Between Agean and Marmara Seas

Çan

The highway that leads from Yenice to the west divides into two near Çan. Turning right, one heads to Çan, Biga and Karabiga. Karabiga is a coastal town on the Marmara Sea. If one goes straight ahead Çanakkale can be reached via Kirazlı.
Çan is a town renowned for its ceramic tiles, there is a large ceramic production plant in the town where the Biga Steam passes straight through the centre of Çan and flows into the Sea of Marmara to the east of Karabiga after Biga. This region used to be known as Sergis in ancient times. 
In the town centre there is the Çan Spa operated by the municipality and 16 kilometres away there is the Çan-Tepeköy Spa in Tepeköy. The water at the spa in Çan is 46 degrees centigrade and the water in the Tepeköy spa is in the region of 37 to 49 degrees centigrade.

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.
With its quite developed economy Biga is also known for the entrepreneurship of its people.

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 walls 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 in 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.

Lapseki
Ferries run between Lapseki at the entrance to Çanakkale Strait and Gelibolu on the other
side, operating 24 hours a day.
This town is one of the four important settlements in this region. In ancient times its name was Lampsakos. It is believed that the Phonecians set up a colony here. The geographer and historian Strabo says Lapseki was a Miletos colony. Lapseki became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1356.
Following World War One it was occupied by the British and the French for a brief time. Apart from agriculture, the fish industry holds an important economic position in Lapseki. The cherries and peaches of Lapseki are famous in the region. The annual cherry festival is held here on 2-14 June.
Historic sites include the Süleyman Paşa and Umurbey Hüdavendigar mosques, the Yakup Bey Islamic college and the tomb of Abdullah bin Hacı Yakup

Umurbey
This settlement is sited on the border between the valley and the pine forest just five kilometres inland from the Straits. The ancient settlement was closer to the sea but due to pirate attacks it was moved further inland. This region is rich in vegetable and fruit production.