Troy Day Tours From Istanbul

Duration: 1 Day from Istanbul

Transportation: Bus

What to Visit in Troy Ancient City

• Hotel pick up and drop off ( Istanbul )
• Transportation by non-smoking and airconditioned touristical vehicle
• Professional English speaking tour guide
• Lunch
• Museum Tickets
• Local Taxes
• Service Charge

Troy;

Troy I–V

The first city on the site was founded in the 3rd millennium BCE. During the Bronze Age, the site seems to have been a flourishing mercantile city, since its location allowed for complete control of the Dardanelles, through which every merchant ship from the Aegean Sea heading for the Black Sea had to pass. Around 1900 BCE a mass migration was set off by the Hittites to the east. Cities to east of Troy were destroyed and although Troy was not burned, the next period shows a change of culture indicating a new people had taken over Troy.

Troy VI

Troy VI was destroyed around 1300 BCE, probably by an earthquake. Only a single arrowhead was found in this layer, and no remains of bodies.

Troy VII

Troy VIIa, which has been dated to the mid- to late-13th century BCE, is the most often-cited candidate for the Troy of Homer. It appears to have been destroyed by war.

Troy IX
Silver tetradrachm from Troy during the Hellenistic period, 188–160 BCE. Head of Athena in Attic helmet. Reverse female figure and owl with inscription:

The last city on this site, Hellenistic Ilium, was founded by Romans during the reign of the emperor Augustus and was an important trading city until the establishment of Constantinople in the fourth century as the eastern capital of the Roman Empire. In Byzantine times the city declined gradually, and eventually disappeared.

Beneath part of the Roman city, the ruins of which cover a much larger area than the citadel excavated by Schliemann, recent excavations have found traces of an additional Bronze-Age settlement area (of lower status than the adjoining citadel) defended by a ditch.