by Emily | October 31, 2020 | Bursa's Neat Places, Fall, Karacabey, See, Do, and Play, Spring, Summer
Longoz Ormanlari is one of Karacabey’s biggest attractions. The approximately 5000-acre area is the location where river, lake, swamp, dunes, and forest combine into one – each with it’s own fascinating ecosystem. This delta region is caused when waters from the rainy...
by Dennis | October 17, 2016 | Travel Tips and Visiting Info
We’re happy to announce that a trio of The Best of Bursa’s more useful blog articles have been published as iOS apps. GPSMyCity, a leader in travel app publishing, has published article apps for three of our favorite posts. These article apps are now available in the...
by Dennis | April 16, 2016 | Travel Tips and Visiting Info
Good news for iPad/iPhone users! Select Bursa articles are now available at GPSmyCity! We’ve offered a couple of our most useful articles for publication on the GPSmyCity iOS mobile app. The GPSmyCity iOS app allows readers to download articles and walking tours...
by Dennis | January 17, 2016 | Thoughts and Musings, Travel Tips and Visiting Info
A guest post by Kaela La Farge Jason and I are always in the mood to explore Turkish cities and towns we haven’t before visited. Bursa was near the top of our must-visit list, and when we ran across The Best of Bursa while planning our weekend getaway to Bursa, we...
by Dennis | October 29, 2015 | Featured Fotoğrafı, Miscellany
Happy birthday to The Best of Bursa! Around this time last year, The Best of Bursa launched with a handful of photos, some visiting information, zero readers, and the simple idea of making Bursa, Turkey better known to the English-speaking world through stories and...
by Dennis | January 15, 2015 | Thoughts and Musings
A little while ago, Terry at Adventures in Ankara graciously invited me to write a guest post on the merits of visiting Bursa. Earlier this week, Adventures in Ankara published this post and I’d like to share it with you here on The Best of Bursa. Bursa: The...
by Dennis | December 15, 2014 | Miscellany
Good news, fellow pinners! You can now follow The Best of Bursa on Pinterest! It’s our attempt to pin all things Bursa in one place—or at least it’s an attempt to pin many things Bursa in one place. Please check out our boards, repin a couple of our pins, give us a...
by Dennis | November 16, 2014 | Featured Fotoğrafı
This shirt was hanging in a shop in Bursa’s downtown market and I couldn’t resist the snapshot. I think its advice is right on. As I begin this little blog project, the words “Be relax and stay cool” may be exactly what I need to hear. It also reminds me to not get...
by Dennis | October 28, 2014 | Culture and History
Karagöz and Hacivat are famous Turkish shadow puppets and, as far as I can tell, the unofficial ambassadors of Bursa. Loved by all, these two entertaining characters are found everywhere in Bursa–in shops, on billboards, in books, on posters, even inlaid in tile...
by Dennis | October 25, 2014 | Thoughts and Musings
Hoş geldiniz! Welcome to The Best of Bursa! What is The Best of Bursa? The Best of Bursa is a personal travel blog, a place to chronicle and share some of my experiences as an expat in Bursa. I’ve also included a little bit of destination information from my...
