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FULL DAY GALLIPOLI & TROY TOUR


                                               Early departure from the hotel (Istanbul-
                                               Selcuk or Kuşadası) and drive along the
                                               northern shores of the Sea of Marmara
                                               to Troy, the location where the
                                               legendary Troyan War in the book of
                                               Homeros of Smyrna took place.

                                               After lunch in Çanakkale cross the
                                               strategic waterway, the Dardanelles, to
                                               visit Gallipoli, historical famous as the site
                                               of many battles-particularly involving the
                                               Allied Forces including Australians and
                                               New Zealanders during World War I.
                                               Visit Anzac Cove where the Allied Forces
                                               landed on the 25th of April 1915 along
                                               with the other sites like War Cemeteries
                                               (Beach Cemetery, Quinn’s Post) and
                                               Anzac Memorials (Lone Pine-Australian
                                               Memorial, Chunuk Bair-New Zeleand
                                               Memorial, Hellespont-English Memorial).
                                               Return back to hotel (Istanbul-Selcuk or
                                               Kuşadası in the evening.)

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