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The battle fields of Gallipoli are on the north-west side of the straits known as the Dardanelles.

The WW1 battlefields of Gallipoli are situated about 15 kms from Çanakkale. We will stay in Canakkale where there is plenty of accommodation for travellers to Gallipoli and Troy.  Tours of the battlefields depart daily from ANZAC House Youth Hostel. 

The daily tour proceeds by ferry across the part of the Dardenelles known as the Narrows, which is less then one kilometre across. The ferry pulls in at the small fishing village of Kilitbahir, known for its fort built in 1453 by 'Mehmet II the Conqueror' as a part of his successful siege of Constantinopole. 

The tour meets our air-conditioned tour bus and proceeds to the battlefield area and visits:-

* Kabatepe Museum
* Brighton beach, the intended landing place
* Beach cemetery on the southern tip of ANZAC Cove, the landing place of the first wave of Australian and New Zealand troops and home to up to 30,000 troops during the campaign
* Ari Burnu cemetery on the northern tip of ANZAC Cove, where the dawn service is held each ANZAC Day
*Lone Pine Australian Memorial
* Johnston's Jolly where you'll visit original Allied and Turkish trenches and tunnels
* The Nek, site of the famous Light Horse charge depicted in the 'Gallipoli' movie
* Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, captured by the New Zealanders during the August offensive, highest point captured during the entire campaign.

Troy is situated at a distance of 30 km from the Dardanelles. The excavated ruins of ancient Troy reveal that nine cities have been built one on top of the other, dating back to 3500 BC

The ninth city was built around 500 AD Troy VI was founded between the years 1800-1275 BC  The city walls of this Troy are in good condition.  Troy VII is the stratum of 1200 BC, the time of the famous Trojan war which resulted in the capture and destruction of the city.

Bursa does more justice to it's setting than any other Turkish city apart from Istanbul.  It is built on the foothills of the 2000m high Uludag.

Bursa contains some of the finest Ottoman monuments in appealing old neighbourhoods.  Thermal baths and silk manufacture are two of the town's main enterprises.

Accommodation is reasonably priced because many visitors day-trip from Istanbul.