5 Days Anzac Dawn Service
Duration:5 Days
Departure:22nd April
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Tour Itinerary
Day 1 -22nd April Arrive in Istanbul
Arrive in Istanbul Ataturk Airport and meet on arrival.After meeting our staff at the airport,you will be transferred to your hotel.You will check into the hotel and have a refreshment.Today you will have leisure time for relaxing and resting.
For tonight, you can join Turkish Night Show and Dinner. We pick you up from the hotel at 20:00 Pm and drop you off at the hotel at 23:45 Pm.The show includes all meals, two local drinks, belly dancers, Anatolian Folklore groups, featuring popular instruments and Turkish singers.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 2 -23rd April Gallipoli Tour (Breakfast & Lunch)
At 06:30 Am, we will pick you up from your hotle and drive to Canakkale. (Pick up time will be given you according to your hotel location in Istanbul).
On the way stop in Tekirdag. Breakfast break 30 minutes. Continue to Gallipoli Peninsula. Upon arrival, you will have lunch before strating the Gallipoli Tour.
Visiting in the tour;
Beach Cemetery ( John Simpson's Grave ), Anzac Cove, Ari Burnu ( First Anzac landing place ), Lone Pine Cemetery ( Australian Memorial ), Johnston's Jolly ( Walk in the Anzac trenches ), View Shrapnel Valley * Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Walker's Ridge, Chunuk Bair ( Main New Zealand Memorial ).
At the end of the tour transfer to hotel, check into hotel.
Overnight in Çanakkale.
Day 3 -24th April Troy Tour / Commemorative Site (Breakfast & Lunch)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up for Full Day Troy Tour.The day will start by driving to Troy.
Visiting on the Troy Tour;
A replica of the wooden horse that you can climb into for a photo, Excavation information centre which holds exhibits from the work underway, The fortification walls of Troy Vl with its tower and gateway entrance, Temple of Athena - the focal point of a great annual festival in honour of the goddess Athena, Schliemann’s trench, the discoverer of Troy, The entrance ramp to Troy ll., The sanctuary - an important religious centre of its time, The odeon – intended for the presentation of musical performances, Current excavations in progress.
After the tour, you will be dropped off in Canakkale for self exploration.
At 19:00 Pm we will depart from Eceabat to the commemorative Site to get your spot till the dawn service. If you would like to stay outside at Commemorative Site, we can provide optional hotel accomodation for that night. You should inform us about this inquire before you come to Turkey.
Day 4 -25th April Anzac Dawn Service (Breakfast )
After getting our spots, we are waiting for the Dawn Service.
05:30-06:15 Dawn Service, ANZAC Commemorative Site, North Beach
10:00-10:45 Australian Memorial Service, Lone Pine
11:15-12:00 Turkish 57th Regiment Memorial Service
12:30-13:15 New Zealand Memorial Service, Chunuk Bair
After Anzac Dawn Service we will depart from Gallipoli and travel back to Istanbul (4.5 hours distance). We will drop off you at Sultanahmet Square.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 5 -26th April Istanbul Old City Tour (Breakfast & Lunch)
You will be pick up from your hotel at 08:30 and continue to meeting point. Met the group and start to make the tour from the Blue Mosque and Hippodrome where you will see the obelisk, waking from Obelisk to Blue Mosque, while you are entering in side of the mosque, you will have time to take pictures and guided service out side and inside. The next stop is to St. Sophia.After Guide explain the history about St. Sophia, continue to Grand Covered Bazaar, when you are walking on the main street of Sultan Ahmet, You will see the an other historical muniments as Sultanahmet Tomb ( Near by Blue Mosque ), Firuz Ağa Mosque, II. Mahmut Mausoleum from the out side, arrival to covered bazaar and discovered it after guide informe you. After discovery, you will have lunch break. In the afternoon tour will start after lunch and guide will take you the Ottoman winter house ( Topkapi Palace ) guide will inform you about the topkapi palace history and give you free time to discover it by your self as well. Continue to Little Hagia Sophia from Topkapi Palace, visiting the Little Hagia Sophia is the last step of the tour.Anzac Dawn Service ends here.
Includes
- • Arrival and departure airport transfers
- • 2 Nights Hotel in Istanbul with breakfast
- • 1 Night Hotel in Canakkale with breakfast
- • Transfer to/from Eceabat
- • Guided Istanbul City Tour
- • Guided Gallipoli Tour
- • Guided Troy Tour
- • Dawn and National Services (Australian & New Zealand)
- • Professional English-speaking tour guides
- • Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach
- • All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
Excludes
- • Accommodation in Canakkale
- • Drinks
- • Meals unless stated
