6-Day Turkey Historical Tour with Gallipoli, Troy and Ephesus

• Meet at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Your room key will be provided, and the rest of the day will be free to explore Istanbul.

Overnight in Istanbul.

• Have breakfast and enjoy pickup from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The tour consultant will provide the final timing one day before departure. Then depart for the Istanbul City Tour.

• Visit Topkapı Palace, the grand palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The palace houses exquisite collections of crystal, silver, and Chinese porcelain, as well as robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, and the Holy Mantle, which enshrines relics of the Prophet Mohammed.

• Next, visit the Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque, located across from St. Sophia. Built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, it is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

• Continue outside the Blue Mosque to the Hippodrome. The Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races and entertainment, and it includes three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine.

• Take a short and enjoyable lunch break, then head to the Grand Spice Bazaar for shopping.

• Return to the hotel after the shopping tour.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Breakfast and lunch are included.

• Depart for Gallipoli to visit the battlefields at 06:00 or 06:30 am. About two hours later, stop for 20 minutes to relax in a restaurant area.

• Arrive at Gallipoli around midday for a lunch break and some time to relax.

• Depart for the battlefields.

• Visit Gabatepe Museum.

• Start exploring the fields with Ariburnu Cemetery and Anzac Cove, as these are the places where the war started.

• Continue to Beach Cemetery, Shrapnel Valley, and Plugges Plateau.

• Drive to the hotel after the tour.

Overnight in Canakkale.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Depart at 08:30 and drive for 30 minutes to Troy.

• Visit Troy's famous archaeological and mythological site, home of the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy.

• After the Troy tour, continue on a 3-hour drive to Pergamon.

• Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm. After lunch, depart for a tour of the magnificent Acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made it a renowned cultural and political centre in its time. Pergamon is also famous for its jewellery, stones, and silver, so on the way, visit a jewellery centre for 30 minutes.

• Arrive in Kusadasi around 18:00 pm.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Packed breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Have breakfast and enjoy pickup from the hotel between 08:00 am and 09:30 am. The final time will be given by the tour consultant one day before.

• Depart from the hotel for a fully guided tour of Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in the world. En route, visit the Temple of Artemis, Curetes Street, the famous Roman baths, the Celsus Library, and the Grand Theatre.

• Take a lunch break around 13:00 pm.

• Visit a place that continues to practise one of the oldest arts of Turkey: a carpet weaving centre.

• Continue with a Turkish village tour in Sirince. The village's construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks, and the houses on the slope are all original with their white paint. Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for producing some of the best wines in Turkey, especially fruit wines.

• Visit the vineyards and learn how fruit wine is made with Turkish winemakers. In the evening, you will be tested on your knowledge of fruit wine making.

• Visit one of the famous leather production centres of the region and have the opportunity to get good factory rates on the way.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included.

• Depart for Izmir Airport for the domestic flight to Istanbul and then continue back home.