Canakkale Bozcaada Bursa Tour

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025

Day 1: ASSOS BOZCAADA ÇANAKKALE

After meeting at 19:00 on the specified tour date, we start our enjoyable journey. After the necessary breaks, we reach the region in the morning. After breakfast at our restaurant, we leave behind historical village houses among the structures reminiscent of medieval architecture and arrive at the Acropolis, surrounded by a 3 km long wall that dominates both the sea and the land, one of the most important walls of its period in terms of workmanship and architecture. We see the Temple of Athena, built at the highest point of the Acropolis, and the Hüdavendigar Mosque, an Ottoman work from the period of Murad I, located at the exit of the Acropolis.

After our Acropolis tour, we see the Agora (Panoramic) located on the southern slope of the Acropolis and later converted into a church, the Bouleuterion (Council) consisting of the podium, statues and small monumental structures to the east of the Agora, the Gymnasium, the horseshoe-shaped theater in accordance with the traditional Greek theater plan, and the stoa, and then we set off towards Geyikli Pier to depart for Bozcaada. While waiting for the ferry that will take us to Bozcaada according to our arrival time, we have free time on the beach to enjoy tea and coffee. Then we get on the ferry and arrive at Bozcaada after a half-hour journey. The incredibly cute Bozcaada fascinates us from the very first step. After visiting and photographing the Genoese Castle with our guests who wish, we have free time for lunch at fish restaurants where you can taste the delicious fish of the Aegean. After dinner, we take a walk with our guests who wish, accompanied by the warm wind of the island. After free time, after shopping for the famous tomato jam and drinks made by the village women living on the island, we sip our teas on the seashore, get on the ferry and go to Geyikli pier, then get on our vehicle and go to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation at our hotel.

Day 2: Çanakkale

After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we depart from Çanakkale ferry pier, get on the ferry by bus and reach the Gelibolu Peninsula after a half-hour journey. We start our martyrdom tour. After a panoramic view of the first places we will see, Kilitbahir Castle, Rumeli Namazgah Bastion and Rumeli Hamidiye Bastion, we will listen to our guide about our heroic veteran Seyid Corporal from the Manastır Village of Havran and all the details of the March 18 Naval Defense Battle Victory. After our tour and photo break here, we will continue by bus and see the Şahindere Field Hospital Martyrdom on our way. After our meaningful visit here, we go to the largest monument built for our martyrs. After completing our visit to the symbolic cemetery where the names of 60,000 soldiers are written and all the visiting points in this area, we meet our bus and continue our tour. On our way, we see Morto Bay, the French Cemetery and reach Sed-ül Bahir. Here, we will listen to the story of Sergeant Yahya, who, despite being a continental commander, protected the entrance to the strait against 2,800 soldiers with 63 soldiers on April 25th, and visit the Martyrs' Cemetery and Hellas Monument. After the meal we will have in Alçıtepe, we reach ANZAC Cove, Arıburnu Yarları, Sphinxes, North Beach, then panoramically the Anzac Cemetery, the Mehmetçik Respect Monument and then the 57th Regiment Martyrs' Memorial, where almost all of the soldiers who went selflessly against the enemy without thinking of returning in the Gallipoli Wars, were martyred. After seeing the Kesikdere Martyrs' Memorial here, we see Kılıçbayırı and Anafartalar Plain panoramically and go to Conkbayırı, where 6000 bullets fell per square meter, 21,000 people lost their lives on a single hill, bullets could collide in the air and where Mustafa Kemal gave us our freedom again, which was the turning point of the Gallipoli Wars. Here we see very important places such as the New Zealand Monument, the Place Where Mustafa Kemal's Clock Was Shattered, the Nazif Çakmak Monument, and Mustafa Kemal's Lookout Post and return to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation at our hotel.

Day 3: TRİLYE MUDANYA BURSA

After the open buffet breakfast at our hotel in the morning, we leave our hotel and set off for our Mudanya, Trilye Bursa tour. After the necessary breaks, we reach Trilye and visit the Taş Mektebi (School) in Trilye with our guide. We experience nostalgia by going back to prehistory on the streets of Trilye. After seeing the Trilye houses, we visit the Fatih Church Mosque. We take a break in Çamlıkahve. After the lunch break, we see the traces of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods in Mudanya, and the Mudanya Armistice Building, one of the most beautiful examples of Ottoman houses, where the Turkish-Greek ceasefire agreement was signed and the documents were exhibited. After our tour here, we reach Bursa, which has natural beauty and historical riches, after the free time we will have.

First, accompanied by our guide, we start our tour with a visit to Tophane, which was established by the Ottoman Empire before the conquest of Istanbul. Here you will find the Osmangazi and Orhangazi tombs, Bursa clock tower, and observation terrace. After the information we will receive from our guide, after our photo break, we continue our Bursa tour with a visit to the most magnificent mosque in Bursa, the Grand Mosque, which Evliya Çelebi called the Hagia Sophia of Bursa. After a short shopping break, we complete our 3rd day and set off to return to Kayseri. After the necessary breaks, we will be in Kayseri towards morning.