There's a deal to see at Gallipoli - both in the Anzac Cove area and Cape
Hermes. If your time is limited - as yours is then a guided tour will be
best. Be sure you link up with a company which will tour the area of
interest to you. Essentially there are Australian and NZ 'hot' spots;
British interest points, and the Turkish memorials in both areas. Personally
I found the Quinn's Post area (near the Sergeant Mehmet memorial) the most
interesting. There are reconstructed trenches on the original lines here
too.
In the Cannakale Naval Base there is a smallish Turkish military nuseum (not
far from the Fort) - it has excellent computer driven (in at least 3
languages) interpretative 'posts' which explain just what lay behind the
whole Gallopoli campaign, and how the Turks won. Winston Churchill, First
Lord of the Admiralty at the time, took a long time to 'live down' the
disaster he inspired.
You can - of course - also get easily to Troy from Cannakale.
We spent 3 nights at Gelibolu (the Turkish town near the Battlefields
National Park) and rented a car - so we moved at our own pace to just what
we wanted to see - but still took 4 full days to see everything we wanted to
in the area. The ferry from Cannakale to the battlefield is frequent and
fairly quick.
"grusl" wrote in message
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> I'm off to Istanbul for a few days this month. First visit to Turkey and
> basically a spur-of-the-moment idea while my wife is visiting her mother.
>
> I'm flying BLR-IST with GF (two four-hour hops with a two hour layover in
> BAH and, being GF, will no doubt be late), which cost INR40,000 - about
> USD1000 - and staying at the Turing Ayasofya Konaklari in Sogukçesme
> sokagi in the Sultanahmet district at EUR120 per night. (No doubt those
> diacritics won't come out).
>
> In the middle of the stay I'm planning for an overnight trip to Gallipoli
> via Canakkale. The hotel says it does group tours, which I don't
> especially mind in an unfamiliar country (and especially if there are
> knowledgable veterans on the tour ... not from the original 1915 conflict
> of course), but if anyone knows a more interesting way to see the
> battlefield sites and memorials I'm listening. I'm OK with bus, train or
> car options.
>
> I have the LP guide to Istanbul and I'm basically interested in the city's
> history, architecture, art, museums, walking, and eating and drinking
> (restaurant and raki bar recommendations welcome; I'm completely
> omnivorous). I'm not a shopper. I take photos but not well. My brief
> research into Canakkale gives the general impression it's a swinging
> university town but I may have to adjust that for local sentiments.
>
> Cheers,
>
> George W Russell
>
> Bangalore
>
>
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