This 2 day tour, starts and ends in Istanbul, Turkey. This tour starts with a Gallipoli Battlefields Tour which explores all the major battlefields of the ANZAC sector of the World War 1 Gallipoli campaign. Day 2 visits ancient Troy of Helen and Paris fame and scene of Homer's 'The Iliad', the battle of Troy and the Trojan Horse'. This tour is available in 3, 4 or 5 star acommodation.
Pick up between 6:15 am - 6:45 am from your hotel in the old city of Istanbul or Taksim, we then depart for an afternoon tour of Troy. Crossing the Dardanelles on the new 1915 Canakkale Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge. 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.