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Historical
Gallipoli and Troy — Two Days from Istanbul
Çanakkale·2 days, 1 night
- Duration
- 2 days, 1 night
- Meeting point
- Hotel pickup in Istanbul on the first morning; drop-off at your hotel on the second evening.
- Languages
- English, Turkish, Other languages on request
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup. Hotel nights around 25 April follow the hotel's own terms, which are stricter — your quote states them.
Price on request
Highlights
- Anzac Cove & Ariburnu
- Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair
- Kabatepe Museum
- Troy and the Troy Museum
- 1915 Çanakkale Bridge
About this tour
Çanakkale is about 330 kilometres from Istanbul, five to six hours in a car each way since the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge opened, and that arithmetic is why this is a two-day tour. The single-day version exists, but it means fifteen hours in which the battlefields get three; some operators who sell it do not even bring you back the same evening. Over two days the first afternoon belongs to the Gallipoli peninsula — Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair and the Kabatepe museum, walked slowly, with a guide who can tell you which ridge is which. You sleep on the waterfront in Çanakkale or Eceabat. The second morning crosses to Troy, where nine cities are stacked on one mound and the Troy Museum holds what was found in them, and you are back in Istanbul in the evening. It is a quiet, serious trip rather than a sightseeing sprint, and it suits people with a name to look for as much as readers of Homer.
Itinerary
- 07:00Day 1 — Istanbul hotel pickup
Out of the city before the morning traffic builds.
- 11:00Day 1 — Gelibolu and the 1915 bridge
A break on the road, then the strait from the bridge that crosses it.
- 12:30Day 1 — Lunch in Eceabat
On the waterfront, facing the peninsula.
- 14:00Day 1 — Anzac Cove and Ariburnu
The landing beach, the cemetery above it and Atatürk's words on the memorial.
- 15:30Day 1 — Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair
The trench lines on the ridge, a few metres apart in places.
- 17:00Day 1 — Kabatepe Museum
Letters, uniforms and objects found on the ground you have just walked.
- 18:30Day 1 — Check in at Çanakkale
A waterfront hotel; the evening is yours.
- 09:00Day 2 — Troy
The mound, the walls of several Troys and the ramp from the Bronze Age city.
- 11:00Day 2 — Troy Museum
The finds, including the pieces returned from abroad, in the building beside the site.
- 13:00Day 2 — Lunch, then the road north
Five to six hours back, with a stop.
- 19:30Day 2 — Istanbul hotel drop-off
Later if the Friday traffic is against us.
What's included
- Private Vehicle from Istanbul
- Licensed Guide
- One Night in Çanakkale
- Breakfast
What to bring
- An overnight bag — the hotel is one night
- Walking shoes; the battlefield sites are open ground
- A windproof layer, the peninsula is exposed
- Names and unit details if you are looking for a grave
Frequently asked
Can we do this in one day?
You can find it sold as one day, and we do not sell it. It is 330 kilometres each way: a single day means leaving at six, spending three hours on the peninsula and nothing at Troy, or being dropped in Çanakkale rather than brought home. Two days is what the trip actually takes.
Where do we sleep?
On the waterfront in Çanakkale or in Eceabat, closer to the battlefields. Your quote names the hotel before you accept it — we do not book a room you have not seen.
Is this the Anzac Day tour?
25 April is a different operation: the ceremonies need passes, the roads close, the peninsula fills and hotels are taken months ahead. We can plan it, but ask early in the year, not in April.
Is Troy worth the second day?
Honestly, it rewards a guide. The site is nine cities stacked on one mound and the walls are low; without someone to read them it is a field of stones. With the Troy Museum next door, where the finds are, the morning holds up.
We are looking for a family grave.
Tell us the name, unit and, if you have it, the cemetery when you request the quote. The Commonwealth cemeteries are scattered across the peninsula and the route is rearranged around the one you need, with time to stand there.
Can we start from Çanakkale instead?
Yes — if you are already in the area, or arriving by air, the tour becomes a full day on the peninsula and a half day at Troy without the two long drives. Say so in your request and the quote reflects it.
Travel guides
Çanakkale & Troy Day Trip from Istanbul 2026 – Gallipoli, Ancient Troy & 1915 BridgeGetting there
Arriving in Istanbul?
Book the airport ride with us as well — a fixed fare, a chauffeur waiting at the meeting point and your flight tracked.
