Gallipoli Tour

We will pick you up from the hotel at 07.00 am pick up from your hotel. Then drive to Gallipoli, where World War I took place. Gallipoli is situated on the Dardanelles (Hellespont) Peninsula on the European side of Turkey. When WWI broke out, The Ottoman Empire took the German’s side and entered the war. The Allies failed to cross the Dardanelles then had another plan of landing on the Peninsula. On 25 April 1915, the first Anzac troops landed on Gallipoli then another war began between Turks, Australians, and New Zealanders.

We arrive in Gallipoli by noontime, and we will take lunch at a local restaurant then start the tour. We will drive to Brighton Beach to visit The Anzac Cove, where the Dawn Service is being held every 25 April. The Ariburnu Cemetery where the soldiers are lying side by side. The Beach Cemetery, the grave of John Simpson. The Lone Pine, Australian memorial. Johnston’ Jolly, the real trenches of the Turks and Australians. 57th Regiment, the Turkish memorial. The Nek and the Chunuk Bair, the New Zealander’s Memorial.

After the Gallipoli Tour, you will be driven back to the hotel.

Note: Lunch at a local restaurant.