2012 ANZAC Day - Legend Tours
'ANZAC Day Tour - The Digger Tour'
6 - Day itinerary

Welcome to Istanbul

Welcome to Istanbul, where you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Tonight, meet your guide and the rest of your group. Overnight Istanbul

Istanbul Old City 

After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, the Aya Sofya, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and after lunch we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value. Tonight don’t miss the optional Turkish Folklore evening. Overnight Istanbul (B)

Gallipoli Battlefields 

Depart for the Gallipoli peninsula early morning and tour this now serene site. Visiting original trenches and tunnels and ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, Johnston's Jolly and The Nek before a short ferry ride across the Dardanelles. Overnight Kucukkuyu (B, L, D)

Troy  

Today we visit the archaeological ruins of Troy. We then cross the Dardanelles, once we arrive at the Gallipoli peninsula we head straight to Anzac Cove to secure a good spot on the grass for the long night ahead. Overnight ANZAC Cove (B)

ANZAC Day at Gallipoli     

Awake before sun rise to the ANZAC Dawn Service. We become aware of the almost deafening silence as we commemorate our fallen forefathers on this special day. We attend the Australian &/or New Zealand Memorial services before a late afternoon drive back to Istanbul. Overnight Istanbul

Istanbul

Our tour concludes after breakfast and we bid farewell to our new friends. (B)

(B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)

Tour includes

• Inbound airport transfer from Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen Airports
• Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking bus
• Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour
• Commemorative gift
• Tips except driver and guide
• Entrance fees
• 4 nights - 4 star accommodation in total.
  • - 3 nights in Istanbul
  • - 1 night in Kucukkuyu
• 4 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner

Tour does not include

• Outbound airport transfer
• Suggested optional activities
• Tips – driver and guide