Ankara — Capital of Turkey. Leave Ankara after breakfast, explore a European city, and fly home the same evening — no hotel, no overnight.
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. Ankara is Turkey's second-largest city by population after Istanbul. Ankara was historically known as Ancyra and Angora. Serving as the capital of the ancient Celtic state of Galatia (280–64 BC), and later of the Roman province with the same name (25 BC–7th century), Ankara has various Hattian, Hittite, Lydian, Phrygian, Galatian, Greek, Persian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman archeological sites.
Ankara is the capital of Turkey, central within the country on the plateau of Central Anatolia. It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million (second in size to Istanbul), with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.
Looking for a same-day city trip from Ankara? Choose Saturdays or Sundays for morning-out, evening-back flights from Ankara. Compare deals across nearby destinations and book through Kiwi.com — ideal when you want a full day abroad without a hotel.
Ankara — Capital of Turkey.
A same-day return: fly out of Ankara in the morning, spend the day in another European city, and fly home the same evening — no hotel and no overnight stay.
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