Tour Information
Daily Driver Guide Tour to Bursa from Istanbul
This is a daily tour of Bursa with a licensed English speaking private driver/guide. Transportation will be with a Mercedes Vito with a capacity of maximum 4 people. You will visit the Grand Mosque of Bursa, Green Mausoleum and Mosque, Old Bazaar and first stage of Uludag by cable car.
You will be picked up from your hotel at around 07:00 by your guide and drive to Bursa by Osmangazi Bridge. The city is frequently cited as "Yesil Bursa" (meaning Green Bursa) in a reference to the beautiful parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in its surrounding region. The city is synonymous with the mountain Uludag which towers behind the city core and which is also a famous ski resort. The mausoleums of early Ottoman sultans are located in Bursa and the numerous edificies built throughout Ottoman period constitute the city´s main landmarks. The surrounding fertile plain, its thermal baths several interesting museums, notably a rich museum of archaeology and a rather orderly urban growth are further principal elements that complete Bursa´s overall picture. After visiting the Ulucami and Green Mosque-Mausoleum complex, you will have a lunch of famous "kebap of Alexander The Great". After the lunch, we will climb to Uludag Mountain ( the legendary Mount Olympos) by cable car (first stage) which is a favourite center of the winter sports held and as well as skiing, its richness of flora and fauna has made it into a National Park and summer activities like trekking and camping are also popular. Visit to Ulucami (Grand Mosque) the major mosque of Bursa and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture, the Green Mosque and the Green Mausoleum the old Silk Market in the Covered Bazaar. After the tour departing from Bursa at 17:00 and we will drive back to Istanbul. You will be back to your hotel at around 22:30.
The cost of the tour is as below;
700 Euro for 1 person
800 Euro for 2 people
850 Euro for 3 people
900 Euro for 4 people
Including Services
- Transportation w/ Mercedes Vito or similar type A/C vehicle
- Entrance fees to the sites visited
- Lunch during the tours (except drinks)
- Fuel, highway tolls, parking fees
Excluding Services
- Breakfast
- Personal Expenses
- Tips (optional)