SeaDream Yacht Club heads for Gallipoli
SeaDream Yacht Club is making several pilgrimages to Gallipoli for next year’s 100th anniversary year of ANZAC.
The identical mega motor-cruisers, Sea Dream I and Sea Dream II, that each carry a maximum 112 guests, will sail seven voyages – ranging from 7-12 nights in duration – between May and October 2015, all starting or ending in Istanbul, and with five to or from Athens, and one of 12 days to Venice.
All sailings will have a day at Kepez in Turkey for an optional 4.5hr tour to the Gelibou (Gallipoli) National Park led by expert guides.
Places visited will include the 1915 North Beach ANZAC World War One landing site in Anzac Cove, Ari Burnu and Johnston’s Jolly Cemeteries, Lone Pine Memorial, Chunuk Bair’s ANZAC and Turkish trenches, and the Kabatepe Military Museum.
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