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Day 1 - Arrival Istanbul
Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in
Istanbul
Day 2 - Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
After
breakfast
pick up from your hotel to visit Imperial Palace of
Topkapi,
from which Ottoman Sultans ruled their grand empire
for over 400 years, with
Treasury section included. Following a lunch
break in the old town, you will visit the
Hagia Sophia,
a 5th century church, once the greatest in all the world.
The next stop is at the
Blue Mosque
renowned for its striking blue Iznik tiled interior.
Afterwards, visit the ancient
Roman
Hippodrome and the world-famous
Grand Bazaar
- a shopper's paradise of over 4000 authentic
shops. Overnight in
Istanbul
Day 3 - Bosphorus Cruise & Two Continents Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
After
breakfast
pick up from your hotel to visit
Spice Market and
followed by a boat cruise through the
Bosphorus,
the strait dividing the European and Asian
continents, Following lunch break in the afternoon, visit
the luxuriously opulent
Dolmabahce Palace, the last
residence of the sultans. A drive to the Asian part of
Istanbul crossing the Intercontinental Bosphorus bridge to
visit Camlica Hill
The highest point where you can overlook Istanbul
and take nice pictures. Overnight in Istanbul
Day 4 - Gallipoli Tour
Breakfast and Lunch Included
Pick up at 06:30
from your hotel and departure for Gallipoli which is 5 hours
drive from Istanbul. We will visit;
Kabatepe Museum, which contains relics from
the campaign including original diary extracts and letters,
Brighton Beach, the
intended landing place. Lunch, Beach Cemetery on the
southern tip of Anzac Cove,
the landing place of the first wave of Australian and New
Zealand troops and home to up to 30.000 troops during the
campaign, Lone Pine
Australian Memorial, site
of the successful attack and capture of Turkish trenches by
the Australians during the August offensive,
Johnston’s Jolly where
you will visit the original Allied and Turkish trenches and
tunnels, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New
Zealand Memorial, captured by the New Zealanders
during the August offensive. Return back to Istanbul late in
the evening and transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
Day 5 - Leaving Istanbul
Breakfast Included
Transfer
to airport two hours before your flight. End of your service. |
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