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Tours to the World War
I battlefields at Gallipoli
are popular, especially for the ANZAC
Day commemoration ceremonies
(April 24th & 25th).
Numerous travel
agencies operate tours
year-round, and these usually go well.
But tours on April 24th and April 25th
are another matter.
With upwards of 10,000 visitors crowding
into the towns of Çanakkale,
Eceabat and Gelibolu, and hundreds
of buses and cars jamming the narrow
one-lane roads of the Gallipoli peninsula,
chaos is inevitable. Many visitors
never reach the site of the
commemoration ceremonies until long
after the ceremonies are over.
It's important to use a reliable
travel agency or tour company for
your visit on ANZAC Day to
avoid disappointment. Turkey has
many reliable companies. Here
are my favorites. Whether you
use these companies or others,
do some research about the company
before making your reservations so
as to avoid disappointment.
Backpackers
Travel, a travel agency
partner of TurkeyTravelPlanner.com,
offers a variety
of ANZAC Day tours,
including a simple, inexpensive,
adventurous, high-value-for-money ANZAC
Day tour that begins
in Istanbul, Selçuk (Ephesus) or
Kuşadası early on the afternoon
of April 24th, takes you to the
all-night activities leading up
to the Dawn Service on April 25th,
then takes you back to where you
were. More...
With your sleeping bag and/or
very
warm clothes packed
with you, you travel to Gallipoli
by non-smoking,
air-conditioned private motorcoach,
stopping at a market along the
way to buy snacks, drinks and supplies
for the coming hours, which you
will spend outdoors—as the troops
did.
Upon arrival at Gallipoli,
you settle in at ANZAC
Cove, site of the commemoration,
to secure a good location to witness
the ceremonies.
Commemoration ceremonies begin
in the evening. During the evening
and night you attend the ceremonies
as you like, or chat with
other tour participants, reliving in
your mind what it must have been like
for the troops who were
here in 1915. With luck, you get some
sleep in the out-of-doors, as the soldiers
experienced it.
The most important ceremonies are
at dawn (05:30 am)
on the morning of April 25th, and you're
already in a good position to participate.
In the afternoon, your motorcoach
picks you up for the
return to where you began the tour,
or to the bus terminal in Eceabat,
from which buses depart for other destinations.
Here's the full tour itinerary and
price.
Backpackers also organizes an efficient
4-day Gallipoli tour which includes
the Dawn Service, a battlefield tour,
and more. Here
are the details.
If the soldier's experience
is not your cup of tea, consider
a private tour with
hotel accommodations, which Backpackers
Travel can be
arranged for you, your family or
small group any time of year, at
very reasonable prices. More...
Keep in mind that Backpackers
Travel
can also arrange onward
transportation to, and accommodations at,
your next destinations, whether they
be Bergama (Pergamum), Foça, Izmir, Ephesus, Bodrum, Pamukkale, Fethiye, Antalya, Cappadocia or
anywhere else. More...
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