This 5 day tour, starts and ends in Istanbul, Turkey. In Istanbul visit the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome, then a more in depth visit of the Gallipoli battlefields over 2 days, a visit of Troy before heading back to Istanbul.
Welcome to Istanbul, where you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is yours free to explore.
Visit the most important popular sites of Istanbul in one full day tour.
St. Sophia (also known as Hagia Sophia and Aya Sofya), Byzantine Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace (including Hagia Irene and the Harem, closed Tuesdays, replaced with Dolmabahce Palace) and Grand Bazaar. We also visit a carpet display room and learn how carpets are made by hand.
We depart along the coast of the Sea of Marmara, crossing the Dardanelles on the new 1915 Canakkale Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, for our afternoon tour of Troy. After visiting the newly built Troy Museum, we step back in time today as we visit Troy, famous for the legendary Trojan Horse from the times of beautiful Helen, the Queen of Sparta, and Paris, the Trojan Prince.
This morning we then depart for our tour of Gallipoli. The World War I battlefields of Gallipoli are now a serene site. Visit the Lone Pine Australian Memorial and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, ANZAC Cove, Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Johnston's Jolly (where you'll visit original Allied and Turkish trenches and tunnels), 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial and The Nek. Return to Istanbul.
After breakfast our tour concludes and we say goodbye to our new friends and are transferred to the airport for your onward flight.