Gallipoli Peninsula: WWI Battlefields and Memorials Tour

Embark on a full-day private tour from Istanbul to the historic Gallipoli Peninsula. Explore the battlefields and memorials of the First World War, accompanied by a knowledgeable local tour guide.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Gallipoli - Explore the Gallipoli Peninsula and World War I Memorials with insightful commentary from your tour guide.
  • Gallipoli Battlefield - Visit the memorials dedicated to Turkish and ANZAC soldiers, accompanied by your guide.
  • Anzac Cove - Discover Anzac Cove, a strategic location during World War I.
  • Canakkale - Take a ferry…
What's Included
  • Private Tour with dedicated Guide
  • All Toll Fees, Fuel, and Local Taxes included
  • Exclusive Private Transportation
What's Not Included
  • Lunch & Drinks
  • Personal Expenses
Additional Information

The Gallipoli Peninsula is situated in northwestern Turkey, approximately a four-hour drive from Istanbul. This historic site is home to numerous World War I battlefields and memorials located on the northern shore of the Dardanelles Strait. It serves as a place of remembrance for the Allied forces (comprising the British Empire and France) and Turkish…

Location
Gallipoli
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Paddobearable
Jul 25, 2025
An amazing historical and cultural trip with a quality guide and expert company. - We had a fantastic day trip for our family of 4 with a great driver and extremely knowledgeable and helpful guide Mustafa. We were collected promptly by our driver in our clean and spacious Mercedes van at 8am from our hotel, before picking up Mustafa en route. Mustafa pointed out sites on the trip and outlined Istanbuls uniqueness and history as a city. With experience as a qualified guide, great English and a history including living in Australia we were able to learn so much, including our two younger teens appreciating the stories. We were able to tailor the trip as we went, stopping for regular toilet breaks in quality roadhouses Mustafa knew. We even took the ferry over from Ecebat to Çanakkale, and our guide took us to a great traditional restaurant for lunch that we never would have found alone. We then visited numerous sites in the ANZAC cove area, hearing the full history of WW1 significance at each stop. After a long hot day, made more comfortable by endless complimentary water bottles in the fridge of the van, we headed back to Istanbul, arriving at our hotel at around 8.30pm. A fantastic day we will all never forget. This is a must do trip and highly valuable for Aussie travellers. Worth every cent! Lest we Forget. 🇦🇺
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Climber26504367510
Jun 29, 2025
Well worth it - I would highly recommend this day trip to anyone with an interest in the history of Anzac Cove, WW1 Gallipoli, which is of particular interest as an Australian. Our guide Ekram was very knowledgeable and informative and provided us with extra information and visuals to help us understand both sides of this story. We appreciated Ekram’s excellent English and his openness to accommodate us during the day. We chose the private option which suited us as we felt we saved a lot of time compared to a big bus tour, so for us the $$ outlay was money well spent. We organised this tour very last minute and Guided Istanbul Tours were very quick to respond and made it easy for us to organise. Our driver Secran did an excellent job and made it very easy for us. Overall this was a long day but we are very happy that we organised the day with Guided Istanbul and in particular Ekram- who would be great for the day tours in Istanbul too.
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Jane_j
Jun 20, 2025
Highly recommend… totally AMAZING! - I don’t know where to start, our guide was a man called Mustafa Dogan. There were 6 of us on the tour and we had the most AMAZING day - very long day! The mini bus and driver… absolutely fabulous. Very comfortable for such a long day, wifi on board the bus, unlimited chilled water, very courteous driver, USB’s for charging and more importantly fabulous AIR CONDITIONER… because it was extremely hot. The guide and tour - no words can describe how fantastic it was. Mustafa went absolutely over and beyond for us. Perfect English as he has spent a lot of his live in Australia and now lives in Turkey. He gave us more than the itinerary.. took us on a ferry across the Dardanelles, took us to eat traditional food - ordering everything they had for us and super cheap. Went to everywhere on the itinerary and it was amazing! We could not recommend highly enough! We will never ever forget the experience - or Mustafa and his knowledge! Thank you thank you thank you
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Kerri
Jun 16, 2025
Private Gallipoli Tour - We took this private full day tour at the end of May. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and we learnt a lot about Turkish history and experience during the Gallipoli campaign as well as the Anzacs. The transport was comfortable and driver very safe. It is a long day, we were picked up in Istanbul at 7.30 am, and returned at 5.30pm, however well worth it in our opinion. We liked having the personalised and flexible services of a private tour.
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953suanner
Oct 3, 2024
A lesson for today - It was certainly worth taking the private day tour to Gallipoliand the surrounding sites. Sercan was a great and knowledgeable guide. I valued the flexibility of being alone and being able to say how long I wanted to spend somewhere. Quite an emotional experience. I highly recommend this tour and guide
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Lindajm2017
Sep 13, 2024
Must do for Anzac Tourists - It was an incredibly moving and emotional experience and we were all thrilled to have been able to have the opportunity to share it. Our guide Ekrem was superb, knowledgeable and informative and the trip was made better with his humour and he looked after us well. The driver was awesome, dealing with some very gnarly city traffic to get us there and back safely. A very highly recommended trip for any Anzac tourist
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Giurmet123
May 10, 2024
Tour private of Gallipoli - Guide, driver and tour all outstanding. Interactive experience highlighting both ANZAC and Turkish perspectives. Very comfortable drive, time to explore and great community location for seafood lunch albeit a little later in day.
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Jeremyhugha
Sep 4, 2024
Great tour, comfortable vehicle and good guide who spoke good English. - Great tour, the guide spoke good English and was very informative. It was a long drive from Istanbul, however the vehicle was very comfortable.
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U4154apdavea
Jun 16, 2024
Brilliant tour. - The transport was very comfortable, so convenient having g wifi access. The driver stopped regularly for breaks. Volkan was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable about Gallipoli and Australia’s involvement. It was so helpful to hear the story from Turkey’s perspective and to walk through the sites as he told the stories. It was hot but he found shady spots, moved us along gently when we needed to get to the next place. Highly recommend this tour. Great English. And he found a very affordable but tasty place for lunch.
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610jdc
Jan 3, 2024
Good tour, sites a little limited - Very good guide, a very well organized tour. The site of Troy a little abandoned, other than that an interesting experience
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From $92
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).