Gallipoli & ANZAC Day 2019 - Budget Tour
Day 1 : Sunday 24th April -
Istanbul to Gallipoli
Early morning departure from Istanbul to visit the
breathtaking WW1 battlefields in Gallipoli
Peninsula. The tour bus will stop at a convenient
place along the way for shopping food and other needs of
tour participants Upon arrival to
Gallipoli our group head straight to Anzac Cove to secure the
best spot on the grass for the long night waiting ahead of us.
Spending the night under the stars with thousands of people
will surely be a unique experience.
Day 2 : Monday 25th April -
ANZAC Day at Gallipoli
The crowd will wake before the sun rise to attend the emotional
ANZAC Day Dawn Service in memory of the soldiers who died
during the war while fighting for their country. The emotional
moments will peak when a deafening silence will encompass the
whole peninsula while commemorating our fallen forefathers.
After dawn service we will visit Lone Pine or Chunuk Bair to
attend the Australian or New Zealand Memorial Services. In the
afternoon we will return to tour bus and drive back to
Istanbul.
(B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner)
Prices: 295 Euro per person
Tour includes :
English-speaking
tour guide along the tour period.
Transportation in new model, air-conditioned, non-smoking bus
Commemorative gifts
Tour does not include :
Optional activities suggested by tour guides
Tips for driver and guide
Entrance fees and meals.
Compulsory travel insurance.
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see available toursANZAC Day Ephesus Trooper Extended Tour
Day 1 - 24th April, 2019 -
Istanbul to Gallipoli (B, L)
Early morning departure from Istanbul to visit the breathtaking
WWI battlefields in Gallipoli Peninsula. Upon arrival to
Gallipoli we will visit Turkish Memorials, Cape Helles, British
memorial and V Beach. You will have the chance for some rest
during BBQ lunch before heading to Dawn Service area.. Spending
the night under the stars with thousands of people will surely
be a unique experience.
Day 2 - 25th April, 2019 - ANZAC
Day at Gallipoli (D)
The crowd will wake before the sun rise to attend the emotional
ANZAC Day Dawn Service in memory of the soldiers who died
during the war while fighting for their country. The emotional
moments will peak when a deafening silence will encompass the
whole peninsula while commemorating our fallen forefathers.
After dawn service we will visit Lone Pine or Chunuk Bair to
attend the Australian or New Zealand Memorial Services. In the
afternoon we will cross the Dardanelles straight to settle our
hotel in downtown Canakkale
Hotel in Canakkale.
Day 3 - 26th April, 2019 - Troy & Pergamon Tours.
(B, D)
After breakfast we will visit the ancient city of Troy which
was the home of famous Trojan Horse. From there we will drive
on to
Pergamon; one of the most significant cultural centers in
Asia Minor under the ruling of Roman Empire. It was competing
with Ephesus wit its magnificent acropolis, impressive temple
and library.
Hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 4 - 27th April, 2019 - Ephesus & Sirince Village (B,
D)
After breakfast be ready for a guided tour of Ephesus
and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis . After
visiting the magnificent ancient city and the theatre before
we will be continuing to the beautiful Sirince village very famous for
its wines and traditional houses. .
Hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 5 - 28th April, 2019 - Pamukkale, Hierapolis Tour
(B, D)
A miracle of Nature (Pamukkale) and one of the most prominent
city of ancient times (Hierapolis) are just next to each other
waiting to be discovered by you. You must not miss this !
Visiting the amazing white colored travertines, hot spring
pools and water terraces have been created by nature in
millions of years on the mountain slopes of Pamukkale and the
ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest ancient
Necropolis in present Turkey with 1200 gravestones.
Hotel in Pamukkale.
Day 6 - 29th April, 2019 - Bursa, Istanbul
(B)
Today you head back to Istanbul, passing through Bursa, which
is the first capital city of Ottoman Empire. We will visit the famous Green Mosque and explore
the Silk Bazaar.
Return to Istanbul late in the evening.
Price: Please ask
Tour Includes :
Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of
the tour
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle
Commemorative gift
Tips except driver and guide
Meals as indicated (B = breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner)
Accommodation in below hotels
- 4* Iris Hotel in Canakkale
- Ilayda Avantgarde Boutique Hotel in Kusadasi
- 5* Colossae Thermal Hotel in Pamukkale
or similar quality hotels
Tour does not include :
Optional activities suggested by tour guides
Tips for driver and guide
Compulsory travel insurance.
Anzac Day is a national day
of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, and is
commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honor
members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. It now
more broadly commemorates all those who died and served in
military operations for the country. Anzac Day is also observed
in the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.
Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military
action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the
First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and
New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs.
Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions
of both Australia and New Zealand. This is a rare instance of
two sovereign countries not only sharing the same remembrance
day, but making reference to both countries in its name.
Anzac Day was gazetted as a public holiday in New Zealand in
1920, through the Anzac Day Act, after lobbying by the New
Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association,the RSA. In Australia at
the 1921 State Premiers' Conference, it was decided that Anzac
Day would be observed on 25 April each year. However, it was
not observed uniformly in all the States.
With the coming of the Second World War, Anzac Day became a day
on which to commemorate the lives of Australians and New
Zealanders lost in that war as well and in subsequent years.
The meaning of the day has been further broadened to include
those killed in all the military operations in which the
countries have been involved.
Dawn service
After the First World War, returned soldiers sought the
comradeship they felt in those quiet, peaceful moments before
dawn. With symbolic links to the dawn landing at Gallipoli, a
dawn stand-to or dawn ceremony became a common form of Anzac
Day remembrance during the 1920s.
In Turkey the name "ANZAC Cove" was officially recognized by
the Turkish government on Anzac Day in 1985. In 1934, Kemal
Ataturk delivered the following words to the first Australians,
New Zealanders and British to visit the Gallipoli battlefields.
This was later inscribed on a monolith at Ari Burnu Cemetery (
ANZAC Beach ) which was unveiled in 1985 and the words also
appear on the Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Canberra:
"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives. You
are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest
in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies And the
Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country
of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away
countries... Wipe away your tears ! Your sons are now lying in
our bosom and are in peace after having lost their lives on
this land they have become our sons as well."
In 1990, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing,
Government officials from Australia and New Zealand as well as
most of the last surviving Gallipoli veterans, and many
Australian and New Zealand tourists travelled to Turkey for a
special Dawn Service at Gallipoli. The Anzac Day Gallipoli Dawn
Service has since attracted upwards of 15,000 people. Until
1999, the Gallipoli Dawn Service was held at the Ari Burnu War
Cemetery at Anzac Cove, but the growing numbers of people
attending resulted in the construction of a more spacious site
on North Beach, known as the "Anzac Commemorative Site" in time
for the year 2000 service.