Compare 2 Days Gallipoli and Troy Tour From Istanbul by Ada Vegas Travel vs Anatolian Civilizations by Eskapas

Day 1: Istanbul – Gallipoli

You will leave Istanbul on an early morning transfer to Gallipoli. Upon your arrival you will visit the sights of the Gallipoli Battlefield, including Lone Pine, The Nek and Chunk Bair.

Subject of a 1981 film starring a young Mel Gibson, Gallipoli was the setting of the first major World War 1 battle undertaken by Australian and New Zealand troops. Both nations suffered terrible casualties and the battle marked a significant victory for the Turkish campaign against the Allies.

It is commemorated every year in April on Anzac Day. You can visit Anzac Cove where the Allied troops first landed, see the marble and bronze memorial monuments, and visit the poignant war cemeteries.

Continue to Canakkale for an overnight stay.

Day 2: Gallipoli – Istanbul

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel by your guide and driven to Troy. Once one of the most important cities in northwest Anatolia, today it sits in ruins on the plain of Ilium and is an archaeological wonderland.

Explore the ruins and learn about Greek Mythology, with only the impressive views across the Dardanelles and Mount Ida to distract you.

After the tour you will take a bus back to Istanbul where the trip ends when we drop you safely back to your hotel.

Day 1 

Arrive in Istanbul

Arrival to Istanbul . Meet with English speaking assistant at the airport . Transfer to the hotel for check in .

Overnight: Istanbul Meals: N/A

Day 2

Istanbul

Breakfast at the hotel . Drive from your hotel to Spice Market for shopping . Free time. Then meet and proceed to take 1,5 hrs  Bosphorus Cruise excursion along the Bosphorus , that is dividing the 2 continents Asia & Europe . During the excursion you will enjoy the beauty of Istanbul , with its forest , Palaces and wooden old houses built on both continents . Lunch at local restaurant . After lunch visit  Sultanahmet Mosque  (Blue Mosque) , and the famous Hagia Sophia Free time at  Grand Bazaar. 

Overnight: Istanbul Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 3

Istabul - Ankara

Breakfast at the hotel . Departure from the hotel to visit Topkapi Palace ( harem section entrance free is not included ) the house of the ottoman sultans . Departure from the hotel to Ankara – the capital of Turkey . Arrival to Ankara in early evening

Overnight: Ankara Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 4

Ankara - Cappadocia via Salt Lake

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to the capital of Turkey with the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations with an exhibition of Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Hittite, Phrygian Urartu etc & remains and the Ataturk Mausoleum, dedicated to the founder of the Turkish Republic. Departure for Cappadocia (290 km). Along the way, visit the  underground city built by Christian communities to protect themselves from Arab attacks. The underground city preserves the stables, common rooms, meeting room and small rooms for families. Arrival in the Cappadocia region. 

Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 5 

Cappadocia 

Breakfast at the hotel. Day dedicated to visiting this fantastic region with its spectacular fairy chimneys, unique in the world Goreme Valley , with its cave churches, with paintings from the 10th and 11th centuries; stop at the trogloyta village of Uçhisar , visit  Avcilar  which has a spectacular landscape, the  Derbent valley  with its curious natural rock formations and time for artisan workshops such as carpets and onyx-stones mounted on silver jewelry. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. 

Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 6 

Cappadocia- Sultanhani - Pamukkale

Breakfast and departure for Pamukkale (610 km). On the way, stop to visit the Sultanhan Caravanserail, Seljuk inn from the medieval era. Continuation to. Free time in Pamukkale "Cotton Castle", unique in the world with its natural pools of limestone hot springs and the petrified travertine waterfalls. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Overight: Pamukkale Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 7

Pamukkale – Ephesus – İzmir

Breakfast at the hotel. Exit for Selçuk-Efeso (200 km). Arrival and visit to the archaeological area of Ephesus, a city dedicated to Artemis. The Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celsus, the Agora, the Marble Street and the largest Theater of antiquity. Visit to the House of the Virgin, supposed last dwelling place of the Mother of Jesus. Stop at a leather production center and continue to Izmir (~ 85 km.), The third largest city in Turkey. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Overight: Izmir Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 

Izmir - Pergamon – Troy – Çanakkale

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for  Pergamon , the current Bergama (110 km). Arrival and visit to the ruins of  Asclepion , which was the most important hospital in Asia Minor, with its therapeutic center. Continuation to Troy (~ 190 km.). Visit to the famous archaeological city of history that evokes the poetic name of the Iliad saga of Homer. Continuation to Çanakkale (~ 25 km.). Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.

Overnight: Çanakkale Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9 

Çanakkale – Gallipoli – Anzac Cove – Istanbul

Breakfast. We will cross Dardanelles Strait by car ferry and continue to Gallipoli Peninsula. We will visit one of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli, including Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels, 57. Regiment Turkish Memorial,The Nek,Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. Arrival late (between 08:00 pm and 09:00 pm) to Istanbul transfer to your hotel. End of our services. 

Overnight: N/A Drop-off to your hotel Meals: Breakfast

Day 10 

Istanbul Departure

Breakfast . Transfer to airport and fly home .End of our services 

Overnight: N/A Meals: Breakfast ( If the pick up time for departure fligth permits )