by Can B | February 20, 2023 | Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi, Travel Tips and Visiting Info
Iskender Kebab is a name that is closely tied to Bursa. It can even be called Bursa’s signature dish. Iskender Kebap is a meat dish consisting of slices of döner kebap covering sliced pide bread and topped with a little tomato sauce and melted butter. A dollop of...
by Can B | April 20, 2022 | Bursa's Neat Places, Culture and History, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi
Historians tell us that Prusias I, the king of Bithynia, laid out the city plans for Bursa with the aid of Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian general, between 185-184 B.C. Hannibal came to Bithynia after Carthage lost the “2nd Pontic War” with Rome. His popularity had...
by Emily | November 10, 2021 | Bursa's Neat Places, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi, Travel Tips and Visiting Info, Winter, Yildirim
Winter is coming and our inbox is filling up with questions about ski resorts, hotels, and snowmobile rentals. We thought we’d take a moment to post some of the general information here for our readers as you make your winter travel plans. Before your arrival, we...
by Emily | May 15, 2021 | Bursa's Neat Places, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Harmancik, Iznik, Karacabey, Keles, Osmangazi, Yildirim
COVID has given “Cabin Fever” a whole new meaning for many. As the weather warms in Turkey and people come with the desire to get out and explore, we continue to find safe and enjoyable venues to do that. Bursa has caught cabin fever in a different sense of the...
by Emily | February 14, 2021 | Bursa's Neat Places, Miscellany, Nilüfer, Osmangazi, Yildirim
Looking for more visual input on the green city of Bursa? Look no further than the city’s livestream cameras! From feeds of downtown, the tiptop of Uludag, or the seal exhibit at the zoo, Bursa is only a click away! Not only that, but the Bursa Cepte smartphone...
by Emily | January 26, 2021 | Culture and History, Fall, Osmangazi, See, Do, and Play, Spring, Summer
One of 2020’s positive elements included the opening of the Bursa Millet Bahçesi ve Kutuphanesi (Bursa National Gardens and Library)! We snuck over to the park just prior to the official opening and enjoyed the grounds before the crowds. The facilities are...
by Emily | January 18, 2021 | Bursa's Neat Places, Büyükorhan, Culture and History, Gemlik, Gursu, Harmancik, Inegol, Iznik, Karacabey, Keles, Kestel, Miscellany, Mudanya, Mustafakemalpasa, Nilüfer, Orhaneli, Orhangazi, Osmangazi, See, Do, and Play, Winter, Yenisehir, Yildirim
So, you’ve come to Bursa. You’ve toured the sites and loved every minute of savoring platters of Iskender, buying silks in Kozahan, hiking Uludag, seeing the storks of Uluabat Lake, watching Hacivat and Karagoz in their shadow puppet brilliance, and buying...
by Dennis | June 23, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi, Summer
Tucked away in the center of a sleepy little village just above Bursa’s Çekirge neighborhood on the road to Uludağ you’ll find the giant, sprawling 600-year old plane tree known as the Īnkaya Çınar. Famously known for its girth, the Īnkaya Çınar boasts a trunk 3...
by Dennis | May 27, 2016 | Eat, Shop, and Stay, Osmangazi
In Bursa, the quintessential must-have gift for yourself or a friend is a piece of authentic Bursa-made silk. That’s because back in the heyday Bursa was a terminal on the famed Silk Road and a world trade center of silk cocoons and silk fabric. Well before Ottoman...
by Dennis | March 19, 2016 | Bursa's Neat Places, Featured Fotoğrafı, Osmangazi, Spring
Muradiye Külliyesi is the social and religious complex commissioned by Sultan Murat II (1403-1451). Built in the early 1420s, Muradiye is on Bursa’s UNESCO World Heritage site inscription as one of the historically important locations in the city. The külliye consists...
