2008 Black Sea Melodies:
Canakkale is the stopover for the Gallipoli Peninsular and there is a monument in the Town, made from cannon used in the First World War battle, to commemorate the bloody battle in which the Allies were kept out by Turkish Forces under Kemal Ataturk. We didn't make a trip to the peninsular (we're not so much into full day trips nowadays) but as we sailed from Canakkale we passed the Monuments on the end of the peninsular and it was a very eerie time, being sunset, thinking of all those youngsters who lost their lives there. I wish we'd taken the tour now, perhaps next time. Canakkale is also only about 40 km from Troy, and you've all heard of that!
Anyway, the shuttle bus journey into Town was about 5 miles. Always nice to have a little journey to see a bit of the locality. Had a walk around the Town, pretty uninspiring but plenty of shops, and went to the Military Museum. Didn't have any local currency (euros not taken) but the Grounds of the Museum were free and these are impressive enough (they're set around the Fortess, see the photo below). Decided to find an exchange and got a few Turkish Lire to spend in the Museum shop and got a few sweetmeats on the way back to the shuttle.
If you go don't make the mistake we did. Go to Gallipoli.