From: 85 € 102 €
06:00 am – 07:00 am ─ You will be picked up from your hotels in Istanbul. (Exact time will be given before the tour day.) You will be transferred to the Çanakkale.
12:30 ─ You will have delicious lunch at a local restaurant when we arrive in Eceabat.
13:00 ─ We will drive to the Gallipoli Battlefield area and the tour starts.
Our first destination will be Brighton Beach. In here, you can easily understand how WWI happened. Then, we will go to the Beach Cemetery. This cemetery contains the remains of allied powers who died during the war. Afterwards, we will proceed to ANZAC Cove. It is a small cove that allied powers landed on 25 April 1915. We will continue our tour by visiting Ari Burnu where so many hard battles happened. After that, we will go to Lone Pine Cemetary. It is one of the ANZAC war monuments in Gallipoli. We will go to Johnston’s Jolly which is another graveyard of allied troops. And we will go to Shrapnel Valley (in Turkish, Şarapnel Vadisi). In that valley, there are also graveyards of the allied troops and this valley is a critical point of Battle of Gallipoli. We move to the Turkish Memorial where Atatürk’s (commander of the Turkish army) amazing words written. To see remarks of the Gallipoli War, we will go to the Nek. Our last destination is Chunuk Bair where the allied armies started to attack on 7 August 1915.
17:00 ─ The Gallipoli day tour will be ended.
You will be transferred to Istanbul.
22:00 ─ You will arrive at your hotels in Istanbul.
End of the service.
Henry –
Fascinating historical tour! The trip was an all-day tour from Istanbul. I got picked up at 6.00 from my hotel in Taksim and join other tour participants then we were on the road by 7:00. On the way, we stopped for a quick snack, drink (own expense), and personal needs then when we got to Gallipoli we checked in at the tour office. Then had lunch before we set off for the tour. the lunch was Turkish food and they catered for me as a vegetarian and it was included. Lunch was an appetizer of soup, a main, and dessert. We stopped at a lot of historic spots along the journey like Anzac cove, Chanuk Bair, Lone Pine Memorial, and a heap of others that I cannot remember fully. Our day tour guide was super informative and made sure that he gave information about the Gallipoli campaign from both the Allied side and the opposition. The tour ended at about 5:30 pm and then we headed back to Istanbul. We got back at around 10:45 pm at the hotel in Istanbul. so make sure that you are prepared for a long day of learning and travel! I recommend this trip to anyone who has an interest in war history, it is a must.
Lillian –
We went on the day tour to Gallipoli from Istanbul with our best friends. It was an amazing day for us. our local tourist guide was extremely knowledgeable about the Gallipoli area and the battles that happened during WW1. In hindsight, I would have done the two-day tour, if just to not do the 4,5-hour drive twice in one day. That being said if you are short on time and can only do a day trip it is 100% worth it.
Sarah and Nichol –
Traveling from Istanbul to the Gallipoli war peninsula and back in one day, we knew it was going to be long but it was definitely worth it! Our tour guide Buse was humorous and knowledgable, explaining to us the perspectives from all sides of the war. Being Kiwis and Aussie, it is a massive part of our history and we had always wanted to visit the sites that we’d heard so much about. This was the best tour of our best group friends. We have been a short time in Turkey but we will come again soon. I would highly recommend!
Andrew Wright –
Thank you for your efort. I am realy happy tobook this tour with you. We had a great time with Hasan who was our tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and polite. All arrnagement were perfect such as as pick up breakfast and lunch. Thanks for everybody. Especialy Erkan for arrnaging this memorable tour for us. I hope to see you again soon for Cappadocia.
Archibald –
Saving Private Ryan was one of my favorite movies. Specialy the begining scene of the film was just stunning. I was wondering what kind a feeling susposed to being in that kind of situation on a a battlefield. Specialy as an Australian for who lost his grandfather at first world war. When i steped on Gallipoli Peninsula i realized that reality of war, far impressive than movies. Tour was great and guides were very knowledgeable. But the most important thing is how incredible the turkish people hospitality. Thank you for this unique experince and hope to see you guys again.