Duration: 12 hours (approx.)
Highlights: Ferry to Bursa, Mudanya, Grand Mosque, Koza Han, Green Mosque, Green Mausoleum, Cable Car to Mt. Uludag, Historical Tree.
Operates: Maximum of 12 guests – Guaranteed daily departure from all Istanbul city hotels.
Price: 89.99 Euro p/p (Small group guided tour – including lunch).
Early in the morning you will be met at your hotel lobby and transferred to Yenikapi for the speed ferry to Bursa (2hrs). Bursa is the first capital of the Ottoman Empire and one of the greatest treasure houses of Islamic architecture. We will first visit the Green Mosque and the neighboring Green Mausoleum, both world-renowned for their superb tile decoration, as well as the late 14th century Great Mosque and the Koza Han, which for centuries was the center of Bursa’s flourishing silk trade. Lunch will be served at one of Bursa’s most famous traditional Turkish restaurants, the Daruzziyafe, where we will enjoy – the finest authentic Ottoman cuisine in a historic setting, where Sultan Murat the Second once dined. After enjoying a leisurely cable car ride up the steep slopes of Mount Olympus (Turkish: Uludag), you will visit the Historical Plane Tree (PlatanusOrientalis) which is 600 years old, 35m long, 3m in diameter and 920m in circumference. At the end of the tour, you will be driven to Bursa ferry port for the return ferry to Istanbul. On your arrival to Yenikapi ferry port, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
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Please take note of the following:
* We aim to respond to all travel requests within 12 hours.
* Children: {0 – 2} free, {3 – 7} 15 % discount.
* In the event of any museum closures, an alternative similar museum will be visited
* Clothing: Entrance to Mosques visited in our tours is not allowed to gentlemen and ladies with no proper outfit.
Included services for this Bursa city tour:
* Pick up & drop off from Istanbul hotels (on European side of Istanbul only).
* Return Ferry Tickets (Economy Class)
* Transportation with A/C non-smoking deluxe vehicle throughout the trip.
* Professional tour guide licensed by the Ministry of Tourism.
* All entrance fees to the sites and museums, cable-car tickets, parking and road tolls.
* Lunch at local restaurant (set menu – vegetarian meals available – drinks extra).
* Local taxes.