Gallipoli & Troy Tours from Istanbul

Gallipoli Tours from Istanbul

Gallipoli battlefields are where the fate of nations rewritten.

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Gallipoli Tours from Istanbul

For a millenium, the slender peninsula that forms the northwestern side of the Dardanelles, across the strait from Çanakkale, has been key to Istanbul: any navy that could break through the strait had a good chance of capturing the capital of the Eastern European world. Many fleets have tried to force open the strait, but most, including the might Allied Armada mustered in WWI, have failed.

Antipodeans and many Britons won’t need an introduction to Gallipoli. The peninsula is the backbone of the ‘Anzac legend’ -created when an Allied campaign to knock Ottoman Empire out of WWI and open a relief route to Russia turned into one of the fiascoes of the war. By the end of the campaign 130,000 men were dead, a third from Allied forces and the rest Turkish.

Gallipoli Star
Gallipoli Star

Gelibolu Peninsula Historical National Park was established to honor the 500,000 soldiers who gave their lives on Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli. In 1915, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, commander of the Turkish Army, led a successful campaign to drive out the allied powers from the area. 

Today the Gallipoli battlefields are peaceful places, covered in brush and pine forests. But the battles fought here a century ago are still alive in many memories, both Turkish and foreign, especially in those of Australians and New Zealanders, who view the peninsula as a place pilgrimage.

Gallipoli Tour Highlights & Itinerary

You can customize this tour by replacing the tour days and/or including/excluding sights from the itinerary. Please contact us to tailor this tour to suit your needs.

DAY 1 - ISTANBUL TO CANAKKALE
You will be picked up from your hotel in Istanbul for a morning drive to Canakkale. After 5 hours drive, around 12:00, we will have lunch before the Gallipoli Battlefields tour.
Gallipoli Battlefields Tour
Kabatepe War Museum, hosts numerous relics from the campaign, including weapons, ammunition, uniforms, photographs, letters written by the soldiers to their families, and private belongings such as shaving tools, cocoa cases, leather flasks and so on.

Brighton Beach; Southern ANZAC sector, this beach stretching southwards from Hell Spit to the promontory of Kaba Tepe ahead of you. Got the same name with the beach at the East of Melbourne.

Beach Cemetery; This is among the best known and renowned of the ANZAC Cemeteries, possibly because here is the grave of the best known of all the ANZAC soldiers –Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick (the man with the donkey).

ANZAC Cove; The first point which is the landing site of the ANZACs. Following the landing at ANZAC Cove, the beach became the main base for the Australian and New Zealander troops for the eight months of the Battle of Gallipoli.

ANZAC Commemoration Site; The new site with, with its informal low stone walls, paths to the beach and information panels has become a focal point for visitors to this heritage area of special significance to Australians and New Zealanders.

Lone Pine Australian Memorial; The Lone Pine Cemetery and memorial at the Nek stand in memory of the 4228 Australian and 708 New Zealand soldiers known to have lost their lives during the battles.

Johnston’s Jolly; You will walk in the original ANZAC trench at Johnston’s Jolly, near to the cemetery. Used by Australian troops, it is located between the trees to the west of Conkbayiri road.

57th Regiment Turkish Memorial; Dedicated to the memory of the soldiers of the 57th Regiment, this memorial is dedicated to those who carried out Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s legendary military order; “I do not order you to attack but to die”.

The Nek; was a small World War I battle fought as part of the Gallipoli campaign. The Nek was narrow stretch of ridge in the ANZAC battlefield on the Gallipoli peninsula (as depicted in Mel Gibson’s movie of 1981).

Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial; The main New Zealand Memorial. Chunuk Bair was one of the most important scenes of battle and peak of the Sari Bair range of the Gallipoli battlefield.

If you book one day Gallipoli tour from Istanbul, we will take you back to your hotel in Istanbul.
DAY 2: ANCIENT CITY OF TROY
Troy, with its 4.000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the World. In scientific terms, its extensive remains are the most significant demonstration of the first contact between Anatolian Civilizations and the Mediterranean world. Moreover, the siege of Troy by Spartan and Achaean warriors from Greece in the 13th or 12th centuries BCE., immortalized by Homer in the Illiad, has inspired great creative artists throughout the World ever since.

The archaeologic site of Troy is of immense significance in the understanding of the development of European Civilizations at a crucial stage in its early development. It is, moreover, of exceptional cultural importance because of the profound influence of Homer’s Iliad on the creative arts over more than a millenia.

You will see and learn about; the Trojan Horse, Helen of Troy, the Trojan Wars, Sacrificial altars, the 3700 years old city walls, House of Troy 1 (3.000 BCE – 2.500 BCE), the Bouletarium (Senate building), the Odeon (concert hall), the battle between Achilles and Hector, current excavations in progress and remains of the various settlements from Troy I through to Troy IX.

At the end of the tour we take you back to your hotel in Istanbul.

Gallipoli Tour Packages from Istanbul

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  • star rating  Had a wonderful time seeing Istanbul as a first time visitor with guide Osman Ozmen. He was knowledgeable, personable, and spoke English well! We were able to customize the itinerary... read more

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    1 May 2021
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