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Enhance your knowledge about WW1 and learn about the significant battles that influenced the course of modern Turkey in a fully customizable tour with an English-Speaking Local. The Gallipoli campaign, also known as Dardanelles campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale was a battle that lasted for more than half a year and claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Driving along the coastline, you will visit cemeteries and memorials dedicated to all the soldiers that lost their lives during this period including the Beach Cemetery, Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial, Walker’s Ridge Cemetery, Chunuk Bair New Zealand memorial and Unknown Soldier’s Grave, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Mehmetçik Monument, Anzac Cove and more.
Our drivers are not licensed tour guides but are very knowledgeable of the places visited and will provide all the necessary historical information and their local perspective.
At the end of the tour, your friendly driver will drop you off at your accommodation.
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Duration: 14 hours
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Enhance your knowledge about WW1 and learn about the significant battles that influenced the course of modern Turkey in a fully customizable tour with an English-Speaking Local. The Gallipoli campaign, also known as Dardanelles campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Çanakkale was a battle that lasted for more than half a year and claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Driving along the coastline, you will visit cemeteries and memorials dedicated to all the soldiers that lost their lives during this period including the Beach Cemetery, Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial, Walker’s Ridge Cemetery, Chunuk Bair New Zealand memorial and Unknown Soldier’s Grave, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Mehmetçik Monument, Anzac Cove and more.
Our drivers are not licensed tour guides but are very knowledgeable of the places visited and will provide all the necessary historical information and their local perspective.
At the end of the tour, your friendly driver will drop you off at your accommodation.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Your Welcome driver will pick you up from your accommodation in Istanbul at a convenient time.
Stop At: Anzac Cove, 17900 Canakkale Province, Gallipoli Turkey
A small cove on the Gallipoli peninsula that became famous as the site of World War I landing of the ANZACs on 25 April 1915.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Conk Bayiri Mehmetcik Park Aniti Kemalyeri Yaziti, Canakkale 17900 Turkey
A monument in the Gallipoli peninsula. Mehmetçik is a common name given to soldiers in a war, akin to G.I.
Duration: 10 minutes
