| Take an excursion to the ancient city of Troy, scene of the legendary Trojan War and Wooden Horse. Then spend time discovering the history of the Gallipoli Battlefields, whose tunnels, trenches and memorials remain in tribute to those who died there in the First World War… Around 100,000 were killed and 400,000 wounded during the nine-month campaign (1915-1916).
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|  | |  | | You can visit Gallipoli and Troy from Istanbul or as part of a longer itinerary. Browse some of Akresa Travel's popular itineraries:
Grand Tour of Turkey 8-day Tour of Turkey
Cappadocia, Mt.Nemrut and Urfa 11-day Tour of Turkey
All our guided Turkey tours are completely customisable - take a look at our most popular travel programmes, you can modify these itineraries according to your budget, interests and time frame. Our professional travel consultants at Akresa Travel will be happy to advise you, or create your itinerary and build the perfect luxury holiday to suit all your travel requirements. | |
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|  Troy is the ancient town described in Homer's Iliad and the 10-year Trojan Wars against the Greeks. Today you can visit the fortification walls of Troy Vl with its tower and gateway entrance, Temple of Athena - the focal point of a great annual festival in honour of the goddess Athena, and a replica of the Wooden Horse of Troy. |
| |  The World War I battle for control of the Dardanelles strait was fought mainly on Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula, with appalling casualties. Today, the Gallipoli battlefields are silent, preserved as a National Park strewn with marble and bronze monuments, one of the most emotionally moving places to visit in Turkey.
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| | | | | | All our guided Turkey tours are completely customisable - take a look at our most popular travel programmes, you can modify these itineraries according to your budget, interests and time frame. |
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|  "Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours...
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| |  You, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well." Ataturk. 1934 |
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