Full-Day Bursa & Uludağ Day Tour From Istanbul


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From $120.00

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Departs: Istanbul, Istanbul

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Join our wonderful day trip!

Bursa has a lot to offer to its visitors such as Uludağ, Grand Mosque of Bursa, İnkaya Tree and lots of local shops in English and Arabic guided day tours.


What's Included

Cable Car Fee (Cable not operating in bad weather conditions or in case of mandatory maintenance))

Hotel pick up and drop-off

Lunch

What's Not Included

Drinks

Personal Expenses


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 6
  • ADULT: Age: 7 - 80

Additional Info

  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Uludag National Park
Our tour starts picking up our guest from their hotels in mentioned areas early morning, and drive from Istanbul to Eskihisar port and take ferry to Topcular. Enjoying the lovely country and seaside. Ferry takes about 45 minutes than drive to Bursa, former Ottoman Capital. At total our journey to Bursa will take 3-4 hours. On the way there will be optional Quad Bike activitiy (own expense) for our guests and couple of store visits. Drive to Uludag mountain and getting into cable car to get its peak. (Cable car might ve not operated in bad weather conditions) Mt. Uludağ is the highest mountain of the Marmara region. Its highest peak is Kartaltepe at 2,543 m (8,343 ft). To the north are high plateaus: Sarıalan, Kirazlıyayla, Kadıyayla, and Sobra. After lunch around 16:00 (lunch time subject to change) you will have free time for renting Atv safari or ski motor and skiing (available only in winter season at your own expense).

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Inkaya Tarihi Cinar
After Uludağ, we'll visit Inkaya Plane Tree. Inkaya Tarihi Cinar is a memorial plane tree that is thought to be more than 600 years old. The tree is 37 meters tall and around10 meters in diameter, its big (13) main branches provide around 53 meters of cool shade.
The tree is located at the village of İnkaya, one of the first villages of the Ottoman Empire, it is located on the way going towards Uludag around 10 km from the center of Bursa. In the way to the tree, you will go through a lot of small shops selling seasonal fruits and souvenirs. A Cafe and restaurant (İnkaya Şelale Cafe & Restaurant) is located beneath and around the tree.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Green Mosque
Our next stop is Bursa Green Mosque. The Green Mosque, commissioned by Sultan Mehmet I Çelebi and finished in 1424, is set on a promontory overlooking the valley (now urban sprawl). It takes its name from the green-blue tiles of the interior.

The mosque’s domed central hall is flanked by rooms to left and right that were used for both prayer and for conducting Ottoman government affairs. The main prayer hall is the room with the 15-meter (49-foot)-high mihrab (prayer niche), opposite the portal.
Behind the mosque to the south is the pretty, harmonious octagonal Green Tomb (Yeşil Türbe). The tomb was covered in blue tiles during restoration work in the 1800s. It is again under restoration (2008). If you have the chance to glance inside, you’ll see the richly tiled cenotaphs of Sultan Mehmet I and his family. We'll also several local shops in this location.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bursa
Our last stop will be Bursa city center for shopping before we drive back to Istanbul and drop off our guests to their hotels. The streets of Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, are filled with relics of the past, including historical buildings and artifacts that tell the story of Turkish history, culture and civilization. Often called "Green Bursa," the city is also filled with lush parks and gardens, vast forests, and orchards. Bursa is known with one of the largest manufacturing sector of Turkey so for that reason you may have opportunities to get things from manufacturing places such as Turkish delight manufacturing, Honey manufacturing, Jam preserved manufacturing, Silk market.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free






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