GRANDEUR TOUR

GRANDEUR TOUR

REF. NO. TJTR 15

Day 1 : Istanbul – Eceabat/Gallipoli Tour

05:00    Transfer vehicle will begin the circuit around the hotels for pickups.

Please be ready in reception of your hotel for transfer to Eceabat.

Pickups between 5 & 6 am, depending on number of customers from each hotel.

06:00    Transfer to Eceabat by TJS TOURS private bus.

09.30    Arrive in Eceabat where you will be met by the staff of TJs TOURS.

10.00   Depart TJs Hotel for a fully guided Gallipoli tour.

On tour you’ll visit:

• Beach Cemetery (John Simpson’s Grave)
• ANZAC Cove
• Ari Burnu (First ANZAC landing place)
• Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial)
• Johnston’s Jolly (Walk in the ANZAC trenches) – view Shrapnel Valley
• Turkish Memorial
• The Nek(Light Horse scene depicted in the Gallipoli movie) &Walker’s Ridge
• Chunuk Bair (Main New Zealand memorial)

Return to accommodation in Eceabat/Canakkale.

Overnight at TJS HOTEL (BB)

Day 2 : Troy – Assos – Balabanli Village – Babakale – Apollo Smintheus –

              Volcanic Mountain – Alexander Troas

07.00    Breakfast at your accommodation

07.30   Depart for full day tour

08.00   Ferry crossing from Eceabat to Çanakkale over the famous Dardanelle waters.

08.30    Arrival in Çanakkale. Drive to the site of Troy, 36km to the south.

TROY : Tour the historic home of the Trojan wars. Here you will see the remains of 9 city levels destroyed over time by both human and natural disasters. You will hear the stories of the myth and the history behind the ongoing excavations.

Depart for ASSOS : A traditional, stone-house village, set upon a mountainside with a beautiful harbour down the bottom, overlooking the island of Lesvos. Here we will tour the Temple of Athena on the highest point of the mountain and have Turkish tea at a local Çay (tea) House which has an extraordinary set of coffee tables to sit at.

Linch provided on the way.

Depart for BALABANLI  VILLAGE : TJ’s home village. Here you will wander the traditional village seeing sights such as the old wheat crushing wheel and the thatched summer houses for the sheep.

Drive to BABAKALE, the most western point of Asian Turkey. Visit the last castle built during the Ottoman empire in 1723.

Next stop – TEMPLE of APOLLO SMINTHEUS in the town of Gurpinar.

This temple was built by the people of the Troad as a testament to Apollo, king of Tenedos and patron god of Chryse (known now as Bozcaada and Gulpinar) for siding with the Anatolians in the Trojan war. The figured elements here depicting the Trojan war as decribed by Homer makes this place unique.

Roadside stop to view TUZLA DAGI, an active volcanic mountain with a surface of salt stretching out from its base which has been collected for years by locals to use in their cooking.

Drive to ALEXANDRIA TROAS, once considered by Constantine to be named the capital of the Roman empire, only a few structures exist today, including a ruined bath, gymnasium complex and a recently uncovered stadium. But these attest to its former importance as a significant port for traveling between Anatolia and Europe.

Late evening departure for ECEABAT.

18.30 pm. Depart Eceabat for Istanbul by TJS TOURS bus.

END OF TOUR

Note : Departure time may very according to conclusion time of the Gallipoli Tour.

Dinner is not included, but the driver will stop on request if the customer wishes to buy food at a roadside restaurant

Inclusions :

• All transportation, non-smoking.
• Petrol, parking and toll fees.
• All entrance and ferry fees.
• Fully guided tours,
• English-speaking guide/s.
• 1 Accommodatıon (BB)
• 2 Lunches ( Day 1 and 2 )

Exclusions :

• Evening meals
• Drinks
• Tıps

TJs TOURS PRICE        : 385 EURO PER/PERSON.