Once the looming Christmas/New Year holiday is out of the way, public attention can be expected to shift to the coming Anzac centenary commemorations at Gallipoli, now little more than four months away.
Next Anzac Day, 25 April 2015, will see the main commemorative event at Gallipoli in Turkey, on the 100th anniversary of the Anzac landings there. The media focus will be massive.
Even at this late stage, travel agents can offer their clients an excellent option to take part in once-in-a-lifetime event that will let them join fellow Australians at Gallipoli 100 years on.
Sydney-based operator Horizons Cruise and Tours, a member of the Travel Partners Group, is paying agents 10% commission on the few spaces left on its fully escorted 14-day cruise/tour that visits Gallipoli and tours the Somme battlefield in France, where so many Diggers fought and lost their lives.
The tour heads to Gallipoli Cove aboard the Celestyal (formerly Louis) Cruises luxury cruise ship M/V Celestyal Cristal. Prices for the cruise/tour are very reasonable, starting at A$7069 twin share per person, including return flights from Sydney and a three-day/two-night Paris component with Somme tour. Premium economy and business class options are available too. For single cabins, prices begin at A$9400. A full list of prices, along with a detailed itinerary and list of inclusions, can be seen on: www.horizonscruisetours.com.au
The 14-day tour Centenary all inclusive fully accompanied cruise/tour package departs Sydney on 15 April 2015.
The package includes eight nights aboard M/V Celestyal Cristal. Sailing from Athens, the ship heads to Turkey, taking in the exotic ports of Istanbul, Limnos, and Izmir – with focus on Gallipoli – a shore excursion to Anzac Cove, North Beach and the Ari Burnu beach cemetery.
As David Lyons of Horizons Cruise and Tours explains, passengers who were successful in the official Government Dawn Service ballot will be transferred ashore by Celestyal Cruises and escorted to Anzac Cove and after to Istanbul.
Those who were unsuccessful in the Dawn Service ballot need not miss out, as the tour goes ashore at Anzac Cove on the Thursday before Anzac Day, avoiding crowds.
Rather than anchoring in the Anzac Cove area on Anzac Day, M/V Celestyal Cristal will anchor at a designated and respectful distance during the Centenary Dawn Service, a cruise highlight which will be screened live to the ship’s poolside and theatre.
The M/V Celestyal Cristal cruise and the tour comply with all Turkish Government rules governing Anzac Day 2015.
After the screening of the Centenary Dawn Service, the ship will return to Istanbul. From there, passengers will fly to Paris for the tour of the Somme battlefield.
For more information contact David Lyons at Horizons Cruise and Tours.
SOURCE Horizons Cruise and Tours