Bursa Day Trip from Istanbul: Explore Ottoman Empire's First Capital

Discover the historic landmarks of Bursa, the Ottoman Empire’s first capital, on a small-group day trip from Istanbul. Visit the Green Mausoleum and Mosque, indulge in local cuisine, and immerse yourself in Turkey’s rich cultural heritage.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bursa - Start your day with a pickup from your European-side Istanbul hotel, and travel to the port where your ferry awaits. Cruise south across the Sea of Marmara to Yalova, and then continue your journey by air-conditioned minivan. After just over two hours of traveling, arrive into Bursa, the first capital city of the Ottoman Empire. Make your…
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Ferry ride (depending on traffic)
  • Lunch
  • Cable car (optional)
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Food and drink, unless specified
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Relish an opportunity to learn about the Ottoman Empire’s first capital, Bursa, during a small-group Full day tour from Istanbul. Over centuries of rule, the Ottoman Empire influenced so much of Turkey’s culture and during this tour you will experience some of Bursa’s most historic landmarks. See the Green Mausoleum (Yesil Turbe) and the Green Mosque…

Location
Bursa
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Arbarahman
Oct 8, 2024
Professional Tourist Guide and Fantastic Bus Driver - Omar our fantastic tour guide and the sriver Mustapha have done well managing our group and resolved our missing shopping goods. Long journey though and due to traffic jam. Overalls job well done
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Naomiigarcia97
Mar 26, 2024
Good deal - Good treatment and good price. We haven't done the excursion yet, but the fact that they pick us up at the hotel has won us over! Let's see what tomorrow has in store for us!
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348niteshk
Mar 20, 2024
Yunus good man - The best value for the money. Great hospitality by Mr. Yunus emre delikkaya Overall we loved every bit of it. The best part of Mr Yunus was he had rich taste in Indian movies and filmstars
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38ibtissemc
Mar 2, 2024
Yunus is not a guide - A big thank you to Yunus who offered us attractive prices with a big smile. I highly recommend him. If you are in Istanbul, contact him, he will offer you great rates.
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369maheenk
Mar 1, 2024
Good man yunus - Yunus is good man he is very helpull I like bursa and uludag maunten our family firt day go to bursa every people happy thank you
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Moniah281
Feb 29, 2024
Night tour visit - Very good address, I recommend, very friendly. Welcoming, you can negotiate the price without worries. He recommended the best boat to us there were several choices but he was honest in recommending the best
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Jaouadim2024
Feb 25, 2024
Awesome - Amazing place to visit bursa is one of prettiest places to visit thanks to Yunus and Sultanahmet old city turizm 👍👍👍👍👍
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Jack
Sep 26, 2024
Don’t waste your time and money - The first stop on the tour was an unplanned ATV ride that was not advertised or mentioned on website. It cost the same amount as the entire tour and if you said no you just had to sit for an hour. Most of the rest of the tour was stopping at shops to buy random junk. I was most looking forward to seeing the green mosque, but when we finally got there it was prayer time. I waited and went into the mosque but then the tour guide demanded that I come back to the bus after 5 minutes. This tour sucked, the guide didn’t seem to know any actual history or at least he failed to tell us about it.
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Lolita_v
Sep 13, 2024
The minibus chairs were... - The minibus chairs were so tight that my legs were cramped the whole time and had very bad aches, so triple ride for such a long trip. Water was leaking from the ceiling on us. Half of the tour was waste of time. The only good part was the cable cart ride. Also program was not clearly explained at the time of purchase, if we had known about the details of it, we would not have taken it.
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Sylvia_g
May 6, 2024
Bad - I felt in trapped and exploited. Total focus was on taking us into numerous factories and commercial premises so they could get kickbacks. The cable car up the mountain was very nice but sight seeing didn’t commence until 3 pm. Didn’t get to eat till after 4 pm and didn’t return to hotel because of all the commercials stops until 11:45 pm despite there being young children on board and everybody being very very tired I was not dropped back to my hotel as per my written program and I felt very vulnerable alone on the city streets so late at night DO NOT TAKE THIS TOUR
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