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11 hours
Daily Tour
28 people
ENG
See the landing beaches, World War I memorials and cemeteries of the Anzac Campaign on a full-day tour of Gallipoli from Istanbul.
Enjoy breakfast and lunch as you cross the Dardanelles en route, go to Johnston’s Jolly, and much more.
Travel back to the days of World War I as you explore the war memorials, battlefields, and landing sites of the Anzac Campaign in Gallipoli.
Following a pick-up from your hotel in Istanbul, transfer by air-conditioned vehicle across the Dardanelles. Stop for lunch on the roof of the Grand Eceabat Hotel in Eceabat.
Then, continue to Anzac Cove for the start of your afternoon tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Learn the story of the fateful campaign as you visit all the most important sites, such as Brighton Beach, the 1st intended landing site for troops of the New Zealand and Australian armies. Go to Beach Cemetery, the most famous of all the Anzac cemeteries, and see the grave of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, one of the best-known of the Anzac soldiers.
Look at the Anzac Commemorative Site at North Beach, below the sphinx where the dawn service is held on Anzac Day.
Take an optional walk to Shell Green Cemetery on the Artillery Road from the shoreline to Lone Pine, site of the main Australian cemetery in Gallipoli.
Go to Johnston’s Jolly to see where the Turkish and Allied trenches were within 30 feet of each other.
Stop at Chunuk Bair to see where the New Zealand troops put up an epic stand on 8 August 1915. At approximately 18:00, depart the Gallipoli Peninsula for the return transfer to Istanbul,
stopping for dinner along the way.
On tour you will visit:
Kabatepe War Museum
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)
Please tell us before tour if you would like us to research or locate an ANZAC grave. There are no registers out on the peninsula.
Gohan Zen