The Spirit of Gallipoli Tour
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Highlights
- Spend 3 nights in the Gallipoli region sensitively exploring the whole campaign from the moving memorials on Cape Helles to the barren hills and rugged landscape surrounding Lone Pine
- Gain a deeper insight into the life of the diggers from our specialist Turkish Battlefield Tour Guide
- Pay your respects as part of a private morning commemoration at ANZAC Cove and gain an insight into the Turkish story in an evening presentation by a Turkish Historian
- Visit ANZAC Cove, Beach Cemetery, Lone Pine, Shrapnel Valley, Walker’s Ridge, the Nek and the surrounding trenches, Kabatebe Museum and the Commonwealth and Turkish Memorials on Cape Helles
- Spend 3 nights in exotic Istanbul and visit the Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Square, the Underground Cisterns, and Topkapi Palace
- Visit ancient Troy, explore the Grand Bazaar and enjoy Turkish tea in a historic Medrese
- 15 years experience operating Gallipoli Commemorative tours
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- All sightseeing, scenic drives, excursions and entrances as described in the itinerary
- Fully escorted by an experienced Turkish Tour Guide
- Travel in a first class air-conditioned touring coach
- End of tour tips to Turkish Tour Guide and driver
- 6 nights authentic, specially selected hotel accommodation
- Hotel porterage (1 bag per person)
- Arrival and departure airport transfers in Istanbul (Ataturk Airport only)
- Breakfast daily
- 5 dinners including welcome and farewell dinners in Istanbul
- Turkish tea in a historic Medrese, lunch at Kum Hotel on Gallipoli Peninsula
- Private commemoration at ANZAC Cove and evening presentation by a local Turkish historian
- Entrance fees to Topkapi Palace, Underground Cisterns, Kabatepe Museum & Troy
- Free WIFI available on most coaches and at hotels
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Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Dosso Dossi
You will be met at Istanbul Ataturk airport and transferred to your hotel. This evening join your fellow travelling companions and Turkish Guide for a traditional Turkish kebab dinner in a local restaurant.
Meals: Breakfast
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Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Departing Istanbul we drive to the Gallipoli Peninsula, where our ‘Gallipoli Campaign’ begins. After time at leisure for lunch in Gelibolu (Gallipoli town) we journey to Cape Helles on the remote tip of the Gallipoli peninsula. Here...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Our Gallipoli Campaign continues today. The peninsula is filled with cemeteries, a war museum and many memorials to the tragic events of 1915. As you enter this almost barren land, you can still sense the war and heartache th...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
A special day has been planned. Departing early we will cross the Dardanelles and gather under the early morning sun for a private wreath laying ceremony to commemorate the tragic events of 25th April 1915. Each member of our small g...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Dosso Dossi
Returning to Istanbul we visit the famous Grand Bazaar, a maze of 65 winding, covered streets and arguably the most famous ‘covered market’ in the world. In its 4,000 shops you will find Turkis...
Meals: Breakfast
Sadly your tour finishes this morning after breakfast with a transfer to Istanbul Ataturk airport.
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A non refundable deposit of $346 per person, per tour, is required to secure your place on each tour within 10 days of booking. Deposits represent a booking fee and are non-refundable and non transferable. Date changes will attract amendment fees. A non-refundable deposit of $70 per person is required to book any flights. Final balance is due 60 days prior to travel.
Single Supplements
Individual passengers can request us to match them in a twin share room with another individual of the same sex. Should a match not be found the single supplement will not be charged. Please Note: should you be ‘matched’ with another person we cannot be held responsible if the choice is not to your satisfaction. You must consider there will always be a certain risk of incompatibility. Smoking: any twin match must understand that the room must be treated as a non-smoking room. Also: Single rooms in European and Turkish Hotels are sometimes smaller than twin rooms. The Single Supplements represent a fee passed on to us by the Hotels.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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