Overview
Step onto the windswept ridges where history was forged and legend was born. This intimate two-day private journey from Istanbul carries you across the rolling Thracian countryside to two of Turkey’s most evocative landscapes — the solemn battlefields of Gallipoli and the mythic ruins of Troy. Walk the quiet sands of ANZAC Cove where the first landings broke at dawn in 1915, trace the preserved trenches of Johnston’s Jolly, and stand in contemplation at the Lone Pine Memorial as your private guide unfolds the human stories behind the headlines. The next morning, cross the Dardanelles into the world of Homer, where 3,700-year-old walls still rise from the earth and the replica Trojan Horse waits beside the layered remains of nine cities stacked across three millennia. With your private guide, driver, comfortable hotel in Çanakkale, and every transfer tailored entirely to your pace, you trade group itineraries for the freedom to linger, ask, and reflect. You leave with more than photographs — you leave carrying the weight of myth and memory, drawn from soil that has shaped the imagination of the world.
Trip Highlights
- Walk the hallowed sands of ANZAC Cove at your own pace
- Pay respects at the Beach Cemetery and Lone Pine Memorial
- Step through the preserved trenches of Johnston's Jolly
- Gaze across the Dardanelles from the Gallipoli ridges
- Climb inside the iconic replica Trojan Horse
- Trace the 3,700-year-old walls of ancient Troy
- Uncover Homer's Iliad with your private guide
- Savour a Dardanelles-side lunch in historic Eceabat
- Travel exclusively with private driver and tailored pacing
Route: Istanbul → Canakkale (1 night) → Istanbul · Day trips: Gallipoli, Troy
Featured Hotels
Hotel options associated with this itinerary; the selected tour page and written confirmation control the included hotel and category.
View Featured Hotels (3)- Option 1: We can upgrade your hotel for an additional cost, which is added to the total price of the standard package tour.
- Option 2: You may request to arrange your own accommodation. We will prepare a revised written quote; each non-hotel service remains included only if expressly listed in the revised confirmation, and availability or price may change.
Hotels are subject to availability; alternatives of an equal standard may be provided.











