2‑Day Pergamon, Gallipoli & Troy Tour from İzmir

You will be picked up between 11:00 AM and 11:45 AM from your hotel in Izmir, Kusadasi, or Selcuk, and transferred to Pergamo. After a lunch break, begin your guided tour of the Pergamon Acropolis, once one of the most powerful cities of the ancient world.

Your tour includes visits to:

• The Acropolis
• Altare di Zeus (referred to as the “Throne of Satan”)
• Hellenistic Theatre (seating capacity of 10,000)
• The Great Library (once held 200,000 volumes)
• Tempio di Traiano
• Palestra, built across terraces
• Agorà inferiore
• Tempio di Dioniso
• Tempio di Atena

After the tour, you will continue your journey to Çanakkale, where you’ll check into your hotel for the night. Overnight in Çanakkale.

You will be picked up from your hotel around 8:30 AM and travel to the legendary site of Troia, the ancient city immortalized in Homer’s Iliade. Highlights include:

• A reproduction of the Cavallo di Troia
• Sacrificial altars, ancient city walls, and dwellings
• IL Bouleuterion E Odeon
• Ongoing excavation areas revealing Troy’s rich history

Next, you’ll take a ferry across the Dardanelles Strait (“the Narrows”) to Kilitbahir, where you can admire the historic fort built by Mehmet the Conqueror. After lunch in Eceabat, the tour continues to Gallipoli, a site of profound historical significance. You’ll visit:

• Spiaggia di Brighton, one of the main landing zones
• Cimitero della spiaggia, Baia di Anzac, E Cimitero di Ariburnu
• Anzac Commemorative Site
• Monumento commemorativo australiano di Lone Pine, marking the site of a pivotal WWI battle
• Johnston's Jolly, featuring original trenches
• Memoriale turco del 57° Reggimento E Il Nek
• Monumento commemorativo di Chunuk Bair, Nuova Zelanda

By 6:00 PM, your group departs from Gallipoli and travels back to Istanbul, arriving at approximately 11:00 PM. You will be transferred to your hotel—this marks the end of our services for the day.