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Prusa (Bithynia)

Prusa or Prousa, or Prusa near Olympus or Prusa under Olympus, was an ancient Greek city located between Bithynia and Mysia, situated at the northern foot of the Mysian Olympus.

Prusa (Bithynia)
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Prusa or Prousa, or Prusa near Olympus or Prusa under Olympus, was an ancient Greek city located between Bithynia and Mysia, situated at the northern foot of the Mysian Olympus. Its site is occupied by the modern city of Bursa.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Prusa (Bithynia)

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.

  1. 01
    Bursa 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.

    100 m · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bursa 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.

    1.2 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Emir 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.

    1.7 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Timsah 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.

    5.3 km · stadium in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bursa 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.

    1.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bayezid 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.

    1.8 km · mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hacı Özbek Mosque

    Haji Özbek Mosque is a historical Ottoman mosque in İznik, Turkey.

    1.7 km · mosque in İznik, Bursa, northwestern Turkey · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bursa 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.

    2.1 km · archaeology museum in Çekirge, Bursa · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hüdavendigar 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.

    3.9 km · historic mosque in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Irgandı Bridge

    Irgandı Bridge is a historical bridge in Bursa, Turkey. The bridge is over Gökdere, a tributary of Nilüfer River.

    900 m · bridge in Bursa, Turkey · Wikipedia

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Getting to Prusa (Bithynia)

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Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 82 km · İstanbul (IST), 124 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 131 km
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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 Prusa (Bithynia). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Bursa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    GökçeadaTR

    11 ways of moving, 39 sources

    273 km
  2. 02
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    374 km
  3. 03
    Mount AthosGR

    9 ways of moving, 21 sources

    402 km
  4. 04
    MykonosGR

    12 ways of moving, 23 sources

    444 km
  5. 05
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    451 km

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Prusa (Bithynia) is 1 km from Bursa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.