gallipoli campaign, a...
Willettsworld Says: There's a strange green hill in the middle of Eceabat which I went to explore when I arrived, expecting it to hold some remnants of a fort or something. Alas, no or I don't think so as there are some stone structures on it and up against the foot of it but I have no idea...
Willettsworld Says: Every town has one and Eceabat is no exception. Here's the obligatory Ataturk statue with my hotel behind. He looks over the towns small square which I've named after him.
Willettsworld Says: Like most coastal settlements in Turkey, Eceabat has a fishing harbour which you can around and explore. There's also a path along the ferry harbour wall which I walked along which gives a nice view of the town.
Historical visit to sites on the peninsula
mel_bee Says: More pictures will follow. Rather than take the 6 hour guided tour I visited the sites by car with a friend I met at the hotel (thanks Karen for driving me around on some rather precarious roads!). This was better as I could spend as little or as much time visiting places.
TJ's Hotel: Located near the ferry terminal
Willettsworld Says: This large hotel is located right beside the ferry terminal in Eceabat, right beside the town's small square. I arrived and waited for the manager to arrive who speaks very good English. My room was a good size and clean, modern and tidy with 2 comfy single beds, a/c, TV,...
DoubleDutch Says: Hotel Kum is an hotel with camping facilities. The hotel is in de middle of knowhere and it's a very quit place. If you don't have a car, you will need a taxi of a lift to get there. There aren't any shops nearby. So do your shopping before getting there. We were there in...
Boss II hotel: Best place to stay in town
mel_bee Says: Friendly and helpful staff, good food, rooms with bathroom. Quite a few stairs to climb if you're on the top floor like I was. Balcony with similar view to the photo, good value, architecturally interesting building (see lonely planet guide). Good bar outside in the...
This restaurant is one of a few along the seafront, near the ferry terminal and I was the only one in here but then again it was early January! I had chicken shish kebab which wasn't too bad and other items from the small, one page menu include tripe meat soup, doner kebab, Iskender kebab, meatballs and steak. There's a huge, rather child-like Gallipoli battle scene on the wall, just to put you in the mood if you haven't been around the sites yet.
Written Mar 6, 2010
It has the word Pub on the window but felt more like a clinic waiting room but at least it sold beer - and cheap beer at that - TL3 for a large one. It's located just along from the ferry terminal on the sea front but has zero atmosphere even when the TV's turned on! Bit like the rest of Eceabat really....
Written Mar 6, 2010
Willettsworld Says: The best way to get around all the memorials, museums and cemeteries is by car. I had my own car hire which I hired in Istanbul and I came to the Gallipoli peninsula from Edirne near the Bulgarian border. I stopped off at Gelibolu (Gallipoli town), about 40km north of...
Willettsworld Says: If you're arriving on the Gallipoli peninsula from Canakkale, then you have two ferry options: one that arrives in Eceabat and other that arrives at Kilitbahir where the old fortress is located. The Canakkale-Eceabat ferry runs every hour on the hour from 7am-1am and then...
The whole Gelibolu Yarimadase is a monument to remember the fallen soldiers (British, French, Australian, New-Sealand en Turkish) in World War I. In Kabatepe you will find a museum and monument. It's also the startingpoint for a memorialtour along the beautiful shore. Nearly each 100 meter there is a monument with names of the fallen soldiers. The beautiful landscape and the many monuments for remembering the strong battle and the many fallen soldiers make you think.
Updated Oct 30, 2005
Website: http://www.anzac.govt.nz/index.html
Eceabat is a small town of around 5,000 people that sits on the eastern shore of the Gallipoli peninsula and can be reached from Canakkale by ferry. It's the nearest town to exploring the Gallipoli......
First stop on my round trip from Istanbul. A place of history and remembrance, you don't have to be from Australia or New Zealand to come here.
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