Travel Itinerary   

 

Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul  

Welcome to Istanbul. Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. We meet you at Istanbul Airports and transfer you to your Hotel  located in the Old City area-Sultanahmet. According to your arrival time you can either check in to the hotel and relax or do an orriantation walking tour around the  Hippodromme Square  yourself.

Overnight in Istanbul

 

Day 2: Istanbul – Old City Half Day Tour(Morning)   (B,L)

After having breakfast at the Hotel, Our guide meets you  and We  start our day trip around 09:00 am

We see how old meets new when you visit  Istanbul's "must-see" historic sites. The sites include :

Ancient Hippodrome, once the sporting ground of chariots and political riots, and see the Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column and Fountain of Wilhelm II.

Then visit the Blue Mosque, designed with 6 delicate minarets and a striking blue Iznik tiled interior.

Visit the main sights around Sultanahmet Square, including the famous Hagia Sophia Museum, once the largest church in the world for 1000 years, and decorated with stunning 6th century golden mosaics.

Tour ends at 13:00 , return to hotel or free time for the Afternoon discoveries.

Overnight in Istanbul

 

Day 3: Bosphorus - Half Day Tour( Morning or Afternoon)   (B,L)

This tour starts after breakfast, when you are picked up from the hotel or port by our private guide. Proceed to the mouth of the Golden Horn, to explore the bustling Egyptian Spice Market of 17th century origin - a colorful bazaar heaped with spices, Turkish sweets, dried foods and much more. Next we take a Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip * (2 hr boat ride) up Istanbul's winding straits for a chance to relax and admire the shoreline of beautiful mosques, lavish palaces and decadent villas - you'll see Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, Ottoman summer mansions and Ortakoy mosque, the defensive Rumeli Fortress and Bosphorus Bridge - one of the world's largest suspension bridges, all alongside passing fishing boats, yachts, huge cargo ships and tankers. End of tour return to hotel or free time for the Afternoon discoveries.

Overnight in Istanbul

 

Day 4 : Gallipoli Tour  (B,L)

Gallipoli Daily Tour- Istanbul to Gallipoli

Pick up from the hotel at 06:30 am in Istanbul and drive to Gallipoli National Park. Lunch en route. Tour to;

Kabatepe War Museum is located within the Gallipoli Historic National Park there's an exhibit of photographs of soldiers, their uniforms, weapons, and other findings from the battlefields.

Anzac Cove is a small cove on the Gallipoli peninsula. It became famous as the landing site and main base of Anzac’s during the World War I  in 1915.

The Lone pine with its sweeping views over the Aegean and down the Gallipoli peninsula, Turks and Australians lived, fought and died.

Chunuk Bair Heights is one of the three high points on the Sari Bair range. These were the main objectives of the Anzacs' offensive of early August 1915 when they tried to break out of the stalemate with the Turks in the Anzac sector.

Original tunnels and trenches at Johnston Jolly, New Zealander Memorial, the Nek Cemetery, Brighton Beach and more..

End of tour transfer to hotel .Overnight in Canakkale.

 

Day 5: Troy & Pergamon Tour  (B,L)

After  having  breakfast , Pick up from the hotel at 08:30 am  and travel to Troy .

Visit the archaeological site of this 5000 years old city, Troy is the legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. We see the Megaron houses, a small roman Theatre & Bouletarion, city walls, small site museum and a reconstructed wooden horse.

Lunch en route.

Pergamon early in the morning to see  High City –Acropolis with the Sanctuary of Trajan  & Athena, Library, The Hellenistic Theater with a seating capacity of 10,000.Lunch in downtown Bergama in a faily restaourant.Than we drive 3 km down from hill to see; Asclepion which was known as the first place of medical science. Notable structures in the Asclepion include the Roman theater ,Stoa, Temple of Asclepius, an underground passageway . Drive to Canakkale.After Check in to hotel we walk the shores of Dardanels and see the Trojan Horse

End of tour , continue to Selcuk(Ephesus)

Overnight in Selcuk or Kusadasi

* For Day 6 , Stay in Selcuk and do Ephesus tour or continue to Samos and Greek Islands by ferry from Kusadasi.