Special Interest Gallipoli Tours
'Remembrance Day - 6 days Tour'
6 - Day itinerary

Istanbul

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

Troy

Early morning start today as we head west along the Sea of Marmara and after short ferry ride across the Dardanelles we tour of ancient site of Troy, stepping back in time as we visit the home of the famed Trojan Horse.
Overnight Guzelyali (B, D)

Gallipoli, Cape Helles, Krithia

Today we will visit the WW1 battlefields of Gallipoli commencing with the landing sites of 25th April, 1915. We visit the Cape Helles Memorial to the missing where the majority of those who fell in 1915 are commemorated and Seddulbair to see the grave of Doughty-Wylie. We then visit the British sector where the SS River Clyde landed 29th division on V Beach and the Lancashire landing site where the 1st Lancashire Fusiliers were awarded six VC’s before breakfast (walk duration approximately 2 hrs). At X Beach, we see where HMS Implacable landed the 2nd Royal Fusiliers before visiting Krithia vineyard, Krithia war museum and nearby Redoubt Cemetery.
Overnight Guzelyali (B, L, D)

ANZAC Cove (Remembrance Day)

After breakfast we continue our tour of the 25th April landing sites as we move North to ANZAC Beach, where the Australians and New Zealanders landed. We spend the morning walking along the landing beach, visit the nearby battlefields, military cemetery and preserved trenches. After a short memorial service at ANZAC Cove at 11 am we continue on to visit Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, the Nek, Johnston's Jolly and the Gallipoli Museum. Late afternoon we return to Istanbul.
Overnight Istanbul (B, L)

Istanbul Old City

Tour the exotic city that spans both Europe and Asia visiting the Blue Mosque, the Aya Sofya, Topkapi Palace, the Basilica underground cistern and the Hippodrome.
Overnight Istanbul (B)

Istanbul

After breakfast our tour concludes and we say goodbye to our new friends.
(B)

• Inbound airport transfer - Istanbul
• Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach
• Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour
• Entrance fees (not match tickets)
• 5 nights - 4 star accommodation in total.
  • 2 nights in Canakkale
  • 3 nights in Istanbul
• 5 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners

• Suggested optional activities
• Tips