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Anzac Special 2012 Tour ~ Option C |
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13 days / 12 nights : ISTANBUL to ISTANBUL |
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| Sun 22 Apr |
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Arrive Istanbul |
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Arrival transfer from airport to hotel. Welcome cocktail and briefing.
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| Mon 23 Apr |
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Istanbul |
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Full day tour including: the Topkapi Palace (excluding harem), the Hippodrome, the Blue Mosque, and the Grand Bazaar. Optional Dinner with belly dancing entertainment. (B)
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| Tue 24 Apr |
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Istanbul – Gallipoli |
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Visit Soliman the Magnificent Mosque, then continue to Gallipoli. Dinner on the way to Gallipoli Eceeabat in a local restaurant, early evening departure to Gallipoli for the Anzac Ceremony. As we will attend the dawn service there is no hotel accommodation. (B,D)
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| Wed 25 Apr |
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Gallipoli – Dardanelles – Anzac Programme |
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Anzac Day: full Anzac Program. In the afternoon continue to Canakkale for overnight. Dinner will be served at your hotel. Breakfast is not a proper breakfast, but a breakfast box will be served per person as we will depart very early in the morning. (D)
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| Thu 26 Apr |
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Full day Gallipoli & Hellespont
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Morning departure to Gallipoli and visit to Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery and Chunuk Bair, Kabatepe War Museum, then drive to Hellespont with the largest memorial on the peninsula. Overnight in Canakkale. (B,D)
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| Fri 27 Apr |
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Troy – Kusadasi via Pergamum
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This morning first visit Troy, then continue onto Pergamum Acropolis and drive to Kusadasi, the picturesque port on the Agean Sea. Overnight in Kusadasi. Dinner in the hotel. (B,D)
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| Sat 28 Apr |
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Ephesus & St. Mary’s House |
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Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus and St. Mary’s cottage. Optional afternoon tour of the local village of Sirince. (B,D)
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| Sun 29 Apr |
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Kusadasi – Aphoridisias – Pamukkale |
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Drive through the fertile valley’s to Aphrodisias city of Aphrodite, then continue to Pamukkale (white lime cascades and visit Hierapolis. (B,D)
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| Mon 30 Apr |
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Pamukkale – Cappadocia |
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After breakfast depart for Cappadocia for your overnight accommodation. (B,D)
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| Sun 01 May |
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Cappadocia |
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Visit Goreme, Avanos, Pasabagi, Red Valley, and the Ozkonak underground city. (B,D)
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| Tue 02 May |
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Cappadocia – Ankara |
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Morning departure for Ankara, with an en route visit to a 13th century Agzikarahan caravansary. Afternoon tour of the Ataturk Mausoleum and Anatolian Civilizations Museum. (B,D)
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| Wed 03 May |
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Ankara – Return |
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Transfer to Istanbul, farewell dinner at a local restaurant. (B,D)
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| Thu 04 May |
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Return |
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After breakfast transfer to Istanbul Airport for your flight. (B)
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