On this tour package, you will attend the Anzac Day 2026 ceremonies, while also taking a professionally guided tour of the Gallipoli battlegrounds and memorial sites, as well as the historic ancient city of Troy.
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Duration
3 Days 2 Nights
Available Languages
EN, ES
06:00 am - For those staying in the Taksim area (Old City), pick-up is available in front of The Marmara Hotel at 6 am.
06:30 am - 07:00 am If you are staying in Sultanahmet, the tour bus will pick you up from your door. When booking please tell us the name of your hotel/hostel we can collect you from. Please keep in mind that Istanbul is a large city and we can only pick you up from hotels which are on the way, to make sure you will be picked up from your hotel check us in advance. We then depart for Eceabat (Gallipoli region) in an air-conditioned tour bus, which takes around 4-5 hours with a stop halfway for refreshments.
12:00 pm - We arrive in Eceabat where we stop for a restaurant lunch.
Gallipoli Tour
1:00 pm - Fully guided regular Gallipoli tour
Visiting
Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery
Anzac Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery
Anzac Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue
Lone Pine Australian Memorial
Johnston's Jolly (Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels)
Turkish 57. Infantry Regiment Cemetery, The Nek
Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial
6:00 pm - Arrive back at your hotel for check-in.
Overnight Eceabat or Canakkale
07:30 am - Breakfast at the hotel
Troy Tour - 08:00 - 12:00
Departure for a fully guided regular Troy tour for 4 hours until 12:00. During the Troy tour, you will visit the infamous Trojan Horse, the 3700-year-old city walls, the first Houses of Troy the Bouleuterion (Senate Building), The Odeon (Concert Hall) and the ruins of the various ancient cities from Troy I through to Troy IX. You will return to Canakkale at around noon.
Free Time - 12:00 - 20:00
After your tour of the ancient city of Troy, you will have the rest of the day free to rest before your departure for Anzac Cove for the commencement of the Dawn Service. If you wish you may use this time to visit the many famous attractions in a nice coastal town including Cimenlik castle, various beaches (Habbele Plaji), and museums (Canakkale Naval Museum).
Departure to Anzac Cove - 20:00 - Departure from Eceabat to Anzac Cove, where you will spend the night.
20:00 - Depart for Anzac Cove. Once we arrive at Anzac Cove we will head through to the grandstands and sleeping grounds where we will settle in for the night. Documentaries are played on the big screen throughout the night.
Overnight Anzac Cove
05:30 am - The Dawn Service begins. Afterward, we head up to Lone Pine for the Australian Ceremony
10:30 am - Australian National Ceremony at Lone Pine. Continue up to Chunuk Bair.
11:30 am - New Zealand National Ceremony at Chunuk Bair
After the final ceremony finishes, the tour bus will pick you up from the pre-organized pickup spot, we will then return to Istanbul.
End of tour