Yalova
Yalova is a city located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara.
Yalova is a city located in northwestern Turkey on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara. It is the seat of Yalova Province and Yalova District. The city has a population of over 250,000 with adjacent conurbation districts. A largely modern city, it is best known for the spa resort at nearby Termal, a popular summer retreat for residents of Istanbul.
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Worth seeing in and around Yalova
2 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.
- 01Yalova University
Yalova University is a university in Turkey's Yalova Province. Yalova University has been founded under the Law no 5765 on May 22, 2008, and Prof.
4.3 km · state university in Yalova, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Yalova Earthquake Monument
The Yalova Earthquake Monument, a.k.a. 17 August 1999 Earthquake Monument, is a monument to commemorate the victims of the 1999 İzmit earthquake in Yalova, Turkey.
1.4 km · monument in Turkey · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Gazi Paşa Cd is the long beachfront boulevard, mostly pedestrianised and lined with cafes.
- 01City Museum
Small museum of city life, but few artifacts, and the displays are only in Turkish.
- 02Ibrahim Muteferrika Kagit Museum
Muteferrika (1674-1745) was an ethnic Hungarian from what is now Romania, who converted to Islam and became an Ottoman diplomat.
- 03Yürüyen Köşk
This is a beach-house used by Atatürk in his later years, now a cafe.
- 04Karakilise
- 05Çınarcık west is
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Things to do
Altinbaş Lunapark is a brash chain funfair by the marina, open daily 11:30 to midnight. Çınarcık has the best beach and is the party town. Thermal springs bubble out of the mountain at 60 °C in Termal and elsewhere along the ridge to Armutlu. They taste very salty, being heavily mineralised. They're mildly radioactive from radon, but within the permitted range.
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Where to eat
Yalova near the marina has Doyum Lokantası, Kent Lokantası, Latika, Güven Lokantası, Kardeşler, Kervan, Yalova Gurme, Özbaşkanlar, Yalova Balıkçısı, Yildiz Kebap, Kadirga Yemek, Balık sofrası, Lokanta Cihangir, and Tike right by the ferry pier. Local specialties: balık ekmek is fish sandwiched within a half-loaf, from the floating balıkcı who fish from the river. Yalova Sutlusu is a milky, coconut-infused baklava.
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Getting to Yalova
- Airports
- Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), 27 km · İstanbul (IST), 82 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 142 km
- Istanbul → Yalova48 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · ₺175–235
- Eskişehir → Yalova144 km · quickest by road, 3h 19m · ₺355–475
- Edremit → Yalova226 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · ₺510–670
- 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 Yalova
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 Yalova. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIDO car ferries sail every 2 hours from Istanbul Yenikapı, just south of the Old City, taking 75 min.
- Get inhas IDO car ferries from Eskihisar near Gebze across the Gulf.
- Get inDolmuşes run from the ferry pier (look for the booth) to Orhangazi every 30 min, to İznik hourly, and to Yenişehir every two hours.
- Get aroundYalova sprawls, with several outlying towns such as Termal (for hot springs), Çınarcık and Çiftlikköy (for beaches) and Topçular (for ferries from Eskihisar).
- Get aroundIn town their main hub is by the ferry terminal (ask for İDO); for town centre ask for Heykel or Merkez.
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Next door to Yalova
Yalova is 32 km from Maltepe, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Çiftlikköydistrict and town of Yalova, Turkey4.5 km
- Kadıköytown municipality in Yalova central district, Turkey5.6 km
- Yalova districtdistrict of Yalova, northwestern Turkey1 km