Deeps Hostel

Top choice in Ankara


At Ankara's best backpacker choice, friendly owner Şeyda has created a colourful, light-filled hostel with spacious dorms and small private rooms with squeaky-clean, modern shared bathrooms. It's all topped off by masses of advice and information, a fully equipped kitchen, laundry facilities and a cute communal area downstairs where you can swap your Turkish travel tales.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Ankara attractions

1. Kocatepe Cami

0.36 MILES

The huge outline of Kocatepe Cami is the symbol of Ankara. It is one of the world's largest mosques but it is also a modern addition, built between 1967…

2. Confidence Monument

0.4 MILES

Kızılay's Confidence Monument, erected in 1935, is a good landmark to get your bearings by when first arriving in the district.

3. Ethnography Museum

0.8 MILES

Housed inside the building (built 1927) that served as Atatürk's mausoleum until the Anıt Kabir was built, the Ethnography Museum has a small but well…

4. Painting & Sculpture Museum

0.82 MILES

The Painting & Sculpture Museum showcases the cream of Turkish artists. Ranging from angular war scenes to society portraits, the pieces demonstrate that…

5. Cer Modern

0.89 MILES

Located in an old train depot, this huge artists' park and gallery exhibits modern and challenging art from across Europe, plus there's an excellent cafe…

6. Vakıf Eserleri Müzesi

0.94 MILES

The tradition of carpets being gifted to mosques has helped preserve many of Turkey's finest specimens. This extensive collection – which once graced the…

7. Melike Hatun Cami

1.03 MILES

This huge modern mosque, with a capacity of up to 7000 worshippers, was built in 2017 in traditional Ottoman style. It's a major landmark on Atatürk…

8. Rahmi M Koç Industrial Museum

1.09 MILES

The surprisingly absorbing Rahmi M Koç Industrial Museum, located inside the beautifully restored Çengelhan caravanserai building, has three floors…