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Things To Do
Grand Bazaar
The Grand Bazaar has many locations in and around turkey even in Bursa. However, this particular you will find to have the widest selection of items. The Bazaar is one of the city’s best spots for shopping. The city was known for producing high-quality silk goods during the Ottoman period, and fine ipek, or silk. Throughout the bazaar, you will find vendors selling shoes, clothing, carpets, bags, jewelry, antiques, and souvenirs, as well as dried fruits, nuts, locally-produced cheeses and honey, and a wide selection of fresh fruits and vegetables
Cable Car
Bursa Teleferik has developed a “Special Travelling Experience” plot combining ecological transportation enriched with the pleasures offered at the stations and an observation journey. The lift line positioned within the nature delicately and the architecture of 4 separate stations offers comfort and entertainment to the guests. The stores of various brands located in the stations form a packed activity center.
Grand Mosque of Bursa
In the old city center, you’ll find the Grand Mosque, which boasts twenty domes and two minarets and was built between 1396 and 1399. The largest mosque in Bursa, it is considered a landmark of early Ottoman architecture. Admission is free, but visitors should remember to take off their hats and shoes before leaving, and women must cover their hair. No tour of what to see and do in Bursa is complete without a stop here.
Restaurants and Bars
Newcastle Pub: Great pub with draft beers. Good atmosphere and decent music. Radika: Sea food restaruant. Podyum Sahne: Good live music, good food. The North Shield: Pub chain. NumNum Cafe: Nice restaurant, young vibes. Jolly Joker: For concerts. Any many more...
Cumalıkızık
Cumalıkızık is a village in the Yıldırım district of Bursa Province, located 10 kilometers east of the city of Bursa, at the foot of Mount Uludağ. Its history goes back to the Ottoman Empire's foundation period. The village is now included within the border of the Yıldırım district as a neighborhood. Cumalıkızık was founded as a vakıf village. The historical texture of the village has been well protected and the civilian countryside architectural structures of the early Ottoman period are still intact. Because of this, Cumalıkızık has become a popular but still unspoiled center for tourists
Koza Han
The Koza Han is a historic caravanserai (han) in Bursa. As a caravanserai, the han was built in 1491 and provided lodging for foreign merchants, storage for their animals and goods, housing for the workshops of craftsmen, and/or offices for conducting business. Fun fact, Queen Elizabeth II is one of the well-known figures who visited "Koza Han" in Bursa.
The Green Tomb
Just a ten-minute walk from the Grand Bazaar in Bursa is a colorful mausoleum known as Yeşil Türbe, or The Green Tomb, the final resting spot of the fifth Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed I. The Green Tomb is well known for its intricate tilework, which includes the bluish-green tiles that adorn the building’s exterior and give the mausoleum its name, as well as the more detailed tiles that are affixed to the tomb’s interior walls.
Bursa Bazaar
Smaller than the grand bazaar in Istanbul. Friendly shopkeepers and good deals. Not as congested as Istanbul.