BIGA

The Çan- Biga road runs parallel to the Çan Stream. The 36 kilometre long road is in fairly good condition.In ancient times the city of Pegea was located here. It is believed that the name Biga originated from this name. With a current population of 30.000, Biga became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1364.The mosque in the town centre was built in 1911. Biga is famous throughout the region for training good musicians. Whenever there is a wedding or any special event Biga based musicians are on always stage.

Karabiga

To get to Karabiga after leaving Biga take the Çanakkale road, then turn right after eight kilometres and, after driving for a further 20 kilometres, you come to this coastal Marmara sea town. Karabiga is a settlement with many summer houses based around a fairly wide cove. After passing  the summer houses around the cove the remains of the ancient city of Priapos with its inspiring high wallls can be found situated on a headland. These grand walls, some of which are still in a good condition, stretch as far as the other end of the headland. This was a colony built by the peoples of Abydos and Miletos. The Battle of Granicos, the first in a series of clashes against the Persians in Alexander the Great’s eastern expedition, was fought here is 334 BC. This region came under Ottoman rule in 1364. The walls of the city are in the Byzantine style for which the city should be studied for its defence and wall building techniques.

The road on the left at the entrance to Karabiga is the ahmelek road. If one continues along this road the ancient city of Parion can be reached. There is not much here to see from a traveller’s point of view as archaeological excavations have just started and not much headway has been made as yet. From here it is possible to reach the main road through Balıkçeşme via a narrow road and, when followed after turning right one of the transit points of the Çanakkale Straits, Lapseki, can be reached.