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Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey 11 days | Starts/Ends: Istanbul ANZAC Day Gallipoli 2022. Starts: • Cappadocia - Delight in surreal • Guided sightseeing of Istanbul including 16th April. Take in the highlights of landscapes, hermit cave villages and the Blue Mosque, Underground Cistern, Turkey and attend the ANZAC Day World Heritage Listed Goreme Valley Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Hippodrome with its rock cut churches and Zelve area and Egyptian Spice Market Dawn Service at Gallipoli on this 11 Monastery • Guided sightseeing of Gallipoli, day tour. Marvel at the spectacular • Pamukkale - Paddle in the thermal waters battlefields and war memorials (subject to landscape of Cappadocia and flowing down the white travertine terraces site opening times set by the Anzac Day discover the remarkable Roman • Ephesus & Pergamum - Roam around Organising Committee) ruins of Ephesus and Pergamum. the Roman ruins of ancient Ephesus, with • Cruise along Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul • See Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque its spectacular Library of Celsus and the English speaking, degree qualified hillside amphitheatre at Pergamum Turkish tour guide and paddle in Pammukale's • Konya - Visit the Mevlana Museum (or • Airport arrival transfer on day 1 from thermal pools. Visit legendary Troy Green Mausoleum) and discover the Istanbul International Airport at any time, and Gallipoli's WW1 battlefields, original home of a mystical Sufi Muslim or from Sabiha Gokcen Airport at 11am before commemorating the brave group and their founder Mevlana and 3pm only ANZACs on ANZAC Day in 2022. • Kilitbahir - Admire the imposing fortress • All relevant transfer and transportation in on the west side of the Dardanelles built private modern air-conditioned vehicles to control the strait at its narrowest point HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS • Troy - Enjoy a short tour of the famous What's Not Included Trip Highlights city of Homeric legend and see the giant • Tipping Kitty: USD$40pp, paid in local replica Trojan Horse currency • ANZAC Service Site - Attend the ANZAC • Silk Road from Konya - Stop off at the • Entrance Fees: USD$130-140pp, paid in eve vigil on the Gallipoli Peninsula and traditional roadside inn of Sultanhan local currency as the sun rises, pay your respects at the Caravanserai, a resting point of former • International flights and visa Dawn Service weary travellers • Attendance Pass for ANZAC. Please see • Gallipoli Peninsula - Learn about the the Trip Notes for information on how to Gallipoli Campaign, explore the WW1 What's Included obtain your attendance pass - these are battlefields, memorial sites and ANZAC • 9 breakfasts and 4 dinners free of charge but need to be registered Cove • 9 nights 4 - 5 star hotels for in advance • Istanbul - Take in the highlights of • 1 night at the Dawn Service site • Tip for your tour guide and driver: as a Istanbul including the iconic Blue Mosque, • Guided sightseeing of Ephesus, guideline we recommend you budget Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sofia mosque and Pergamum, Pammukale/Hierapolis and USD $5 - 7 per day, per traveller for your the Underground Cistern Cappadocia guide and USD $2 per day, per traveller Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey - 11 days updated on 02-10-2021 12:54:23 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 1 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey for your driver. Tipping your tour guide or return with your guide to our hotel for a little Day 6 : Pamukkale & Ephesus and driver is an entirely personal gesture rest and relaxation. Overnight - Istanbul (B) ITINERARY Day 3 : Cappadocia Istanbul - Cappadocia. Today we depart Day 1 : Istanbul Istanbul and begin our lengthy journey across the country towards Cappadocia. We'll make a number of stops on route. After arriving into Cappadocia this afternoon, the rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight - Cappadocia (B, D) Day 4 : Cappadocia's Goreme Pamukkale - Ephesus - Kusadasi. Famed for Valley its unique cascades of natural mineral rich pools, Pammukale captures the heart of any traveller. Here we can paddle our feet in the warm water flowing over the terraces or take a 16th April 2022. Welcome to Turkey and the relaxing dip in the Pamukkale Thermal Baths. start of a unforgettable ANZAC experience! Just beyond the thermal pools we make a stop Airport to hotel arrival transfer. Spend the at the Roman ruins of Hierapolis. rest of the day at leisure. If you are arriving to Istanbul early, we recommend joining our This afternoon we continue to the legendary optional Backstreets Of Istanbul Tour taking Roman ruins of Ephesus. Easily the best- place today. The tour commences at 9am. For preserved classical city in the eastern Perhaps the jewel in Turkey’s crown, further details of the excursion, please see our Mediterranean, Ephesus stood as a vast Cappadocia is an extraordinary national tour Trip Notes. This evening meet your guide Roman city with a population nearing treasure. Gaze in awe at this unbelievable and fellow travellers at a welcome meeting. 250,000. Rumoured to have been founded landscape with its cave dwellings and phallic Overnight - Istanbul in the 13th century BC, it became the Roman ‘fairy chimneys’ landscape that are the stuff capital of Asia Minor and enjoyed prosperity of fables. Whole troglodyte (hermit) villages, Day 2 : Istanbul - Old City thanks to commerce and visiting pilgrims subterranean churches and fortresses have Tour who flocked for a glimpse of the magnificent been hewn from the soft, porous, eerily Temple of Artemis - one of the Seven Ancient eroded rock of Cappadocia. A guided tour Wonders. Strong archeological remains can of the region takes us to the World Heritage be seen at Ephesus including the Great listed Goreme Valley where we’ll see stunning Theatre (once capable of seating 25,000 examples of rock-cut Byzantine churches, spectators at one time), Curetes Way (one chapels and temples, and Zelve monastery of the main thoroughfares) the Temple of with its jaw-dropping landscape of towering Serapis, the elegant façades of the Temple of eroded rocks. Overnight - Cappadocia (B, D) Hadrian and the awesome Library of Celsus Day 5 : Konya's Whirling - underlining its status as a centre point for Roman urban life. Off Curetes Way are ancient Today we set off on guided tour of the Dervish Museum public toilets, a brothel, remains of fountains old city, taking in the stunning Iznik tiled Cappadocia - Konya - Pamukkale. It's an and various temples. We end our day at our Blue Mosque, historic Hippodrome area, 6th early departure this morning as we head for hotel in Kusadasi. century Hagia Sofia (exterior only), ancient Pamukkale. On the way we visit the 13th Overnight - Kusadasi (B, D) Underground Cistern, Topkapi Palace and century Seljukian masterpiece of Sultanhan more. This afternoon, we take a relaxing Caravanserai before arriving in Konya. In cruise on the Bosphorus Strait. Look out Konya we visit the Mevlana Museum also for waterside palaces framed by a modern known as the Green Mausoleum which is city skyline dotted with expansive domed the original lodge of the Mevlevi Whirling mosques and towering minarets of traditional Dervishes. We then continue our drive to Ottoman style. Afterwards there's free time Pamukkale for our overnight stay. Overnight to independently explore. From here you can - Pamukkale (B, D) either stay and discover the old city by night Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey - 11 days updated on 02-10-2021 12:54:23 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 2 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey Anzac 2022 Memorial Tour of Turkey Day 7 : Roman Ruins of Ayvalik – Troy - Kilitbahir - Gallipoli. After a Bair are subject to confirmation. Overnight - Pergamum morning at leisure we enjoy a short-guided Istanbul tour of Troy. The legend of the lost city of Troy and Homer’s poetry was brought to life Day 11 : Istanbul by its rediscovery in 1863. We then continue 26th April 2022. You tour ends after breakfast to the village of Kilitbahir, situated on the and hotel check out. We hope you have had a eastern shore of the Gallipoli peninsula and wonderful holiday in Turkey and a memorable dominated by the fortress of the same name. ANZAC Day 2022 experience. (B) After exploring Kilitbahir we stop in the town of Eceabat for dinner (at your own expense) HOTELS before entering the Cove.