ankara castle

城堡位于半山腰上，进入城堡有点失望，里面还住着很多贫民，道路很窄，有点脏乱差。古堡上人迹罕至，非常静谧。这里是安卡拉老城区，居民都没什么工作，在景点附近兜售工艺品。

Municipality need to spend much more money on renovation. Still room to go for its equivalents in EU or Asia

We had dinner here and enjoyed views from the rooftop across Ankara.Also dining in another area were many politicians, whom we rubbed shoulders with on the stairs.The views over Ankara are wonderful!

My inclination was to give this less than an average rating, but the view of Ankara is worth seeing from here. Just be sure to go to the ruins at the top on a clear day. And keep in mind that the view will be of a modern city with no famous landmarks to pick out in the scene below.As soon as we walked through the castle entrance across from the beautiful Divan Cukurhan hotel, we entered a newly renovated area with local housing and tourist souvenir shops. As we looked up the side streets, it was obvious that other restoration work was under way. The shops held nothing different beyond what is on sale outside the castle gate. There were some restaurants that beckoned, however, and we had a good dinner at Zenger Pasa Konagi, which specializes in Anatolian cuisine.The walls enclose a relatively small area and many places remain rundown. We noted some dogs on the loose -- a few running in a pack -- but they didn't bother us. We've been to many castles, where people still live, before and found this one to be rather uninteresting. I would not recommend making a special trip here unless you have an immense desire to enjoy a good city view. But if you're visiting the fascinating Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, a 5-minute walk downhill from the castle entrance, you may want to visit both attractions.

The castle grounds has had a lot of work done over the last 12 months since my first visit. It's an interesting site, very old, and has a lovely street of shops as you enter. A lot f the original Ottoman style building around this Main Street have been renovated and new cafes and restaurants have appeared. You can buy some lovely trinkets and beautiful ceramics in these stores and they are more than happy to barter. People still reside within the walls of the citadel, something not found in a lot of other cities, and a wander through the out streets will give you a true vision of life here. Worth a visit, or two, The bazaar streets start outside the castle, there you'll find real treasures.

The castle houses the Anatolian Civilization Museum and has been well restored. On the back side of the castle are some very good shops. Actually, the castle is the center of a bazaar which has grown up around it.

Always fun to walk through historic areas that don't seem to have changed for hundreds of years. Otherwise, not a lot to do other than get some exercise climing up to ramparts.

One of the few historical things to see in a city that lacks them and is obsessed with the 'modern' (or pastiche thereof in the form of tasteless malls and endless motorways); interesting panoramic view of the city. The nearby areas are home to populations that are not seen all over town, with many hawkers and street kids. Many of my posher Turkish friends will not set foot there, but it's not dangerous, at least in the day. The Castle itself, like many Turkish historical monuments, suffers from neglect (lots of graffiti and rubbish everywhere, sadly) and a lack of emphasis put on it in the urban landscape.

A strange place which is being cleaned up. Those hwo live within the castle walls are probably nto as keen on the clean up as the rest of the city..but this mix combines raw tourism with local people.

A very touist area and there is very little left of the castle. If you want something to do as there is not much in Ankara.

Friday evening - we planned to reach the Citadel before sunset for the views, but got stuck in the markets along the way. Arrived late sunset and the place looked terrible. Seems some places towards the entrance are being/have been renovated but this soon turns to muddy streets and collapsing buildings as you head further in. Bit depressing really. To make things worse, we came upon a group on youths throwing large stones at each other so decided to head back. They later came across us again and started throwing glass bottles at us when they noticed we're tourists. We quickly fled the place and will never go back. Didn't even make it to the castle!

The castle, located atop a hill offers lovely views of old and new Ankara. The path leading up to the castle has some nice souvenir shops and an old small mosque.

They have traditional grocery stores, cafes and restaurants, as well as nice shops for souvenirs and antiques.

It was a Friday and the castle was closed. We started walking around the outside - but soon discovered that every small covered niche was used as a toilet, so we went around to the wall section that can be climbed. The views were terrific and there were only 2 other tourists checking it out, (there were more locals about with there necklaces and charms to sell than customers). The bazaar is just outside the gates near the wall (and up the road from the Anatolian Museum), but we were there at a very quiet time.

You can see all the city from the castle and it's very beautiful , there are a lot of story about the castle. Some parts of it is renovated. On the way to castle there are lots of local and traditional store