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GALLIPOLI & TROY TOUR - 2 Days

DAY 1 - ISTANBUL - GALLIPOLI - CANAKKALE

06:00 Pick up from your Hotel 

06:00 Lunch in Eceabat

12:30 Gallipoli Tour

19:00 Check-in to Hotel

DAY 2 - TROY - CANAKKALE - ISTANBUL

08:00 Troy Tour (Half day)

11:45 Return to Canakkale

18:00 Drop off to Hotel in Istanbul

ANZAC Cove where the ANZAC soldiers landed is a small cove on Gallipoli Penunsula. There is a marble memorial above the beach and an inscription written by Ataturk to the mother of the fallen allied soldiers.

" Those hereos that shed their blood and lost their lives. You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side in this county of ours. You the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears; Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."

Chunuk Bair One of New Zealand's epic stands on the Gallipoli peninsula was in the heat of August 1915 at Chunuk Bair, one of the three high points on the Sari Bair range. These were the main objectives of the Anzacs' offensive of early August 1915 when they tried to break out of the stalemate with the Turks in the Anzac sector.

Johnston's Jolly Cemetery contains the known graves of one New Zealander. A further New Zealander, who served with the Australian Empire Force, is known or believed to be interred in this cemetery and is commemorated by a special memorial. 

Lone Pine Cemetery, called this name because of the single tree that grew there. 1.000 soldiers -many of them Australian- are lying this place. Lone Pine Memorial, one of five ANZAC memorials on the peninsula.

Troy was a city, both factual and legendary. It is best known for being the focus of the Trojan War. It was constructed, destroyed and rebuilt on the same site 9 times because of battles, earthquakes or fires. Excavations at Troy have continued over the past century. Troy is in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Canakkale was founded by Mehmet the Conqueror in the 15th century. He built fortresses on both banks of the strait at Kilitbahir and Cimenlik to control the flow of ships.