Gallipoli Day Trip from Istanbul

Pick up from your hotel (located central in istanbul) by air-conditioned non-smoking tour coaches early in the morning from your hotel to go to Gallipoli, after arrive on the tour we will visit ;

 

Brighton Beach, was the main base and favourite swimming spot for Anzac  troops during campaign.

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Beach Cemetery, contains the graves of over 300 Commonwealth soldiers including John Simpson.

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Anzac Cove, was the landings of ANZACS in the Gallipoli campaign on 25 April 1915.

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Ariburnu Cemetery, between the beach and the cliff under Plugge’s Plateau , contains 246 graves

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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.

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Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, is a sculpture depicting a Turkish soldier carrying an allied soldier.

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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.

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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.

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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”.

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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.

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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.

 

End of tour return back Istanbul and transfer to your hotel in Istanbul,