DAILY GALLIPOLI & TROY EXPERIENCE (Guaranteed Departure Everyday)

DAILY GALLIPOLI & TROY EXPERIENCE

 REF No. TJTR 7

5:00 Transfer vehicle will begin the circuit around the hotels for pickups. We ask that

customers be ready at reception of hotel for transfer to Eceabat.

Pickups between 5.00 & 6.00 am, depending on number of customers from each hotel..

06:00   Transfer to Eceabat by TJS TOUR bus.

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

Breakfast at TJS Hotel : Bufe style. Including VEGEMITE TOAST….!

10.00   Tour departs from TJs Hotel in Eceabat, where you will cross the famous Dardanelle waters and proceed to the ancient site of Troy, 36km south of Çanakkale.

Troy is a complex site. It has its own excavations team that returns every year to unravel the mystery that is Troy. This makes it an ongoing site where every year a piece of the puzzle is uncovered and history is made known!

DID THE TROJAN HORSE WAR ACTUALLY HAPPEN?

IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT OF THE TROJAN WAR CITY?

WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE TREASURES UNCOVERED FROM THIS SITE?

FIND OUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE MYTHIC QUESTIONS ON OUR TOUR!

Our local, English-speaking guide will tour you around the 9 city ruins on the site of Troy, explaining the people from the era, their houses and culture, and the reason for the final destruction of each city.

The commentary is filled with mythical stories of the site and surrounding areas, while filling you in on the history of the excavations, the excavators and their findings.

At the site you’ll be shown around:

• A replica of the wooden horse that you can climb into for a photo.
• Excavation information centre which holds exhibits from the work underway.
• The fortification walls of Troy Vl with its tower and gateway entrance.
• Temple of Athena – the focal point of a great annual festival in honour of the goddess Athena.
• Schliemann’s trench – the discoverer of Troy?
• The entrance ramp to Troy ll.
• The sanctuary – an important religious centre of its time.
• The odeon – intended for the presentation of musical performances.
• Current excavations in progress.

Return to TJs TOURS Agency & Hotel in Eceabat for lunch

14.00   Depart  from here you’ll drive to the ANZAC Battlefield area to start an emotional & memorable tour.

On tour you’ll visit:

• Kabatepe Epic Promotion Centre (War Museum)
• 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 TJs TOURS Agency & Hotel in Eceabat

18.00 pm. Depart Eceabat for Istanbul with TJS TOURS bus.

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

END OF TOUR….!

TOUR INCLUDES: 

•  Professional English speaking guide.
• All transportation ‘Non Smoking’ bus.
• Ferry ride
• Entrance fees.
• Breakfast and Lunch.