Tour Information
This is a 2-day group tour program focusing solely on the
Gallipoli Peninsula. On the first day, you will visit the battlefields and
memorials of the ANZACs located on the upper side of the peninsula. On the
second day, you will see the Helles Sector, the main parts of the British
campaign on the battle of Gallipoli.
This is a regular group tour program taking place with a
group of 15-20 people from different countries and places. You may or may not
be together all the time throughout the program.
Private tour arrangements
can also be made upon request.
Day 1: ANZAC Sector Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel
at around 06:00-06:15 in Taksim area or 06:30-07:00 in Sultanahmet area, then
start driving for Eceabat, which takes around 5 hrs' drive from Istanbul. You
will stop on the way for a small breakfast break, then arrive at Eceabat at
around 12:00 to meet with your guide and the rest of the group. You will have
lunch with the group, then start the tour of ANZAC battlefields and memorials.
You will see Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery,
ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian
Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, parts of Turkish and ANZAC trenches standing up to
date, 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Chunuk Bair New Zealand
Memorial. After the tour, you will cross the Dardanelles with a 20-min ferry
ride, and check into your hotel. In the evening, you may go outside for a small
walk through the streets of Canakkale and by the coastline, where you may also
have a chance to see the actual Trojan Horse prop used in the movie Troy.
Accommodation in Canakkale. (breakfast on the way, lunch before the tour)
Day 2: Helles Sector Tour: (check out from hotel in the
morning) You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:30 and cross
the Dardanelles back to Gallipoli Peninsula. After a 20-min ferry ride, you
will drive to Helles Sector, the main landing region of the British Troops during
the Gallipoli Campaign. You will see Namazgah Battery, Rumeli Mecidiye Battery,
the statue of Onbasi Seyit (Corporal Seyit) and hear about his unbelievable
achievement, Memorial Summit of Alcitepe Hill (Achibaba) Turkish Memorial,
French Cemetery, V Beach, Ertugrul Battery, Helles Memorial, Lancashire Landing
Cemetery, X Beach, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery and Alcitepe (Krithia) Village.
After the morning part, you will return back to Eceabat for lunch break for
about 40 mins. After lunch, you will have free time until 17:30, then you will
get on the tour vehicle and start driving back to Istanbul. You will be dropped
off at your hotel at around 22:30. (breakfast at hotel, lunch on the tour)
Alternative arrangements can be made instead of returning
back to Istanbul upon request.
Note that this tour cannot be arranged on April 24th and
25th due to Annual ANZAC Commemorations.
The price is 290 EUR per person,
including:
- 1 night's BB accommodation in double/twin room at a 3*
or equivalent quaility hotel
- 2 half-day regular group tours w/ professional guidance
in English
- Lunch on the tours (except drinks)
- Entrance fees to the sites visited
- Transportation w/ A/C vehicles
The price excludes dinner, personal expenses and tips
(optional).
If you are a single traveler, there will be an extra
charge of 20 EUR.
Accommodation at 4* or 5* hotels can be arranged upon
request.
Private tour arrangement:
If you wish, you may also take this trip as private, with
a vehicle and English-speaking guide reserved solely for yourselves.
The price for the private tour is 430 EUR per
person, valid for a group of 2 people.
For groups of different number of people, please send us
an inquiry.