Meeting Point for this tour is The Halich Hotel between 8:00am and 8:15am. Please ensure you arrive on time. From there, we depart for the WW1 battlefields of Gallipoli, making a short stop along the way to stock up on supplies and rations.
On 24 April, due to official restrictions and security measures related to high-level attendance, it is very likely that a full Gallipoli tour will not be permitted on this day. We will depart from Istanbul in the morning and travel to Çanakkale. Upon arrival, your guide will organise a flexible programme depending on conditions and group preference. After hotel check-in and some rest, we will depart around midnight, cross by ferry, and proceed to Anzac Cove, arriving at approximately 1:00am to secure a place for the overnight stay in preparation for the Dawn Service.
Overnight : Çanakkale
Category : Special Class
Hotel : MD Barbaros Hotel
Awake before sun rise for the ANZAC Day Dawn Service. We become aware of the almost deafening silence as the moving service to commemorate our fallen forefathers on this special day begins. You will then have the chance to attend the Australian or New Zealand Memorial service before returning to the hotel in the afternoon. Morning Commemorations 1:30 am: Pre-Service program begins. 3:00 am: Final entry deadline. Site access closes and temporary road closures take effect. 5:00 am: "Spirit of Place" introductory segment. 5:30 am: Anzac Day Dawn Service officially commences. National Memorial Services 10:00 am: Australian Memorial Service (Lone Pine). 11:30 am: New Zealand Memorial Service (Chunuk Bair). Departure 1:00 pm: Coach boarding begins at Chunuk Bair/Hill 261.
This is intended to give an idea of the type of accommodation that may be expected. The actual hotels used for any given tour may change due to many reasons such as group size, availability, time of year, hotel standard has dropped or simply we found a better hotel. We update the website immediately if and when any changes take place. If and when we do change hotels it will be to a hotel of equal or higher standard and will be at no extra cost.
Where more than one hotel is shown for a given an overnight stop this means that one of those hotels will be used.
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