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Eceabat Destination Guide

Touring Eceabat in Turkey

Eceabat in the region of Çanakkale with its 5,120 citizens is located in Turkey - some 344 mi or ( 554 km ) West of Ankara , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Eceabat

Time in Eceabat is now 12:42 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mytilini, Athens, İzmir, Sofia, and Thessaloniki. Being here already, consider visiting Mytilini . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Eceabat ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Turkey 8 : Canakkale - Troye

4:28 min by Paul Pesie
Views: 2685 Rating: 5.00

Turkey offers excellent low cost public transport. We took the boat from Istanbul to Bandirma and a bus to Canakkale where we stayed in the Efes Hotel. Visited Troy which was not particularly interest ..

Trip to Turkey, ruins of Troy, Pergamon & Ephes

10:00 min by tmcdaniels2000
Views: 1413 Rating: 5.00

Ruins of Troy, Peregmon, Ephes ..


europe 12 (jvc)

3:47 min by sid7271967
Views: 1045 Rating: 0.00

moto travel 2004 bmw k 1200 gt honda varadero 1000 ..

Hotel Limani Canakkale bogazında ki İnci

5:11 min by hotellimani
Views: 980 Rating: 5.00

Hotel Limani'ye hoş geldiniz. Boğazın tüm görkeminin gözler önüne serildiği odalarımızda, İki feribot iskelesi arasında ki konumu, Çanakkale boğazına daha yakın başka alternatifi olmayan, eşsiz deniz ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Eceabat

Eceabat, formerly Maydos, is a town and district of Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey, located on the eastern shore of the Gelibolu Peninsula, on the Dardanelles Strait. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 9,154 of which 5,380 live in the town of Eceabat. The district covers an area of 468 km, and the town lies at an elevation of 0 m .

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Located at 40.18 26.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Dardanelles, Districts of Çanakkale Province, Fishing communities in Turkey, Populated coastal places in Turkey, Populated places in Çanakkale Province

Madytos (Colony)

Madytos (or Maitos, or Madyta, Gr. Μάδυτος), by the modern town of Eceabat in Turkey) was an ancient Greek city and port of Thrace, located in the region of the Thracian Chersonesos (Thracian Peninsula). The city was a colony of Aeolians (a Greek tribe) from Lesbos who, according to the ancient authors, founded also Sestos and Alopekonessos and other cities of the Hellespont. This was part of the Greek colonization movement of the 8th-7th c. BC.

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Located at 40.18 26.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek cities, Geography of ancient Thrace, Greek colonies in Thrace, Thrace

Beşik Bay, Çanakkale

Beşik Bay (Turkish: Beşik Koyu, Beşike Koyu or Beşige Koyu) is a small bay on the Aegean shore of Troy, at the mouth of the Hellespont in present day Asiatic Turkey. It has been written of since antiquity and throughout the 19th century, and in the 20th was seen as a strategic prize. It played a critical role in the Crimean War, and in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of World War I.

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Located at 40.20 26.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Bays of Turkey

Dardanelles

The Dardanelles, formerly known as Hellespont, is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosphorus. It is located at approximately {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:40|13|N|26|26|E||| | |name= }}. The strait is 61 kilometres long but only 1.2 to 6 kilometres (to mi) wide, averaging 55 metres deep with a maximum depth of 103 metres .

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Located at 40.20 26.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek geography, Dardanelles, Geography of Çanakkale Province, Greek mythology, Straits of the Mediterranean, Trojans

Abydos (Hellespont)

For other uses, see Abydos (disambiguation) Abydos, an ancient city of Mysia, in Asia Minor, situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point on the best harbor on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont. Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the narrowest points of the Dardanelles, slightly more than a nautical mile broad (the narrrowest point is at Çanakkale). The strategic site has been a prohibited zone in the 20th century. Hero and Leander's story took place near Abydos.

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Located at 40.20 26.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Ionian colonies in Thrace, Milesian colonies, Troas

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Eceabat

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