Gallipoli and Troy Tour from Istanbul: 2 Days, Route and 2027 Prices

A Gallipoli and Troy tour from Istanbul is two days by private van: the First World War battlefields on day 1, a night on the peninsula, then the ruins of Troy on day 2 before the drive back to the city. Our version is a private tour from $235 per person with a licensed guide, hotel pick-up in Istanbul, and the museum tickets and attraction fees included (the hotel night, meals and tips are not). Send your dates on WhatsApp and we confirm the pick-up time, or look at the Gallipoli tours and Troy tours lists for the one-day alternatives.

The two sites face each other across the Dardanelles, so they fit together on one trip, but they are roughly 300 km from Istanbul. This page covers only what the combined product adds: the hour-by-hour plan, how the strait is crossed, why two days beat two separate day trips, and who should not book it. For the battlefield history see our Gallipoli day trip page, and for what the ruins show see the Troy tour from Istanbul page.

Gallipoli and Troy tour, day 1: Istanbul to the Anzac sector

Gallipoli & Troy Private Tour from Istanbul, 2 Days, from $235

Your guide and driver collect you at your Istanbul hotel at 8:00. The tour page gives that time and the booking form offers earlier slots from 6:00, which is worth requesting between November and February, when daylight on the ridges ends around 17:00. The road runs west through Thrace and down to Eceabat. Plan on about 4.5 hours each way including a break, a figure the travel site Turkey Travel Planner uses for the same drive; your guide uses the van time to set out the 1915 campaign.

The tour page lists the day's stops in this order:

1. Brighton Beach and Beach Cemetery, where John Simpson, the stretcher-bearer with the donkey, is buried.
2. Anzac Cove and Ari Burnu, the first landing place.
3. Lone Pine Cemetery, the Australian memorial.
4. Johnston's Jolly, with a walk along surviving trenches, and a look over Shrapnel Valley.
5. The Turkish memorial, The Nek and Walker's Ridge.
6. Chunuk Bair, the main New Zealand memorial.

Expect to reach the first stop around midday and finish near sunset in summer. Nothing on the tour page says lunch is included, so eat in Eceabat or at a roadside restaurant, paid by you. After Chunuk Bair the guide drops you at your hotel in Eceabat, the small harbour town on the European shore. The tour page names Eceabat as the overnight stop, and the hotel is booked separately.

Day 2: Eceabat, the Dardanelles crossing and Troy

Gallipoli & Troy Private Tour from Istanbul, 2 Days, from $235

At 9:00 your guide and driver pick you up in Eceabat. Troy is on the Asian shore, about 30 km south of Çanakkale, so the day starts by crossing the Dardanelles. The tour page lists these sights: the Trojan Horse replica, the Troy Museum, the sacrificial altars, the 3,700-year-old city walls, the houses of Troy I, the Bouleuterion (council building), the Odeon (concert hall) and the remains of the nine cities from Troy I to Troy IX.

Allow two to three hours for the site and the museum together. Troy rewards a guide: what you walk past is mostly low walls, trenches and foundations, and the layers only make sense when someone explains which wall belongs to which city. The museum fills in the finds, including carved sarcophagi.

Gallipoli & Troy Private Tour from Istanbul, 2 Days, from $235

When the tour ends the van takes you back to your hotel in Istanbul, and our service ends there. With the long drive, expect to be back in the evening, later on a Friday or in summer traffic.

How do you cross the Dardanelles between the two sites?

Two crossings exist between the two shores. The first is the car ferry between Eceabat and Çanakkale. Turkey Travel Planner gives the crossing as about 25 minutes, with departures from Eceabat roughly hourly from 07:00 until midnight; that page is undated, and GESTAŞ, the operator, publishes the current timetable at gdu.com.tr, with notices through October 2026 reporting services running to schedule. The second is the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge between Gelibolu and Lapseki, open since 18 March 2022, with a main span of 2,023 metres, the longest suspension span in the world according to Wikipedia. It is a road toll bridge, raised to 1,170 lira for cars on 1 July 2026 by the same source.

We could not confirm from any official source which crossing the driver uses on a given date, so ask us when you book; the 25-minute ferry figure is a guide, not a promise.

Two-day tour or two separate day trips: which is better?

Gallipoli & Troy Private Tour from Istanbul, 2 Days, from $235

The honest comparison is about road hours, because the price per day looks different depending on how many hours you spend in the van. "From" prices below are what each tour page shows on 1 November 2026; the figure for your party is confirmed when you send the request.

The two-day tour wins when you want both sites and mind the clock: you spend the evening in a town on the peninsula and begin day 2 already near Troy. Two day trips cost more road time in total and mean two very early starts, but you sleep in your own Istanbul hotel. If you can give up only one day, pick the Gallipoli day for the battlefields or the Troy day, and see our Gallipoli tours and Troy tours pages for the options. We do not recommend packing both into one day, and the third-party guide we cite says the same.

What does the price cover, and what do you pay on the side?

The tour page lists the inclusions as private tour, licensed guide, private van, museum tickets and attraction fees. The exclusions are the hotel (available on request), meals and drinks, and a suggested tip. So the price you see covers your guide, your own van and the tickets on both days; on top you pay for one hotel night, dinner, breakfast and lunch on day 2, and drinks.

Other 2-day Gallipoli and Troy listings on Viator, Expedia and operator sites that we checked on 1 November 2026 are mostly shared group tours that put the hotel night and sometimes meals into one price. Ours is private, which means your pace at Lone Pine, your timing at Troy and a guide who can spend the time on a relative's grave if you tell us the name, and the hotel is chosen by you or booked by us on request. For Australian and New Zealand travellers planning around 25 April, the dawn service has its own access rules, which our Anzac Day Gallipoli tour package page explains.

Prices vary by season, group size and what you add, so ask us for today's price. The tour page states cancellation terms and the site shows "Book Now, Pay Later" in its header, so read both before you reserve.

Opening hours and site fees: what we could verify

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism's visitor sheets for Troy and the Troy Museum give 08:30 to 20:00 from 1 April to 1 October and 08:30 to 17:30 from 1 October to 1 April, with ticket offices closing about 30 minutes earlier. Those sheets are older and some other sources show earlier closing times in summer, so the exact hours for your date are confirmed by your guide. Online listings of site and museum ticket prices disagree, and we found no official 2027 figure. Because the entrance fees are part of the tour price, the number on the door does not change what you pay us.

The Gallipoli memorials and cemeteries are in a national historical park, and one travel site says entry to the park is free. The Çanakkale Epic Promotion Centre in Kabatepe charges its own admission according to one listing, and is not part of the tour page's stop list.

Who should skip a Gallipoli and Troy tour from Istanbul?

Skip it if a 4.5-hour drive each way is a dealbreaker, if you travel with very young children, or if you have limited mobility. Troy involves a loop on raised walkways and uneven stone, and the Gallipoli day includes a walk along the Anzac trenches. Small groups and families with older children cope well, but nobody can promise comfort over that many hours. If your interest is general rather than historical, a Bosphorus or Old City day in Istanbul will give you more for the time. If you only want one site, the Gallipoli private day tour or the Troy day trip with ferry and lunch is the shorter commitment.

How to book the 2-day Gallipoli and Troy tour

Open the Gallipoli and Troy 2-day private tour page, pick a date, a time and the number of guests, and send the request, or message us on WhatsApp with your dates and hotel. Tell us if you want us to book the Eceabat hotel. We confirm the exact pick-up time once we know where you are staying, because leaving the old city takes longer than leaving from the airport side. English-speaking licensed guides are standard; a French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Italian guide is confirmed per date in writing before you pay. For other group tours and the wider region start from the Gallipoli tours and Troy tours pages, or write to us through contact.

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