Private Ankara City Tours by an Archaeologist Tour Guide

Ankara Castle

1 hour

The Ankara Castle is actually the birth place and the heart of the Ancient City which dates back to the 3rd Century BC and constructed by the Celtic People. The later civilizations upgraded the fortress and the Old Town was formed around it before the Turkish Republic was established in 1923.

1 hour

This is the oldest mosque of Ankara which was constructed in the 12th Century by the Seljuk Turks. Some Roman-Byzantine Columns or bricks were recycled in its construction.

2 hours

It was declared as the Best Museum of Europe in 1997 and displaces some of the unique Anatolian Archaeology Artifacts date back to the periods from the Palaeolithic and Neolithic to the Hittite, Phrygian and Urartian Civilizations. Most of the archaeologically precious items from the Hittite Civilization, mainly from Hattusa and Alacahöyük as well as the Çatalhöyük Neolithic Settlement etc are in this wonderful museum.

Temple of Augustus

20 min

This traditional Roman temple was dedicated to the Roman Emperor Augustus who was the first Roman Emperor and the building is extremely important since it has the Biography of Augustus which is called Res Gestae Divi Augusti, written on its walls in Latin and Greek.

Haci Bayram Mosque (Haci Bayram Camii)

40 min

The Mosque is dedicated to one of the respected clerics and trade union leaders of the City of Ankara in the Ottoman Period, constructed in around 1428. His name was Hacı Bayram and his tomb is just by the mosque and the Temple of Augustus.

Anitkabir

2 hours

Known in Turkish as Anıtkabir, The Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the national hero, savior of the Turkish Nation and the founder of Modern Turkey. He was born in 1881 and died in 1938. For his honor, the Turkish Government Constructed this mausoleum as a gathering and ceremonial place, as well as a museum. That's for sure one of the main highlights of Ankara