Why visit Kumkale
Townapedia lists 9 museums and landmarks and 1 place to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Aianteion and Hisarlik Hill.
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Museums and landmarks9
Aianteion
Monument and historic site · 2.2 km
Ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
Hisarlik Hill
Monument and historic site · 2.6 km
Hill in Çanakkale, northwestern Turkey
Sigeion
Monument and historic site · 4.9 km
Ancient city of Thrace, in modern-day Turkey
Traron
Monument and historic site · 4.3 km
Ancient city of Troas in modern-day Turkey
Troy
Monument and historic site · 2.6 km
Ancient Homeric-era city in northwest Asia Minor; it is known as the setting for the Greek myth of the Trojan war
Troy Museum
Museum · 3.0 km
Archaeological museum in northwestern Turkey.
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Troy VII
Monument and historic site · 2.7 km
Archaeological layer of Troy that chronologically spans from c. 1300 to c. 950 BC
Restaurants and cafes1
Churches and places of worship1
Healthcare1
Map of Kumkale
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Getting there and nearby towns
Çanakkale Airport (CKZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 24 km away.
- Kalafat 4 km south, about 4 min by car
- Çanakkale 25 km northeast, about 25 min by car
- Ezine 23 km south, about 23 min by car
- Lapseki 56 km northeast, about 56 min by car
- Gelibolu 60 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Altınoluk 62 km southeast, about 1 h by car
- Edremit 80 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Burhaniye 83 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Gömeç 84 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Biga 90 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- Black Stork in Kumkale, Wiki leylek, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Walls of Troy (2), CherryX, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum of Troy (53022400001), Troya Müzesi from Çanakkale, Türkiye, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Troy walls VII and IX, QuartierLatin1968, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 01, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 04, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 09, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 05, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 08, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 07, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 10, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 02, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
- Fountain in Çanakkale Province 05.09.2025 03, Wiki leylek, CC BY 4.0
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