Nilüfer
Nilüfer is the Turkish word for "water lily", also means Precious from Persian nîlûfar (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus nīḷōtpaḷa (नीळोत्पळ).
Nilüfer is the Turkish word for "water lily", also means Precious from Persian nîlûfar (نیلوفر), which is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word for the blue lotus nīḷōtpaḷa (नीळोत्पळ). It is a popular feminine given name in Turkey. It may refer to:
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Worth seeing in and around Nilüfer
7 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.
- 01Timsah 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.
7.9 km · stadium in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Hüdavendigar 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.
9 km · historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Bursa Uludağ University
Bursa Uludağ University is a public research university located in Bursa, Turkey. The university places a strong emphasis on research and education in the fields of international relations, medicine, engineering, natural and social sciences, and arts.
3.9 km · state university in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Bursa Museum of Forestry
Bursa Forestry Museum is a museum in Bursa, northwestern Turkey dedicated to forestry. Opened in 1989, it is housed in a historic Ottoman era mansion.
9.9 km · museum in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Abdal Bridge
The Abdal Bridge is a stone arch bridge in Bursa, Turkey. It was constructed in 1669 to carry the road to Mudanya across the Nilüfer River.
8.3 km · bridge in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Bursa Karagöz Museum
Bursa Karagöz Museum is a museum located at Osmangazi in Bursa, northwestern Turkey, dedicated to the folkloric shadow play figures Karagöz and Hacivat. It was established in 2007.
9.6 km · museum · Wikipedia - 07Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu
Tofaş Nilüfer Spor Salonu, or Tofaş Nilüfer Sports Hall, is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey. The arena has a seating capacity of 7,500 people for basketball games.
5 km · indoor arena in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Nilüfer
- Airports
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 83 km · İstanbul (IST), 119 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 144 km
- Pendik, Istanbul → Nilüfer78 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · ₺220–295
- Istanbul → Nilüfer89 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ₺280–375
- Eskişehir → Nilüfer145 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ₺310–415
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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 Nilüfer
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 Nilüfer. 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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Nilüfer is 12 km from Bursa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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