2012 ANZAC Day Tours
'ANZAC Day Tour - The Digger Tour'
6 - Day itinerary
Day 1
Saturday 21st April
Welcome to Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul, where you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Tonight, meet your guide and the rest of your group.
Overnight Istanbul
4 star
Hotel to be advised
Day 2
Sunday 22nd April
Istanbul Old City ![View our Istanbul video [5.9 kb 1:31 mins]](../vids/images/Istanbul.jpg)
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, the Aya Sofya, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and after lunch we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value. Tonight don’t miss the optional Turkish Folklore evening.
Overnight Istanbul
4 star
Hotel to be advised
(B)
Day 3
Monday 23rd April
Gallipoli Battlefields ![View our Gallipoli video [8.5 kb 2:10 mins]](../vids/images/Gallipoli.jpg)
Depart for the Gallipoli peninsula early morning and tour this now serene site. Visiting original trenches and tunnels and ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, Johnston's Jolly and The Nek before a short ferry ride across the Dardanelles.
Overnight Çanakkale
4 star
Hotel to be advised
(B, L, D)
Day 4
Tuesday 24th April
Troy ![View our Troy video [1.9 Kb 0:28 mins]](../vids/images/Troy.jpg)
Today we visit the archaeological ruins of Troy. We then cross the Dardanelles, once we arrive at the Gallipoli peninsula we head straight to Anzac Cove to secure a good spot on the grass for the long night ahead.
(B)
Day 5
Wednesday 25th April
ANZAC Day at Gallipoli ![View our ANZAC Day - Australia video [14.4 Kb 1:05 mins]](../vids/images/ANZAC_Day_Australia.jpg)
![View our ANZAC Day - New Zealand video [21.1 Kb 1:34 mins]](../vids/images/ANZAC_Day_New_Zealand.jpg)
![View our ANZAC Day - Turkey video [15.6 Kb 1:09 mins]](../vids/images/ANZAC_Day_Turkey.jpg)
Awake before sun rise to the ANZAC Dawn Service. We become aware of the almost deafening silence as we commemorate our fallen forefathers on this special day. We attend the Australian &/or New Zealand Memorial services before a late afternoon drive back to Istanbul.
Overnight Istanbul
4 star
Hotel to be advised
Day 6
Thursday 26th April
Istanbul
Our tour concludes after breakfast and we bid farewell to our new friends.
(B)
(B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)
Tour includes
- Inbound airport transfer from Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen Airports
- Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking bus
- Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour
- Commemorative gift
- Tips except driver and guide
- Entrance fees
- 4 nights - 4 star accommodation.
1 night
4 star
Çanakkale
Hotel to be advised
3 nights
4 star
Istanbul
Hotel to be advised
- 4 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner
Tour does not include
- Outbound airport transfer
- Suggested optional activities
- Tips – driver and guide
Tour Type :- Guaranteed Departure
This tour is a '
Guaranteed Departure' tour. This means that it will depart regardless of how many people are booked on to it.
