Troy and Gallipoli Historical Discovery
Meet your guide at your hotel in Canakkale and go on a 30-minute self-drive to Troy.
You will visit the following places:
Tevfikiye Archeo-Village
Trojan Horse: the replica wooden horse designed to stand near the entrance in 1975 by artist İzzet Senemoğlu
The Pithos Garden and Ceramic Water Pipes
Grinding Stones and Pestles
The East Wall and Gate, the East Tower, and the Palaces
The North-East Bastion (Troy VI) and the Large Theatre (Troy VIII-IX), which could accommodate c. 6000 spectators
The Temple of Athena (Troy VIII)
Citadel Wall
View the outside of the Troy II/III Citadel Wall, ca 2500-2200 BCE (Schliemann's 'Burnt City').
The Megaron
The Fortification Wall of Troy I
The Residence (Manor House) - Troy II
Schliemann's Trench
Troy: The Various Levels
The Ramp - Troy II
The Palatial Residence (VI M) - Troy VI
The Sanctuary - Troy VI-IX
The Lower City of (W)llios/Wilusa, Late Troy VI
The Water Cave of Troy/Wilusa (KASKAL.KUR), Troy II-IX
The Bath
The Odeion and the Bouleuterion
The South Gate, the South Tower, and the 'Pillar House'
Return to Canakkale.
Ferry across the Dardanelles.
Gallipoli ANZAC Sector (Ariburnu Front) tour.
Kilye Bay (Turkish Logistic Port)
Property Hill (ANZAC objective on Day 2)
Kabatepe War Museum exhibition halls, including the wax models of the soldiers (closed on Tuesdays)
Brighton Beach (Kabatepe Beach in Turkish / WW2 bunkers and the view of Imbros Island)
Beach Cemetery and ANZAC Cove, including John Simpson's Grave, The Man with the Donkey
Ari Burnu Cemetery and the memorial of famous Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's quote to Allied soldiers and the mothers
The North Beach (ANZAC Commemorative Site)
Lone Pine Memorial and Cemetery (7 Australian VC during the Battle of Lone Pine)
Johnston's Jolly (trenches and tunnels)
Courtney's Post (first Australian VC at Gallipoli, 19 May 1915)
Quinn's Post and 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial
The Nek
Walkers Ridge and Russell's Top
Chunuk Bair (1 NZ VC)
