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Bursa is frequently cited as "Green Bursa" in a reference to the beautiful parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in its surrounding region. The city is synonymous with the mountain Uludag which towers behind the city core and which is also a famous ski resort.
Tour Program
1- Bursa City Center
2- Historical Inkaya Tree
3- Uludag Mountain
4- Lunch at the skirt of the Uludag Mountain
5- Cable Car
6- Green Mosque
7- Silk Market – Koza Han
8- Green Mosaleum
9- Historical Bath House
10- Ottoman House
11- Visit Local Places for Shopping
What you will see?
Bursa City Center
Bursa is the first capital of the Ottoman Empire and fourth largest city in Turkey. Often referred to as “Green Bursa” for its many parks and surrounding forest, you will visit mosques, bazaars and the famous Silk Market. The city is synonymous with the mountain Uludag which towers behind the city core and which is also a famous ski resort.
Historical Inkaya Tree
The best known of these trees is the Inkaya (Grand) Plane tree, which is over 600 years old, in Inkaya Village. Physically it is Turkey's largest tree. Diameter of the tree 3 meters, 10 meters in circumference, height is 37 meters. It has 13 main branches, thickness of the each of them is lika a tree trunk.
Uludag Mountain
Well known as favourite of mountain and winter tourism, Uludag Mountain is the biggest center place of winter and nature sports in Bursa, Turkey. Also called as Olimpos Mountain and Kesis (Mosk) Mountain, Uludag is 2543 meter hight, 40 km long and approximately 15-20 km width.
When we reach to Uludag Mountain you will have free time to enjoy and able to try Atv safari or ski motor and skiing.
Lunch at the skirt of the Uludag Mountain
We will drive to Uludag Mountain for delicious mixed grilled in a lovely restaurant that located at the skirt of the mountain.
Cable Car
Climbing to mountain by bus and back to downtown by Cable Car.
Green Mosque
Although Bursa‘s Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) is the city’s largest, the Green Mosque (Yeşil Cami, YESH-sheel jah-mee) is its architectural gem, exemplifying the movement from the Seljuk Turkish hypostyle Ulu Cami to the great domed mosques of Edirne and Istanbul.
Silk Market – Koza Han
Situated between Bursa Grand Mosque and Orhan Mosque, Kozahan was built by the great architect Abdul Ula Bin Pulat Sah as a foundation for historical works in Istanbul by the order of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II in 1491. Being a masterpiece of Bursa, the heritage of Ottoman, the deep tissues of history, the taste of natural, the grace of silk and indispensable place for the photographer, Silk Market (Koza Han in Turkish) is two-storey han located on the rectangle yard.
Green Mosaleum
Thisoctogonal mausoleum covered with turquoise tiles built in 1421 by architect Hacı İvaz Pasha in Bursa Inside are the graves of Mehmet I and his family. The grave of Mehmet I, the inner walls of the mausoleum and the niche are decorated with the first glazing technique of tiles of the period. The tiles were made by artist Mehmet Mecnun.
Historical Bath House
Eski Kaplıca Hamamı (Old Hot Spring Bath house), the largest, oldest, and most famous Turkish bath in Bursa.
Ottoman House
In the place of the wooden house opposite the Murat Complex in Muradiye district, it is believed that Sultan Murad II had a mansion before. Therefore, this house is also known as the house where Fatih Sultan Mehmed, who conquered Istanbul, was born. The two-storey house used as a museum today, has the characteristics of the 17th century in terms of plan and decorations, and it is one of the oldest and most beautiful houses still standing in Bursa.
Visit Local Places for Shopping
Bursa is known with one of the largest manufacturing sector of Turkey so for that reason you may have opportunities to get things from manufacturing places ( Such as Turkish Delight, Honey , Jam Preserved, e.t.c)
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