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REF NO: HF WEST
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ITINERARY
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DAY 1
| Arrive Istanbul | DAY 2
| Istanbul | DAY 3
| Istanbul-Gallipoli | | DAY 4 | Troy-Assos | | DAY 5 | Pergamon-Kusadasi | | DAY 6 | Aphrodisias-Pamukkale-Kusadasi
| | DAY 7 | Ephesus-Istanbul | | DAY 8 | Istanbul | | DAY 9 | Departure Istanbul |
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| | FULL ITINERARY
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| DAY 1 | ARRIVAL ISTANBUL |
| | Collect from Ataturk International airport |
| | Transfer to your hotel |
| | Overnight Istanbul |
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| DAY 2 | ISTANBUL |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | Meet guide at the lobby of your hotel |
| | Istanbul City Tour visiting |
| | Blue Mosque |
| | Hippodrome |
| | Hagia Sophia Museum |
| | Topkapi Palace |
| | Istanbul Archeology Museum |
| | Grand Bazaar |
| | Overnight Istanbul |
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| DAY 3 | ISTANBUL-GALLIPOLI |
| 07:30 | Depart from hotel |
| 12:30 | Arrive at Eceabat |
| | Lunch at Eceabat Maydos Restaurant & Bar |
| | Fully Guided Gallipoli Tour |
| | Visiting; |
| | Kabatepe Museum |
| | Brighton Beach |
| | Beach Cemetery |
| | ANZAC Cove |
| | Ariburnu Cemetery |
| | ANZAC Commemoration Site |
| | Lone Pine Australian Memorial |
| | Johnston's Jolly (Turkish & Allied trenches & tunnels) |
| | 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial |
| | The Nek |
| | Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. |
| 18:30 | Arrive in Canakkale and Check in at Hotel |
| | Dinner and Overnight in Canakkale |
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| DAY 4 | TROY - ASSOS |
| | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 08:00 | Depart for Troy |
| 08:30 | Fully Guided Troy Tour. |
| | Visit the famous archaeological and mythological site of |
| | You will see and hear about |
| | The Trojan Horse. |
| | Helen of Troy. |
| | The Trojan Wars. |
| | The battle between Achilles and Paris. |
| | Sacrificial Altars. |
| | The 3700 year old city walls. |
| | Houses of Troy I , 3000 B.C. - 2500 B.C. |
| | The Bouleterium (Senate Building). |
| | The Odeon (Concert Hall). |
| | Current excavations in progress. |
| | Remains of the various cities from Troy I through to Troy IX |
| 11:00 | Depart for Assos |
| | Lunch at Assos |
| 13:00 | Fully guided Assos Tour visiting |
| | Acropolis ( 238 m. High from the sea level ) |
| | Temple of Athena ( was constructed during the 6th century B. C. Besides ) |
| | City Walls |
| | Agoras |
| | Theater |
| | Gymnasium |
| | Hudavendigar Bridge |
| | Hudavendigar Mosque |
| | ( constructed during Ottoman Sultan Murat ( the first ) during 14th century) |
| | Behramkale Village |
| | Kadýrga Cove |
| | Check in at Hotel |
| | Dinner at Hotel |
| | Overnight Assos |
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| DAY 5 | ASSOS - PERGAMON - KUSADASI |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | Depart for Pergamon |
| | Fully guided Pergamon Tour |
| | Visit Asklepion ( built in the name of Aesculapius, the God of Health and Medicine ) |
| | The ancient medical complex, hospital |
| | Lunch at a local restaurant in Bergama |
| | Pergamon Acropolis Tour |
| | Monumental tombs or heroons built for the kings of Pergamon during the Hellenistic period |
| | Foundations of Propylon (monumental gates) which were constructed by Eumenes II |
| | Ruins of the temple of Athena |
| | The famous Library of Pergamon which contained 200,000 books |
| | (Antonius gave all the books of the library to Cleopatra as a wedding gift) |
| | Houses from the Hellenistic period |
| | The remains of the palaces of Eumenes II and Attalos II |
| | Military barracks and military warehouses called "Arsenals" |
| | Temple of Trajan |
| | The Theater of Pergamon, |
| | (one of the steepest theaters in the world, has a capacity of 10,000 people) |
| | Temple of Dionysos (known in Rome as Baccus, god of wine) |
| | The famous Altar of Zeus(Eumenes II (197-159 BC) constructed it as a memorial of the victory against the Galatians) |
| | (It was taken away from Pergamon in 1871 and carried to Germany, It is exhibited at the Museum of Pergamum in Berlin |
| 17:00 | Departure for KUSADASI from PERGAMON |
| 19:30 | Arrive in Kusadasi |
| | Check in at hotel |
| | Dinner at the hotel & Overnight Kusadasi |
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| DAY 6 | APHRODISIAS - PAMUKKALE ( HIERAPOLIS ) |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | Depart for Aphrodisias |
| | (famous school of sculpture and hence became a center of Art in its time) |
| | The Temple of Aphrodite |
| | Bouleuterion ( Council House ) |
| | Sebasteion(Augusteum) |
| | The Stadium ( the most well preserved stadium in Anatolia with a 30,000 seating capacity ) |
| | Depart for Pamukkale |
| | Lunch |
| | Pamukkale Tour visiting |
| | Hot Water Springs |
| | (Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs.) |
| | The ancient city of Hierapolis |
| | ( was built on top of the white "castle" which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high) |
| | Theatre |
| | Temple of Apollo |
| | Plutonium ( is the oldest local sanctuary / The Place of PLUTO) |
| | Nymphaeum |
| | Necropolis |
| | Return back to Kusadasi |
| | Dinner and Overnight in Kusadasi |
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| DAY 7 | EPHESUS - ISTANBUL |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | Ephesus Tour visiting |
| | The Library of Celcius |
| | Temple of Artemis |
| | The Odeon |
| | The Temple of Hadrian |
| | The Temple of Domitian |
| | The Theater ( estimated 44,000 seating capacity) |
| | Two agoras, one for commercial and one for state business |
| | Lunch |
| | The house of the Virgin Mary |
| | Depart for Izmir & transfer to IZMIR Adnan Menderes Airport |
| | Flight from Izmir to Istanbul |
| | Arrive in Ataturk Airport & meet and transfer to Hotel |
| | Overnight Istanbul |
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| DAY 8 | ISTANBUL |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | Free morning at leisure |
| 12:30 | Meet guide at the hotel lobby |
| | Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise with guide |
| | ( Cruise Boat will have other people on board ) |
| | Drop of at Hotel |
| | Overnight Istanbul |
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| DAY 9 | DEPART ISTANBUL |
| | Breakfast at your hotel |
| | following departure airport transfer to Ataturk International airport |
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| THE PACKAGE INCLUDES |
| Transportation by PRIVATE A/C & NO SMOKING vehicle |
| 1 night accommodation in Canakkale ( 4 STAR ) HB |
| 1 night accommodation in Assos ( 4 STAR ) HB |
| 2 nights accommodation in Kusadasi ( 4 STAR ) HB |
| 4 nights accommodation in Istanbul ( 4 STAR ) BB |
| PRIVATE Gallipoli&Troy&Pergamon Acropolis and Asklepion&Aphrodisias&Pamukkale&Ephesus&Istanbul City Tours |
| Bosphorus Cruise |
| PRIVATE English Speaking guiding service |
| Museum enterance fees, tolls, Ferry Fees |
| 5 Lunches , 4 Dinners |
| Airport transfers |
| Flight from Izmir to Istanbul |
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| DEPARTURE DATES 2012 |
| EVERYDAY | ALL YEAR ROUND |
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| Further enquiries can be made to : hasslefree@anzachouse.com |
