Gallipoli-Troy Tour

by berkay on October 23, 2009

DAY 1

06:30 Pick up from your hostel or hosel and drive to the World War I Battlefields of Gallipoli.
12:30 Arrive at lunch stop in Eceabat. After lunch, start to visit,

  • Kabatepe War Museum
  • 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 hostel. Check in and overnight. 

DAY 2

08:30 After breakfast, Pick up from your hotel for Troy Tour.Visiting,

  • 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.

At the end of the tour drive back to Istanbul and you will be droped off your hostel or hotel in Istanbul. 

Not 2: The price guoted above is per person in hostel acommodation. Also 3*, 4*, 5* hotels are available.
Not 1: End of the tour if you like to go to Selcuk or Kusadasi ,bus tickets are available.

Price : 115 euro per person.

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