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Thrace & Marmara

Thrace & Marmara

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Thrace & Marmara

Includes  Why Go? ...... 145 Grand narratives have unfolded in this corner of for Tekirdağ...... 152 millenniums, leaving an extraordinary archaeological site Peninsula. . 153 (Troy), a city of Ottoman buildings (Edirne), historically sig- nificant battlefields (Gallipoli) and a culturally fascinating ...... 161 and physically beautiful island outpost (Gökçeada) for visi- Çanakkale...... 164 tors to explore. It was here that crossed Troy...... 169 the Hellespont on his conquering march to Persia, and Gökçeada...... 171 where the Achaeans (Greeks) and Trojans fought the war immortalised by Homer in the Iliad. Mehmet II launched his campaign to conquer Constantinople from the Ottoman capital of Edirne, and nearly 500 years later Allied forces landed on the Gallipoli (Gelibolu) Peninsula, triggering a Best Places to Eat bloody stand-off with Turkish troops that would drag on for ¨¨Barba Yorgo Taverna nine long months and help to define the modern nations (p174) of Turkey, Australia and New Zealand. History continues to echo, but there is an increasingly contemporary verve in the ¨¨Kilye Suvla Lokanta (p161) student bars of Çanakkale and the vineyards of . ¨¨Mustafanın Kayfesi (p173) ¨¨Sardalya (p165) When to Go Edirne ¨¨Umurbey Winehouse °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm (p153) 40/104 5/125

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