Anzac Day Tour - Ephesus Trooper

Anzac Day Tour – Ephesus Trooper (4 Days / 3 Nights)

Join our unforgettable Anzac Day Tour – Ephesus Trooper, honoring the ANZAC legacy at Gallipoli while exploring the ancient wonders of Troy and Pergamon, with a smooth connection to Selcuk or Kusadasi.

24th April – Istanbul to Eceabat (Anzac Eve)

• 13:00 – 13:30 – Meet the group at the designated point and depart from Istanbul.
• 16:00 – Refreshment break midway.
• 19:00 – Arrive in Eceabat with free time to prepare for the Dawn Service and dinner (at your own expense).
• 22:00 – Depart for the Anzac Commemorative Site to secure your place for the Dawn Service.

25th April – Anzac Day Dawn Service

• 05:30 – Attend the Anzac Day Dawn Service.
• 10:30 – Australian Memorial Service at Lone Pine.
• 11:45 – New Zealand Memorial Service at Chunuk Bair.
• Return to Eceabat, check in at your hotel in Eceabat or Canakkale for overnight stay.

26th April – Gallipoli Tour

10:45 – Pick up from your hotel and ferry to Eceabat.
11:30 – Lunch at a local restaurant.
12:30 – Depart for a Fully Guided Gallipoli Tour, visiting:

• Brighton Beach
• Beach Cemetery
• ANZAC Cove
• Ariburnu Cemetery
• ANZAC Commemorative Site
• Respect to Mehmetçik Statue
• Lone Pine Australian Memorial
• Johnston’s Jolly (Turkish and Allied trenches)
• Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery
• The Nek
• Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial

16:30 – Return from the tour and ferry back to Canakkale.
Overnight at your hotel.

27th April – Troy & Pergamon Tour – Transfer to Selcuk / Kusadasi

08:15 – 08:30 – Depart from your hotel for a Fully Guided Troy Tour, visiting:

• The Trojan Horse replica
• Sacrificial Altars
• 3700-year-old city walls
• Houses of Troy I (3000 B.C. – 2500 B.C.)
• Bouleuterion (Senate Building)
• Odeon (Concert Hall)
• Remains from Troy I to Troy IX

10:30 – End of Troy tour and depart for Bergama.
13:30 – Lunch in Bergama, followed by a Fully Guided Pergamon Acropolis Tour, visiting:

• The Acropolis
• Library of Pergamon (once held 200,000 books)
• Temple of Athena
• Temple of Trajan
• Altar of Zeus (now displayed in the Berlin Museum)
• Gymnasium
• Lower Agora
• Hellenistic Theater (capacity of 10,000)
• Temple of Dionysus

17:30 – End of the tour and depart for Selçuk or Kuşadasi.
20:00 – Arrival at your hotel in Selcuk.
20:30 – Arrival at your hotel in Kusadasi.

Book now to secure your place on this unforgettable journey of remembrance and discovery!

This tour is part of our ANZAC historical experiences. Visit ourANZAC Toursto see a complete range of commemorative options.

• Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Anzac Commemorative Site — the moment the whole journey is built around.
• Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair: the Australian and New Zealand national ceremonies on the morning of 25 April.
• Fully guided Gallipoli battlefields — ANZAC Cove, Brighton Beach, Johnston's Jolly, the 57th Regiment Cemetery and The Nek.
• Ancient Troy and Pergamon on the way south, with Ephesus completing the route.
• Ends on the Aegean coast, with drop-off at your hotel in Selcuk or Kusadasi.