Ankara Province · Turkey
Where to stay in Ankara
Ankara is a city in Ankara Province, Turkey, home to about 5,803,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Ankara.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May, June, September and October
- Nearest airport
- ESB25 km · Esenboğa International Airport
- Currency
- TRYTurkish lira
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
- Language
- Turkish
About
About Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of over 5.3 million residents in its urban center, out of 6 million residents in Ankara Province.
Until 1923, Ankara was a provincial town of less than 30,000. Then Atatürk made it the capital of the new Republic of Turkey, a deliberate shift from the Ottoman capital of Istanbul with its literally Byzantine political life. The plateau was swiftly covered by drab concrete buildings and snarled highways, leavened by parks and woodlands, and occasional striking architecture.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Ankara
See
- Ankara Castle
- Sultan Alaeddin Mosque
- Roman Theatre
- Arslanhane Mosque
- Ahielvan Mosque
- Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- Kelime Museum
- Koç Museum
- Chess Museum
- Molla Great Mosque
- Cenâbî Ahmet Paşa Mosque
- Ulucanlar Prison Museum
Do
- Ankara Opera & Ballet
- Presidential Symphony Orchestra
- Atatürk Culture Center
- Feza Gürsey Science Center
- Goksu Park
- Youth Park
- Seğmenler Park
- Dikmen Valley
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Ankara
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Occidental Ankara hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Ankara to stay in
Accommodation is clustered in Ulus north of the railway station, in Sıhhiye south of the tracks, and in Kızılay further south. A strip of mid-range business hotels follows D200 a few km west - these are more convenient for the bus station.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Ankara
24 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 Hotel | 1.6 km | |
| Akar International Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| Altınel Ankara Hotel & Convention Center | 0.2 km | |
| Ankara Alegria Business Hotel | 6.5 km | |
| Asrin Business Hotel Kızılay | 1.7 km | |
| Business Grand Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| Business Park Hotel | 1.6 km | |
| CPAnkara Hotel | 1.9 km | |
| Doga Residence | 2.0 km | |
| Gazi Park Hotel | 3.4 km | |
| Grand Hamit Hotel | 1.4 km | |
| Gurkent Hotel | 1.8 km | |
| Guvenay Business Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Hilton Garden Inn Ankara Gimat | 6.3 km | |
| Hotel Ickale | 0.8 km | |
| Inn 65 Budget | 1.5 km | |
| Ismira Hotel Ankara | 1.7 km | |
| Kahya Hotel Ankara | 1.5 km | |
| Maltepe Hotel 2000 | 0.6 km | |
| New Gate Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Rox Hotel Ankara | 1.7 km | |
| The Ankara Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Tzob Otel | 4.9 km | |
| Yüksel Palas (Çankaya) | 1.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Ankara
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ankara are May, June, September and October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; May is the wettest, with about 53 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Ankara: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Other mainline trains (anahat trenler) are slow and scenic, with the emphasis on slow, but are called "Express" to compensate.
Getting around
The city has a dense bus network, a two-line Metro, and an east-west suburban railway called Başkentray. There is no provision by any mode of public transport for travellers with restricted mobility. EGO (or toplu taşıma) is the municipality public transportation company. All buses are operated by EGO. Most of them are white or blue, while the newer ones are red. Central bus stops often have displays of real-time services. Bus fares cannot be paid in cash, but can be paid by contactless card payment.
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ESB · Esenboğa International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Ankara
Eat
Ankara has a variety of local/traditional and international food restaurants such as Asian, French, Italian, Persian and Somalian cuisine throughout the city. Kızılay has a pedestrianised block full of little cafes and takeaways. It's east of Atatürk Blv and north of Ziya Gökalp Cd. Çiğ köfte and regular köfte carts/shops could be found all over the city for a quick snack.
Stay safe
Ankara is generally safe, even for single females at night, since as the capital it's well-policed. (The cops are looking for traffic offences, dissident trouble-makers and squaddies in town without a liberty pass.) Take usual care of valuables. The main hazard is traffic - vehicles are driven at silly speeds with scant regard to traffic lights and pedestrians. The side walks are often in poor condition: anyone with restricted mobility will be forced onto the roadway, and on ill-lit streets at night you risk falling into uncovered drains. For emergencies call the emergency number 112 or approach any officer or go to the nearest station.
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Questions
Ankara: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Ankara?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Ankara are May, June, September and October. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; May is the wettest, with about 53 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ankara?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Esenboğa International Airport (ESB), about 25 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Ankara?
Turkish lira (TRY).
Nearby
Destinations near Ankara
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.