Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival Day
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul, Turkey, where you will be met at Istanbul airport and driven to your hotel.
Tonight you will meet with your professional guide and the rest of your group ( if you have chosen to do a small group tour).
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Hotel in Istanbul
Day 2: Istanbul City Tour and a Bosphorus Cruise
Stop At: Historic Areas of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkiye
After breakfast, you will get to enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, the Aya Sofya and the Hippodrome.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Carpet weaving has very long traditions in Turkey, and after lunch, we will get to learn how these remarkable carpets are made by hand and what determines their value before a leisurely cruise on the Bosphorous, the body of water that separates two continents.
Duration: 3 hours
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Accommodation included: Hotel in Istanbul
Day 3: Gallipoli and a BBQ Lunch
Stop At: Gallipoli National Park, Kabatepe Mevki Eceabat Merkez, Eceabat, Gallipoli 17900 Turkiye
Have a morning departure for the Gallipoli peninsula where you will enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch at Kabatepe before heading straight to the site of the dawn service to find a good spot for the long night ahead.
Duration: 4 hours
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Accommodation included: Overnight at ANZAC Cove
Day 4: ANZAC Day at Gallipoli
Stop At: Anzac Cove, 17900 Canakkale Province, Gallipoli Turkiye
Awake before sunrise ready for the ANZAC Dawn Service where you will become aware of the almost deafening and eerie silence as we commemorate our fallen forefathers on this special day.
We attend the Australian and/or the New Zealand Memorial services before a late afternoon drive back to Istanbul.
Duration: 4 hours
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Accommodation included: Hotel in Istanbul
Day 5: Departure Day
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
The tour concludes after breakfast, and you bid farewell to your new-found friends.
Duration: 1 hour
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No accommodation included on this day.