Full-Day Gallipoli Anzac Day Tour from Istanbul with Lunch

Here is the starting point

Gallipoli Battlefield

• 06.00-06.30 Pick up from hotel in Taksim
• 06.30-07:00 Pick up from hotel in Sultanahmet( Old City)
• 12.00 Arrive in Eceabat for lunch
• 12.45 Depart for fully guided Gallipoli Tour
• We visit all important sites in Gallipoli which are mention below;
• Brighton Beach, was the main base and favourite swimming spot for Anzac troops during campaign.
• Beach Cemetery, contains the graves of over 300 Commonwealth soldiers including John Simpson.
• Anzac Cove, was the landings of ANZACS in the Gallipoli campaign on 25 April 1915.
• Ariburnu Cemetery, between the beach and the cliff under Plugge’s Plateau , contains 246 graves.
• Anzac Commemorative Site, where dawn services are held on Anzac Day, was built by the New Zealand and Australian governments and with the approval of the Turkish government.
• Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, is a sculpture depicting a Turkish soldier carrying an allied soldier.
• Lone Pine Australian Memorial, the name comes from a single pine tree which grew on the battlefield. It was destroyed, but the cones were collected and taken to Australia, then sent back to Gallipoli many years later.
• Johnston’s Jolly, was occupied by elements of the Australian 2nd Brigade on 25 April, accessed by a road that marks what was the thin strip of no man’s land between the Turkish and Allied trenches.
• Turkish 57. Infantry Regiment Cemetery, the 19th division commander Ataturk told his men: “I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. During the time before we die other forces and commanders will take our place”.
• The Nek, a narrow bridge of land and a vitally important position on the northern end of the Anzac front line and the scene of a tragic attack by the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at down on 7 August 1915.
• Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, which the Allies aimed to occupy because of its strategic location overlooking the peninsula. They failed and Mustafa Kemal became a hero.
• 17.30 End of the tour
• 18.00 Depart Back to Istanbul
• 23.00 Drop off to hotels in Istanbul