Tour Information




This is a 1ng 2 days trip to Troy and Gallipoli regions visiting Troy Ancient City on the first day and Helles Sector, the main landing region of the British troops, and the remaining parts of Gallipoli peninsula, focusing on the ANZAC landings and battlefields.

 

This is a regular group tour program taking place with a group of 15-20 people from different countries and places. You may or may not be together all the time throughout the program.

 

Private tour arrangements can also be made upon request. 


Day 1: Troy Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at around 06:00-06:15 in Taksim area or 06:30-07:00 in Sultanahmet area, then start driving for Troy Ancient City, which takes around 6 hrs' drive from Istanbul. You will stop on the way for a small breakfast break, then arrive at Eceabat at around 12:00 to meet with your guide and the rest of the group. You will have lunch with the group, then cross the Dardanelles and drive for Troy another 20-30 mins. You will be greeted by the model of Trojan Horse, stands as a symbol of the famous wooden horse used at the time. Then you will see the Sacrifical Altars, 3700-year-old city walls, Houses of Troy I (3000 BC-2500 BC), The Bouleuterion (Senate Building), The Odeon (Concert Hall), current excavations in progress and the remains of various cities from Troy I to Troy IX. After the tour, at around 17:00, you will drive back to Canakkale and check-in at your hotel. In the evening, you may go out for a walk through the city center, also having a chance to see the actual Trojan Horse prop used in the movie Troy, which is currently located by the coastline near the ferry port. Accommodation in Canakkale. (breakfast on the way, lunch before the tour)

 

Day 2: Helles Sector & Gallipoli Tour: (check out from hotel in the morning) You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:30 and cross the Dardanelles back to Gallipoli Peninsula. After a 20-min ferry ride, you will drive to Helles Sector, the main landing region of the British Troops during the Gallipoli Campaign. You will see Namazgah Battery, Rumeli Mecidiye Battery, the statue of Onbasi Seyit (Corporal Seyit) and hear about his unbelievable achievement, Memorial Summit of Alcitepe Hill (Achibaba) Turkish Memorial, French Cemetery, V Beach, Ertugrul Battery, Helles Memorial, Lancashire Landing Cemetery, X Beach, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery and Alcitepe (Krithia) Village. After the morning part, you will return back to Eceabat for lunch break for about 40 mins. After lunch, you will continue the trip with the ANZAC battlefields. You will see Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, parts of Turkish and ANZAC trenches standing up to date, 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. Your trip will end at around 17:30. Then you will start driving back to Istanbul for about 5 hrs' journey. You will be dropped off at your hotel at around 22:30. (breakfast at hotel, lunch on the tour)

 

Alternative arrangements can be made instead of returning back to Istanbul upon request.

 

Note that this tour cannot be arranged on April 24th and 25th due to Annual ANZAC Commemorations.

 

The price is 350  EUR per person, including:

- 1 night's BB accommodation in double/twin room at a 3* or equivalent quaility hotel

- 1 half-day regular group tour w/ professional guidance in English

- 1 full-day regular group tour w/ professional gudiance in English

- Lunch on the tours (except drinks)

- Entrance fees to the sites visited

- Transportation w/ A/C vehicles

 

The price excludes dinner, personal expenses and tips (optional).

 

If you are a single traveler, there will be an extra charge of 20 EUR.

 

Accommodation at 4* or 5* hotels can be arranged upon request.

 

Private tour arrangement: 

If you wish, you may also take this trip as private, with a vehicle and English-speaking guide reserved solely for yourselves.

 

The price for the private tour is 700 EUR per person, valid for a group of 2 people.

 

For groups of different number of people, please send us an inquiry.