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6 DAYS ISTANBUL and ANZAC EXPERIENCE
The six day ANZAC tour is ideal for those people who have enough time to attend the Anzac Day Commemorations and
get a really good taste of what Turkey has to offer. The tour starts and finishes in Istanbul and includes a fully guided tour around Istanbul
and the Gallipoli region.
 Starts: 22 April 2007
- Ends: 27 April 2007
6 Days and 5 Nights
3 and 4 Star Hotels - No Camping!
Includes All Entrance Fees
Many Meals Included
 Our hotels for Anzac Day guests
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Day One: Sunday 22nd April
2007 - Arrival in Istanbul
Welcome to Turkey! You will be greeted with hospitality at the
Ataturk International Airport by a Sammy's Travel representative and
driven into the heart of the old city where you can rest and relax
for the remainder of the day. Today you may have an optional a
traditional Turkish bath (12:30pm) to be washed and massaged by a
pair of expert hands and then you may wish to view the wonders of
Istanbul from the water on an optional Bosphorus Cruise (15:30pm).
Also tonight you have the option of attending a special Turkish Gala
Evening (19:30pm) where you will enjoy amazing Turkish food and
world famous Turkish entertainment.
Overnight: Istanbul
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Turkish Gala Evening – Istanbul - 22nd April 2006 7:30pm
Available to 4 Day, 6 Day, 8 Day, 10 Day, 15 Days tours.
A chance to meet and share a drink with your tour group
and other passengers.
Authentic Turkish Food and Entertainment including meal,
a free drink, a Turkish Wedding Ceremony, singing,
belly dancing and much more!
£20.00 pp! (Simply select ‘Gala Dinner’ at time of booking)
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Day Two:
Monday 23rd April - Istanbul to Gallipoli
After breakfast we drive to the World War I Battlefield of Gallipoli
stopping along the way to pick up refreshments for lunch. You will
also have an opportunity to watch “Gallipoli” the movie so you get a
feel for the type of people who fought in this war and to help you
picture conditions 92 years ago. This afternoon on a fully guided
tour, you will visit the Kabatepe War Museum, Anzac Cove, Hell Spit
Cemetery, Lone Pine, The Nek, and Chunuk Bair War memorial. Your
guide will reveal stories of battle woes and will bring alive the
legend of the Anzac's. By visiting the peninsula on the 23rd April
we get to spend more time exploring without the crowds from other
tours that arrive on the 24th. This evening we will travel approx 2
hrs to our luxurious resort hotel, where an all-you-can-eat buffet
dinner awaits.
Overnight: Edremit
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day Three:
Tuesday 24th April - Relax at Oren Holiday Village
Today you have the opportunity to see and enjoy the rural side of
Turkey. You don’t need to wake up early in the morning as we will
leave around 10am for Tahtakuþlar. Here you can observe the ideal
Turkish village life of nomads as you look around the only village
museum in Turkey (awarded by Unesco). In this museum there are
objects about the fauna & flora of Turkey and all the handcrafted
nomadic arts are displayed. Turkish people are Nomadic in origin but
today most of them have settled on the top of mountains. There are
more than 40,000 nomadic villages and tribes in Turkey and one of
them is the picturesque village of Çamlibel which is on the skirts
of mythological Olympos Mountain (today’s Mount Ida). They are
waiting for you here to show you the famous Turkish hospitality and
friendship. A guest is a king in Turkey therefore first they will
serve you pancake with yoghurt & white cheese and tea or yogurt to
drink. In the afternoon we head back to the hotel to enjoy the rest
of the day. Make sure you get plenty of rest because ANZAC day will
be a long busy day. A buffet dinner will be served at 5:00pm so we
can fill up before leaving for Gallipoli at 6:30pm.
We arrive at the dawn service around 9pm to get a good spot on the
grass, already, here are several hundred people about. There are big
screens and music to entertain you and to thank you, the people who
have made the pilgrimage to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day. War veterans,
military personal and media are everywhere and the atmosphere is
electric. There is a unique feeling in the air, a celebration of
peace subdued by a cloud of commemoration. Within 3 hours, the site
will appear like a sea of colour with thousands of Aussies and Kiwis
sprawling out on the grass, warmly wrapped up sleeping bags,
National flags and rugby tops. Get a few hours rest/sleep on the
grass because by 9pm the MC will be asking you to squash forward to
try and make space for the thousands more people still to come. The
buzzing atmosphere will permeate the whole night. Well before the
grey light of dawn signals the start of the dawn service, speakers
and entertainers begian their addresses, folk songs and stories. The
local Turks also sell a great variety of Turkish Kebabs, pancakes
and fast hot foods.
Overnight: Anzac Cove
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Day Four:
Wednesday 25th April - Anzac Day at Gallipoli
We arrive at Gallipoli on the evening of the 24th to ensure we get a
good spot for the dawn service. Don't forget your sleeping bags,
warm clothes, wet weather gear and torches because Gallipoli is
still as dark and cold today as it was 92 years ago when your
ancestors landed. The day begins with the Dawn Service held at the
ANZAC Commemorative Site, which will be followed by the Australian
and New Zealand memorial services held at Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair
respectively. Today is the reason you came to Turkey, to commemorate
the sacrifice your forefathers have made. Emotions run high and this
evening you will travel back to Istanbul, arriving there in the late
evening.
Overnight: Istanbul
Meals: Lunchbox
Day Five:
Thursday 26th April - Istanbul City Tour
This morning we partake in a fully guided tour of the only city to
span two continents. We will visit the Blue Mosque, St. Sophia
Museum, Hippodrome and the underground cistern. The rest of the day
is free to explore to Istanbul.
Overnight: Istanbul
Meals: Breakfast
Day Six:
Friday 27th April - The end of the tour
After breakfast the tour finishes and we bid farewell to our new
found friends and exchange e-mails. Wherever you are heading to next
you will take unforgettable memories and a new understanding of this
country that plays such an important part in your history. If you
want to extend your stay or if you need any transport to the airport
or bus station arranged please let your guide know.
Meals: Breakfast
Discounts:
5% for 4 or more people
10% for 20 or more people
General Travel Information:
When booking an Anzac tour it is important to ensure that your tour operator is a member of TURSAB which is the Turkish regulatory
body of tourist activities. It is illegal for non-members to operate tours in Turkey without a TURSAB license and membership number.
Sammy’s Travel is a member of TURSAB (License No:1714).
Notice: Before you book with any agency, it is most important that you check all the details of the services offered.
Low budget offers usually don't cover many services, such as: quality, entrance fees, standard of the coaches, accommodation in Gallipoli,
professional lecture about Gallipoli, private security, doctor, professional guide (not an escort or offsider), references of the agency
and background.
Australian Govt. Announcement access Gallipoli ANZAC Day 2006 The Australian Dept of Veteran Affairs is making special arrangements for
those with special needs in an effort to assist aged and infirm visitors.
Read more about this at:
http://www.dva.gov.au/commem/anzac/gallipoli_access.htm
Also note from their website : "Travel by passenger car to these services is not allowed and on completion of the Dawn Service,
official coaches will depart before public coach departures to meet Turkish protocol requirements."
Please, Read the notice from Australian Embassy at
http://www.embaustralia.org.tr/anzac/anzacdayatgallipoli.htm
A brief warning from the Australian Embassy web site: "Accommodation in the Gallipoli area, particularly for the night of 24 April,
is very heavily booked well in advance of ANZAC Day. Intending travellers will need to make bookings as early as possible to secure
accommodation."
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