12
DAY ANZAC TOUR: £299
pp based on two sharing a twin bedded 3 star hotel room, for passengers
who are travelling alone and don’t want to share the room, (single
supplement is 25%)
AT A GLANCE:
The 12 day Anzac pilgrimage tour is particularly the favourite ANZAC
DAY TOUR because it’s the pilgrimage and a holiday tour, all
in 12 days'. Includes 3 star hotels, breakfast and dinners (outside
Istanbul) Guided tours of Turkey's favourite sights...and attending
the AWESOME DAWN PARADE at the Gallipoli on the 25th April... No other
‘longer tour’ offers this much for so less...!
If you have more days you could also book extra nights accommodation
in Istanbul before the 22nd or after the 3rd - only an extra £14
pp/pn (3 star hotels with breakfast).
Starts Istanbul - ends Istanbul
3 star hotels (no cheap hostels, no camp sites), modern coaches, Bosphorous
cruise (Istanbul) Anzac info booklet and Gallipoli map. Professional
guides travel with you all the way, site seeing of Troy and Pergamum.
Ephesus, Cotton castles of pamukalle, Whirling dervishes of Konya
and then Anitkabir in Ankara (mausoleum of Ataturk) and then back
to Istanbul. 24/7 help line in Turkey.
FULL
ITINERARY:
Day 1: 22.04.04
Arriving 2 Istanbul > Getting to your hotel > check in.
First part
During the 22nd April (between 10.30am - 23.30
hrs) a GOTURKISH representative will be at meeting point 1 at the
arrivals section at Istanbul Airport (arrival times of Turkish airways).The
representative is available to greet you into Istanbul and assist
you with directions to your hotel. Getting to your hotel from the
airport (tell you in plain and simple English the ‘easiest and
cheapest ways to your hotel’ / by airport coach, by taxi, by
train).
It’s easy and cheap getting to the hotels.
Airport to hotel is only 20 - 25 min by taxi, 30 min by airport train.
Cost approx. is only £5-£10 pp (depending on the size
of the group. The cost is about £10 for single travellers travelling
alone who take a taxi).
Day
2: 23.04.04
Istanbul > Free day to visit the famous sites
and sounds of Istanbul
The hotels we use are no more than approx. 30min (2-5 minutes by tram).
walking distance to most of the famous tourist sites like the Byzantium
Hippodrome / Blue Mosque / Hagia Sophia / Topkapi Palace / Grand Bazaar
- hotels usually have enough maps)
Don’t forget … Turkish Anzac
Gala night at the famous Chakil restaurant on the night of the 23rd
of April:
At approx 20.00 we pick you up at your hotel 4 the Turkish - Anzac
Gala night. They'll be a 3 course meal, 2 belly dancers, folklore
dancers from different regions of Turkey, entertainers, live music
- and first glass of local wine is free.
The Gala Ball is at the Chakil 'The most famous show house in Istanbul'...No
tickets at door, (the normal door price is $70 USD our special price
is only £20 pp). Please come to enjoy the belly dancers, folklore
dancers, the dervishes.
Day
3 - 24.04.04
Istanbul - Bosphorous cruise - Gallipoli town - Gallipoli peninsula
First
part
07.00-09.30 Breakfasts at hotel – Be ready
to leave your hotel at about 11am.
At approx.12.00 hr. we go on a fantastic Bosphorus Cruise (one and
a half hrs)
When our cruise ends we board our coaches for Gallipoli, we then start
our drive to Gallipoli.
Second part
Arrival to Gallipoli Town is approx. 20.00 hr.
Gallipoli town is a small town approx. 10km from the Gallipoli peninsula.
We allow you guys about one-one and half hours free time to have drink,
grab some food (loads of kebab stalls and restaurants)
Third part
At approx. 22.00 hr. we leave the town and go
straight to the peninsula and grab front row spots for the dawn services.
By about midnight they’ll be thousands of Anzac pilgrims at
the peninsula.
You'll
have your Gallipoli site plan with you - bring a torch and dress warm
it’s a good idea to bring a sleeping bag too! The dawn parade
is at 05.30 am;
Day 4 - 25.04.04
TODAY IS ANZAC DAY GALLIPOLI > SERVICES >
Eceabat
First part
At 22 - 23.00 hr. our coaches will take you to the sight of the dawn
parade or (OUR TIP: grab the best seating spots at Gallipoli as soon
as we get there. take a sleeping bag / or warm floor blanket / bring
an umbrella / small torch ) You’re now at Gallipoli. It's dark,
cold just as it was 89 years ago...
Second part
You'll attend the dawn service - between 05.00 - 05. Australians then
go to Lone Pine (Australian service area… 12.00 - 12.40. so
in reality you have at least 5 hours to wonder around and explore
trenches and other memorial sites. New Zealanders are advised to head
for Chunuk Bair, again, take this opportunity to explore the trenches,
memorial sights and whole atmosphere at Gallipoli. The services at
Chunuk Bair start at 13.40.
Third part
We will meet up at our rendezvous point at 15.00
hr and depart for Ayvalik via Troy, according to the 3rd century AD
writer Philostratus, Troy was haunted by the ghosts of the great heroes
who had lived, fought and died there, after Troy you go to Ayvalik
and check into our 3 star beach resort hotel, buffet dinner is available
at our beach hotel.
(buffet ‘self serve’ dinner at hotel is included –
drinks available to purchase)
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Day
5: 26.04 .04
Ayvalik - Pergamon - Kusadasi
After Breakfast we Transfer to Pergamon. Visit Pergamum, the famous
Acropolis and the Asclepion. The Acropolis and Asclepion, Pergamum is
famous for its temple of Zeus, The Trojaneum and the theatre are still
here, After we transfer back to Kusadasi. Evening arrival to the Grand
Efe hotel (3 star sea side hotels) and Check in.
(breakfast at Ayvalik, dinner ‘self serve buffet’ dinner
at Kusadasi is included)
Day
6: 27.04.04
Kusadasi – Ephesus – Temple of Artemis
(one of the 7 wonders of the world)
After breakfast, we continue our sightseeing as we visit the fantastic
ruins of Ephesus, positively the best-preserved classical city in the
eastern Mediterranean, and among the best places in the world to get
a feel for what Roman life must have been like! The evening is free
to do as you wish. Go for a stroll on grand efe’s private beach
Overnight-Kusadasi.
(breakfast and dinner at hotel is included)
Day
7: 28.04.04
Kusadasi – Pamukkale
Transfer to Pamukkale. We visit the famous calcium terraced pools of
Pamukkale, a natural phenomena and gift of Mother Nature. Pamukkale
was formed when warm, calcium rich mineral water cascaded over the cliff
edge, cooling and depositing in the process, enjoy a very pleasant dip
at the Pamukkale Thermal, with its submerged fragments of fluted marble
columns in the centre of the Roman town of Hierapolis.
(breakfast and dinner at hotel is included)
Day
8: 29.04.03
Pamukkale - Konya - Cappadocia
After breakfast, we drive inland to Konya. On the fringe of Central
Anatolia lies Konya, it is one of the oldest and cities in the world,
in Konya, we have lunch and visit the Mevlana Museum, the former lodge
of the Whirling Dervishes. Leaving Konya, we drive onwards to Cappadocia.
Along the way, we have a chance to visit Overnight-Cappadocia region.
(Breakfast and dinner at hotel is included)
Day 9: 30.04.04
Cappadocia – Cappadocia - Cappadocia
Today we introduce you to the lunar landscape of Cappadocia at Dervent
Valley, then we head on to Zelve open air museum, which is one of the
earliest inhabited and latest abandoned monastic settlements of Cappadocia,
seeing the best examples of the Pasabag fairy chimneys, we drive further
to Avanos, where we stop for a while or you can have lunch at a local
restaurant. Goreme open air museum is where we visit the rock carved
churches and colourful frescoes. We end the day hiking up to the top
of Uchisar castle, giving us a breathtaking panorama. Dinner and overnight
in Cappadocia.
(breakfast and dinner at hotel is included)
Day
10: 01.05.04
Cappadocia - Ankara
Breakfast Transfer to Ankara and visit the Mausoleum of Ataturk. Check
in to the hotel. Overnight Ankara
(Breakfast at hotel is included)
Day
11: Sun 02.05.04
Ankara – Istanbul
Free morning, in the afternoon we drive back 2 Istanbul (5-6hrs) Check
into our 3 star hotels, free evening in Istanbul.
(Breakfast at hotel is included)
Day
12: 03.05.04
Istanbul – end after breakfast.
Breakfast - end of tour
(breakfast at hotel is included)
Extra
night’s accommodation to suit your flight schedule.
Pre / post accommodation is available (hotel accommodation before the
23rd of April)
What’s
included?
• 10 night in 3 star hotel accommodation
• how to get to your hotel guide sheet
• 10 Breakfast
• Istanbul tourist map – Istanbul guide book
• Travel helpers on coach
• Bosphorous cruise
• Transfer 2 Gallipoli
• Full Gallipoli site plan / history notes - descriptive and colour
• Sightseeing of Troy – trosian horse, troy museum, Ephesus,
cotton castles, Anitkabir
• Sightseeing of Pergamum, Acropolis and the Asclepion
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