Day 2 Thursday 23rd April
Istanbul (B)
This morning you are taken by coach on a city tour of Istanbul. The tour will include Topkapi Palace, the Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles and also the Hippodrome. In the afternoon you visit the Spice Bazaar.

Day 3 Friday 24th April
Istanbul - Gallipoli (B D)
This morning your air-conditioned coach will depart Istanbul for Gallipoli. It takes just under 5 hours to reach Gallipoli, on arrival you have lunch and then begin your tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula. You visit Gabatepe War Museum, Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Australia's Memorial and Cemetery, Quinn's Post, Turkish 57th Regiment Cemetery, The Nek, Chunuk-Bair New Zealand Memorial and Cemetery.
This late afternoon you enjoy an ANZAC eve buffet dinner at ANZAC Cove.
This evening you will depart for the dawn service.

Day 4 Saturday 25th April
Gallipoli - Troy - Ayvalik
At 4.30 am the dawn service begins. You can also go to the Australian National service at 10:30, the Turkish National Service at 11.45 and the New Zealand National service at 13:00.
Late afternoon you travel to Troy and visit the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy. The coach will then take you to Ayvalik for your overnight stay.

Day 5 Sunday 26th April
Ayvalik - Pergamum - Kusadasi (B D)
This morning your coach will take you to Pergamum to see the Asklepion, Zeus alter and Red Basilica. Bergama is the site of the Hellenistic and later Roman city of Pergamum, ruled for several centuries by a powerful local dynasty. Its foremost attraction is the Kizil Avlu or "Red Basilica", a huge edifice on the river not far from the acropolis, originally built as a temple to the Egyptian god Osiris and converted to a basilica by the early Christians, when it was one of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor addressed by St John in the book of Revelation - though sadly it's now a crumbling ruin with a mosque in one of its towers.
This afternoon you visit a carpet weaving centre on your way to Kusadasi.
On arrival you relax in a local Turkish Bath before dinner.

Day 6 Monday 27th April
Kusadasi - Ephesus - Kusadasi (B D)
This morning you depart for Ephesus. The city, whos wealth and patronage supported its splendid architectural program, was dedicated to the goddess Artemis. Its enormous temple, once considered one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World and rebuilt several times, dates in its latest form from the third century B.C.
The tour of the ruins also includes a theatre, gymnasium, agora and baths, as well as the Library of Celsius.
After lunch, you will make a shopping tour and see the ancient arts of Turkey like leather manufacturing and jewellery.

Day 7 Tuesday 28th April
Kusadasi - Pamukkale (B D)
Today your coach we take you to Pamukkale. On arrival you will stop for lunch. In Pamukkale you will visit the calcium terraces of Pamukkale (cotton castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis, then walk around this natural phenomenon. You can also have a dip in the waters of the natural springs.
Tonight you will enjoy dinner at the hotel.

Day 8 Wednesday 29th April
Pamukkale - Istanbul (B)
After breakfast you take the coach back to Istanbul. On arrival your evening is free to relax at the hotel.

Day 9 Thursday 30th April
Istanbul (B)
Today you can be transferred back to the airport for your flight home.