This three-day guided journey links two of the most visited historical areas of northwest Turkey: the First World War battlefields of the Gallipoli Peninsula and the ancient city of Troy. The tour starts and ends at your hotel in Istanbul, travels by air-conditioned, non-smoking tour coach and is accompanied throughout by professional English-speaking guides. Both nights are spent in Canakkale, so the time on the peninsula and at Troy is not shortened by long daily drives.
On the first day the road from Istanbul to Gallipoli takes around four hours, passing sunflower fields and wind turbines, with short stops for rest and coffee. You arrive around midday and the afternoon is free to settle in, or to wander through the bazaars of Canakkale on your own.
The second day is the in-depth part of the programme and covers two sectors of the 1915 campaign. In the southern Cape Helles area the stops include Kilitbahir Fortress, the Cape Helles Memorial, the Turkish Memorial with its cannon batteries, Morto Bay and the French Cemetery, V Beach seen first from the Turkish side and then up close, Achi Baba Hill, which the British forces never managed to take, the village of Alcitepe and Commonwealth cemeteries such as Lancashire Landing and Twelve Tree Copse. In the northern ANZAC sector you visit ANZAC Cove and Brighton Beach, the ANZAC Commemorative Site, the trenches and tunnels at Johnston's Jolly, the Lone Pine Australian Memorial, The Nek, the Respect to Mehmetcik statue, the cemetery of the Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment and the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. You are back at the hotel at about half past five.
On the third day a fully guided visit to Troy brings the story of the Trojan War, Paris and Helen to the ruins themselves. The walk takes in fortifications from several periods of the city, including the 3,200-year-old walls of Troy VI and VII and the much older walls of Troy I and II, together with the Temple of Athena, the Schliemann trench, the Scaean and South Gates, the Odeon, the Bouleuterion, the Roman Bath and the Agora, before the drive back to Istanbul.
The package includes 2 nights of hotel accommodation, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners, hotel pick-up and drop-off in Istanbul, all guided tours and transport by tour coach.
| Tour type | Shared small group Β· multi-day tour |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 Days 2 Nights |
| Price | From β¬1,328 per person |
| Departures | Every day |
| Guide | English-speaking licensed guide |
| Stops | 4 |
| Booking | Instant request online, confirmation within 24 hours Β· TΓRSAB-licensed operator (A-5751) |
Your full program, day by day β click a day to see every stop.
After pick-up from your hotel in Istanbul, the coach heads for Gallipoli, a drive of roughly four hours through sunflower fields and past wind turbines, with short rest and coffee breaks along the way. You arrive around midday; the afternoon is free to rest at the hotel or to look around the town and its bazaars. Overnight in Canakkale.
An early start for a full day on the peninsula. In the Cape Helles sector your guide leads you to Kilitbahir Fortress, the Cape Helles Memorial, the Turkish Memorial and the Turkish cannon batteries, then to the French Cemetery and Morto Bay (S Beach). After a viewpoint over V Beach from the Turkish lines, you visit the beach itself and V Beach Cemetery, continue to Achi Baba Hill, the high ground the British forces aimed to capture, and stop at Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Alcitepe village and Lancashire Landing Cemetery. The ANZAC sector follows: ANZAC Cove, Brighton Beach and the ANZAC Commemorative Site, Ariburnu Cemetery and Beach Cemetery, the Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels at Johnston's Jolly, the Respect to Mehmetcik statue, the Lone Pine Australian Memorial, The Nek, the Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery and, last, the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. The coach brings you back to the hotel at about 17:30. Overnight in Canakkale.
Today is dedicated to Troy, one of the best-known legendary sites of the ancient world. On the fully guided tour you hear the story of the Trojan War and of Paris and Helen while walking through the site: the 3,200-year-old walls of Troy VI and VII with the East Gate, the Temple of Athena, the Megaron house together with the walls and ramp of Troy II, the walls of Troy I, the Schliemann trench, the Scaean Gate and the Sanctuary, the Roman Bath and the Odeon, the Gate of Troy VI, through which the wooden horse may have entered the city, the South Gate, the Bouleuterion and the Agora ruins. After the tour the coach returns to Istanbul and drops you off at your hotel.
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