Bursa
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province.
Bursa is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. It is the fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region after Istanbul. According to 2025 end of year estimate, the province has a population of 3,263,011 while Bursa city has a population of around 2.5 million. Bursa is one of the centers of Turkey's automotive production, becoming an industrial center of the country. The city provides various places of interest.
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Worth seeing in and around Bursa
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bursa Grand Mosque
The Grand Mosque of Bursa is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey. It was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I to commemorate his great victory at the Battle of Nicopolis and built between 1396 and 1399.
1.5 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Bursa Green Mosque
The Green Mosque, also known as the Mosque of Mehmed I, is a part of a larger complex in eastern Bursa, Turkey, the former capital of the Ottoman Turks before Constantinople was captured in 1453. The complex consists of a mosque, a mausoleum known as the Green Tomb, a madrasa, a public kitchen, and a bathhouse.
2 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Emir Sultan Mosque
The Emir Sultan Mosque is a mosque in Bursa, Turkey. First built in the 15th century, it was rebuilt in 1804 for the Ottoman sultan Selim III and rebuilt again in 1868, the plan of the mosque changing slightly with each rebuild.
2.4 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Timsah Arena
The Centennial Atatürk Stadium, branded as Atatürk Spor Kompleksi Matlı Stadyumu for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Bursa, Turkey. It has a capacity of 43,361 spectators and is home to Bursaspor, replacing the Bursa Atatürk Stadium.
4.7 km · stadium in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Bursa Atatürk Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Bursa, Turkey. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Bursaspor.
1.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 06Bayezid I Mosque
Bayezid I Mosque is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey, that is part of the large complex built by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I between 1391–1395. It is situated in Bursa metropolitan district of Yıldırım, also named after the same sultan.
2 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Bursa Archaeological Museum
Bursa Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Bursa, Turkey. It exhibits various archaeological artifacts that originated from the Middle Miocene Period up to the end of the Byzantine Era that were found in and around Bursa.
1.8 km · archaeology museum in Çekirge, Bursa · Wikipedia - 08Hacı Özbek Mosque
Haji Özbek Mosque is a historical Ottoman mosque in İznik, Turkey.
2.4 km · mosque in İznik, Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Irgandı Bridge
Irgandı Bridge is a historical bridge in Bursa, Turkey. The bridge is over Gökdere, a tributary of Nilüfer River.
1.8 km · bridge in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Hüdavendigar Mosque
Hüdavendigar Mosque or Murat I, the Hüdavendigar Mosque is a historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey, that is part of the large complex built by the Ottoman Sultan, Murad I, between 1365–1385 and is also named after the same sultan.
3.5 km · historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Most museums are branches of Bursa Müze and are free, but closed Monday.
- 01Grand Mosque
This was built by Sultan Beyazid and completed in 1399.
- 02Orhan Mosque
- 03Irgandı Bridge
- 04Green Mosque
This mosque was built 1419 to 1424 at the behest of Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi, who re-united the Ottomans after their fratricidal wars.
- 05Emir Sultan Mosque was built
Emir Sultan (Şemseddin Mehmed Ali el-Hüseyin el Buhari) was a scholar and advisor to Sultan Bayezid I and his mausoleum is here.
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Things to do
Hamams: The hamam/thermal baths are a staple of Turkish culture, and some of the best and most storied ones in the entire country can be found in Bursa. The fault line that runs beneath the city is a source of geothermal mineral springs, which emerge in the western district of Çekirge. Most flow at 80°C and are heavily charged with sulphur and iron.
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Where to eat
Bursa is widely considered the birthplace of döner kebap, a vertically-rotated column of stacked lamb meat cut into thin, juicy slices that is about as iconic as pizza or sushi worldwide. By far the best-known local specialty is the İskender kebap, an indulgent dish featuring cuts of finely roasted döner meat and rich tomato sauce on a bed of broth-soaked pita bread, topped with yogurt and sizzling butter.
- 01İskender Tarihi Ahşap Dükkan
This is the original of what's become a chain: İskender Efendi invented his style of kebab in Bursa in the 19th century.
- 02Kebapçı İskender
- 03Çiçek Izgara
A grill restaurant beloved by locals and best known for its meatballs, has been around forever.
- 04Ulu Hünkar Köşkü
26 (just north and opposite the imperial gate).
- 05Kitap Evi
Burçüstü Sk 21, Kavaklı (up the steps south of the imperial gate).
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Getting to Bursa
- Airports
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 81 km · İstanbul (IST), 123 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 131 km
- Pendik, Istanbul → Bursa77 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · ₺220–295
- Istanbul → Bursa91 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · ₺280–370
- Eskişehir → Bursa133 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · ₺270–360
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bursa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bursa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIts flight connections are global, but you'll have to travel into city centre to find a bus or ferry onward.
- Get inIn any case, given the distance of the airport, and its poor connections with the city, it might be easier to fly to either of Istanbul's airports then take the bus or ferry onward.
- Get inNo point using this route for Istanbul as the ferry or direct bus is quicker.
- Get inYou could save some distance but no time by taking the ferry from Pendik to Yalova.
- Get inA very popular option among locals and tourists alike is to take the ferry across the Marmara Sea from various locations in Istanbul to Mudanya and Güzelyalı, not far from the city of Bursa.
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Next door to Bursa
Bursa is 13 km from Nilüfer, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Siege of Bursa1317–1326 capture of the Byzantine city of Prusa1.6 km
- Nilüferdistrict of Bursa, northwestern Turkey7.5 km
- Yıldırım districtdistrict of Bursa, northwestern Turkey3.1 km
- Osmangazidistrict and town of Bursa, Turkey3 km
- Prusahistoric town of ancient Bithynia or of Mysia1.4 km
- Basilica Thermaancient city of Bithynia in modern-day Turkey1.9 km