Day 1 – Istanbul to Gallipoli (L)
06:30 Pick up from your hotel or agency in Istanbul and head for Gallipoli.
12:30 Arrive at lunch stop in Eceabat, one of the most emotionally and touching places in
Turkey, the World War I Battlefields of Gallipoli. We will visit the Gallipoli Museum,
Anzac Cove, Lone Pine - Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, the Nek and Chunuk Bair
New Zealand Memorial.
18:30 We take a ferry across the Dardanelles.
19:00 Check into your hotel and overnight in Çanakkale.
Day 2 – Gallipoli to Kuşadası via Troy and Pergamum (B & L)
07:30 Breakfast
08:00 Early start for the ancient city of Troy, famous with the legendary Trojan Horse
from the times of Beautiful Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and Paris, the Trojan
Prince.
13:00 We arrive at our lunch stop in Pergamum.
14:00 Followed by a tour of Pergamum, a magnificent acropolis with one of the steepest
amphitheatres in the world. Its impressive temples, library and medical facilities
made it a renowned cultural and political centre in its time. Now on display is the
magnificant acropolis. We continue onto Selçuk/Kuşadası where the tour finishes. |
