3 Days Anzac Day Tour Including Troy

3 days Anzac Day Dawn Service departs from Istanbul and the first day you will do a guided Gallipoli tour and stay overnight at the hotel. Next day you will have a guided Troy tour and you will stay in Anzac Cove under the stars as Anzacs did in 1915. You will have Dawn Service on 25 April.

23 April – Depart From Istanbul & Gallipoli Tour
Meal: Lunch
06:30/07:00 Pick up from hotels then drive to Gallipoli. We will stop on the way for breakfast (not included).
12:00 Arrive in Eceabat. We will have lunch in a local restaurant.
13:00 Depart for Gallipoli Tour. Today we will visit Gallipoli Peninsula where you will visit, 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 & Walker’s Ridge, Chunuk Bair (Main New Zealand memorial).
17:00 Tour ends and drive to the hotel. Check into the hotel. Overnight in Canakkale/Eceabat.

24 April – Troy Tour & Drive to Anzac Cove for Dawn Service
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
08:30 Depart for Troy Ancient City Tour. We will visit Troy ancient City and Trojan Horse. At the end of the tour.
11:00 Back to the Eceabat.
Free Afternoon
20:00 Depart from Eceabat then we drive up to Anzac Cove.
We will try to get there as soon as possible to get a good position for the ceremonies. When the gate opens we will get into the service area get a good position and spend a night in the Anzac Ceremonies Area.

25 April – Down Service & Drive Back To Istanbul.
Meal: Lunch box
05:30 Dawn Service will start in Anzac Cove.
After the Dawn Service Ceremony at Anzac Cove, we will walk to Lone Pine for the Australian Ceremony. There won’t be any buses in the ceremony area. That’s why we need to walk all the ceremonies area.

10:30 Australian National Ceremony at Lone Pine
After Australian National Ceremony walk on the main road to Cunuk Bair for New Zealander National Ceremony. While we are walking we will see the Johnston’s Jolly where are remains of Turkish and Anzac trenches, Steele’s and Courntney’s Post cemetery, Quinns Post Cemetery & 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial.

11:30 New Zealander National Ceremony at Cunuk Bair

After joining all the ceremonies, our buses will collect you from the road where you finish the last ceremony.
Afterwards, drive back to Istanbul and you will be dropped off in front of the Hagia Sophia Mosque & Museum in Sultanahmet Old City.