Eskişehir

Getting to Eskişehir

Best fly to one of the Istanbul airports or Ankara. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW IATA) is the most convenient as you can take a taxi or bus 10 km to Pendik station, then train to Eskişehir.

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   Hasan Polatkan Airport

Worth seeing

Colourful renovated Ottoman houses line the cobbled streets of Odunpazarı, the old town 2 km south of the modern centre.

Things to do

Hamams: a dozen traditional Turkish baths are in the streets around Çarşı Mosque. Women and men have separate sections. Kılıç Lunapark is a family-oriented funfair on İsmet İnönü Cd, west side of Capella Hotel. No overall admission, you pay for separate rides. Football: Eskişehirspor were relegated in 2023 from TFF Third League, the fourth tier, so they now play soccer down in the regional amateur leagues.

Where to eat

Donas is a wrap of chicken meat, potatoes, and a dash of vegetables, all slathered with sauce. It's sticky, tasty, hearty, and cheap. Çi börek (or çiğ börek) is a Crimean Tatar delicacy, a deep fried pastry of thin, half moon-shaped dough filled with minced meat and onion lightly sprinkled with black pepper. True Tatars eat it by hand, perhaps with a napkin, so they don't provide forks in their eateries.