Upon your arrival to Istanbul, our representative will be waiting for you with your name sign.5 days Istanbul Gallipoli Tours Package starts by meeting our representative at the Ataturk Airport or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. After meeting, you will be transfered to your hotel. Check in to hotel and you will have free afternoon and evening for relaxing after flight journey or you can go out and check around.
Today is first day tour of Istanbul Gallipoli tours package. After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and start Istanbul day tour. Our first visit will be The Ancient Hippodrome where you will see the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Bronze Serpentine Column and the German Fountain of Wilhelm II. Then we will walk toward Blue Mosque, which was built in the 16th century, famous for its magnificent interior decoration of the blue Iznik tiles. Then, we will visit Hagia Sophia Museum, considered a 7th wonders of the World. We are going to visit Grand Bazaar before lunch, one of the oldest and biggest bazaars in the world with more than 4,000 shops. After having lunch in a local restaurant, we will visit Topkapi Palace, the great palace of Ottoman Sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. After all, our last visit will be Little Hagia Sophia Mosque, which is known as one of the oldest standing churches in Istanbul.At the end of the tour, you will be dropped off at your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and takken to meeting point. We start Istanbul Tour by driving along the Byzantine City Walls that surround the Old City. Then we will reach Golden Horn, the river that separates European side into two parts.Stop in Spice Bazaar, where you can buy Turkish delight, apple tea, turkish tea etc. Then we will embark to the boat and start for Bosphorus Cruise until the second bridge.While we are cruising on Bosphorus you will see Dolmabahce Palace, Rumeli Fortress and many other houses and palaces on European and Asian Side of Istanbul from the boat. After the cruise we come back to the port and we go to a restaurant for lunch.After lunch, we get on the bus and cross the Bosphorus Bridge to get to the Asian Side.We will visit Beylerbeyi Palace,the summer house of Ottoman Sultans.Then drive to Camlica Hill which is the highest point in Istanbul.You will have the best view of the city on that hill. At the end of tour, you will be droped off your hotel. Third day of Istanbul Gallipoli tours package will be finished. Overnight at your hotel.
Today, you will wake up early morning. You will be picked up from your hotel between 06:30 and 07:00 then drive to Galipoli via Tekirdag where we stop for coffe and rest. Tekirdag is famous for its meatball and Turkish raki. Afterwards, continue to drive Gallipoli.Upon arrival, we will have lunch. After having lunc in local restaurant, we drive to Gallipoli National Park where the World War I happened. We will visit 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). While you are visiting World War I memorial, tunels, trenches, cemeteries, your engilsh speaking tour guide will accompany you and explain all the history of World War I history and Gallipoli Peninsula History. Tour finshes aroun 16:30 then you will be transferred back to Istanbul and overnight at your hotel in Istanbul.
You can extend yourIstanbul package with additional night(s) in Istanbul and Istanbul tours or transfer directly on to Istanbul Airport for return international flight.