Visit Ankara
Pick your Ankara.
Fourteen curated ways into the capital — weekend itineraries, deep dives into ancient and Republican layers, food trails, family days and the free stuff. Every page links straight into the guide's entries.
Today in Ankara
Whatever day you arrive, the rhythm holds: the castle in the morning, a long table at noon, the stage after dark. This is the city’s everyday pulse — always on, shaped by the season.
16 stops
48 Hours in Ankara
One day in the old city — castle walls, caravanserais and a five-thousand-year museum. One day in the new — Anıtkabir, avenues and evening lights. A weekend plan that covers both halves of Ankara.
22 stops
3 Days in Ankara
Two days cover both faces of the city; the third climbs out to Gordion’s tumuli, Beypazarı’s mansions or Soğuksu’s pine forests.
29 stops
First Time in Ankara
If your time is short, start here: the essential icons, what first-timers should know, and the city’s opening lines.
8 stops
Ancient Ankara
These grounds have been a city for over three thousand years: Phrygian Gordion, Roman Ancyra, then Seljuk and Ottoman layers. Every age left stone; all of it still stands.
20 stopsRepublican Ankara
Proclaimed capital on 13 October 1923, Ankara was built at extraordinary speed. From the First Assembly to its monuments and founding museums: a young Republic’s hope set in stone.
17 stops
Food in Ankara
The fine art of Ankara döner, the ceremonial tava, a simit unlike any other and fifteen geographically indicated products: this is the land of grain and pastrami.
16 stopsAnkara with Kids
From Wonderland to toy museums, lakeside picnics to a science centre: a day of Ankara with children does grown-ups good too.
16 stops
Nightlife
Ankara is a city of students and stages. From its conservatoire to its theatres, jazz rooms to Kızılay’s late streets: the earnest capital softens after dark.
4 stops
Nature
Forests at two national-park levels, dozens of lakes and dams, highlands and a salt-white horizon: well over half of Ankara is green and blue.
24 stops
Free Things to Do
Most of Ankara’s best costs nothing: ramparts, monuments, mosques, parks and ancient streets. A full-day plan that never meets a ticket booth.
23 stopsAccessible Ankara
With broad parks, level promenades and a network of social services, Ankara aims steadily toward greater accessibility. Here are services recorded in the guide plus open-air routes known for step-free paths.
10 stopsHidden Ankara
Parnasoso with its outsize mosaics, Ankara’s only Hittite excavation at Küllhöyük, untouched wetlands and village institutes: places tourism has yet to find.
5 stops