Bursa And Uludağ Tour From İstanbul: Explore Ottoman History and Majestic Mt. Olympos

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Learn about the history and landmarks of Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire, on this full-day tour. Admire the tile décor of the Green Mausoleum (Yesil Turbe) and the Green Mosque (Yesil Camii). After lunch prepare for a cable car ride to the peak of Mt. Olympos. Get an unbeaten view of the city, perfect for your holiday photos.

Duration: 12 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Istanbul - The Bursa Day Tour kicks off in the morning from Istanbul’s city center. A comfortable, air-conditioned bus will collect you from your hotel. A knowledgeable tour guide will accompany you throughout the journey, offering fascinating insights and assistance.
Istanbul - To reach Bursa, the bus will take you to a harbor for a…

Istanbul - The Bursa Day Tour kicks off in the morning from Istanbul’s city center. A comfortable, air-conditioned bus will collect you from your hotel. A knowledgeable tour guide will accompany you throughout the journey, offering fascinating insights and assistance.
Istanbul - To reach Bursa, the bus will take you to a harbor for a delightful car ferry ride across the Marmara Sea. During this ferry trip, you can admire views of the Bosporus and the impressive bridges linking Asia and Europe. The total travel time between Istanbul and Bursa is approximately 2 hours.
Bursa - After your free time, the bus will proceed to the next stop of the excursion. A visit to a shop selling authentic Turkish delight is included. This globally renowned dessert will be one of the sweetest memories from Turkey, so be sure to purchase your favorites.
Uludag National Park - Once free time concludes, you will board a cable car for an exhilarating ride to Bursa’s city center. Unlike other companies offering Bursa tours, we provide a genuine cable car experience lasting about 30 minutes, rather than a brief 7-minute chairlift ride. Our tour features a real cable car cabin.
Uludag National Park - Upon arrival in Bursa, you will visit a 600-year-old plane tree for some photo opportunities. Then, you will be driven to Uludag Mountain, where you can enjoy a delicious meal at a local restaurant in a serene setting. After lunch, you will have free time to explore and enjoy the mountain.
Bursa - In the city center, a bus will be ready to take you to the Green Mosque, one of the city’s most significant monuments. It houses several important rooms, including a library and tombs. The mosque’s interior is beautifully adorned with green tiles and is sure to impress.
Istanbul - The bus will then head back to Istanbul, retracing the same route. According to the schedule, you are expected to return to your hotel at night.
Istanbul - You will be dropped off at your hotels.

What's Included

Local guide
Lunch
In-vehicle air conditioning
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Cable Car - Optional
Ferry - Among the options depending on traffic density

What's Not Included

Food and drink, unless specified
Gratuities

Location

Sultanahmet Old City Travel Agency

Peykhane Caddesi

Cancellation Policy

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

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Birolb48

Dec 5, 2024

Uludag Cable Car - **Uludağ Teleferik** is a popular cable car system that connects the city of **Bursa** to the summit of **Uludağ Mountain**, one of Turkey’s most renowned ski resorts and national parks. The teleferik is a scenic journey that takes visitors from the city center, located at the foot of the mountain, up to the mountain's summit, offering stunning panoramic views of the surrounding landscapes, forests, and the city of Bursa. The ride is approximately **8 kilometers** long and takes around **20 minutes**, making it the longest cable car ride in Turkey. It serves not only as a transport route for winter sports enthusiasts heading to Uludağ’s ski slopes, but also as a year-round attraction for tourists interested in hiking, nature walks, and the breathtaking views. In addition to its main route, Uludağ Teleferik has several stations, with the last stop located near the main ski resorts and hotels on the mountain. The cable car operates throughout the year, with peak times being during the winter months for skiing and the summer months for visitors looking to enjoy the cool climate and natural beauty of the mountain. Uludağ itself is known for its rich biodiversity and is a great destination for outdoor activities such as skiing, snowboarding, hiking, and picnicking, making the **Uludağ Teleferik** an essential part of experiencing this beautiful region.

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Zarina_a

Jul 5, 2024

Enjoyable trip - We enjoyed our trip to Bursa via coach, ferry, and Uludag mountain on the cable ride. The coach was comfortable the guide Mohammed was helpful he made sure the group stayed together and returned on the coach on time. I did feel the tour included a couple of unnecessary stops to various shops and cart riding which we could not take part in. I would have enjoyed the trip more if we could have seen more of Bursa city and its important landmarks.

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Zainab_m

May 28, 2024

Very average experience but not bad! - The best part was that They dropped us on our way back close to our hotel. The programme was quite haphazard. For whatever reason they informed us after the booking that they could not pick us up from the Asian part of Istanbul. Lot of time wasted on trips to shopping areas rather than historic places. Guide - Mohammad was very nice.

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Laura_a

Sep 30, 2024

Very disappointing, never again - First of all they took us to a place where people can ride some sort of go karts at a supplement. If you are not interested, I guess not everybody goes to Turkey to ride a go kart, there is absolutely nothing to do and nowhere to go. Very squalid place. Then they took us to a Turkish Delight outlet where we spent too much time. Then to a jam place where, again, we stayed too long. Then we went to see a tree then to lunch (at 4pm), which was pretty disappointing. Then a bit on time on the mountain, going down by cable car. And finally a stop in Bursa, first of all at a gift shop. Then finally 30 minutes to see the tomb and the mosque. We got back to Istanbul around 10pm having spent most of the day in expensive souvenir places, which weren't mentioned in the description (they are mentioned in some other trips but not in this one, which is why I chose it). Never again

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Ricky

Aug 30, 2024

Group tour scam Bursa and Uludag - Very commercialized tour. Promised to show us how they make Jam, Turkish delight and silk but all these places where shops selling overpriced jam, sweets and silk. We were also promised a puppet show for the kids at the turkish delight shop but this never took place. It was just a scam of taking us there. We could get this cheaper at shops around our hotel. This tour took 13 hours of which 6 was traveling time including the unnecessary shopping stops. Only 3 hours spent on actual tours. Go on a private tour and it can be done in half a day instead of 13 hours. GROUP TOUR IS A SHOPPING SCAM AND I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS TOUR AS A GROUP TOUR.

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Juan

Nov 5, 2024

Please don’t take this trip - I paid for Bursa trip , the Nehir Travel send us to Sapanca, this isn’t serious. I want to compensation or refund the money.

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Faby

Oct 29, 2024

CHEATED BY TAS TURKEY TRAVEL!!! We had a reservation for a tour to Bursa and we were sent for the city of Sapanca!!! - On October 17, we had a tour for Bursa and Uludag with lunch and cable car, the Gia picked us up as planned, confirmed us the names and we got on the transport which had NO NOTICE WHERE I was going, when the tour started first to a Zoo, then to a cariiisimo Turkish candy store by the way, then to a viewpoint and us waiting when we were going to reach Bursa, then we reached the cable where it said it was Sapanca, we paid the cable in that city already with much disappointment € 20 c/u, my husband asked the guide and his answer was that he felt that we had been included in this tour, that we were going to make, return us, a place that we knew it a language that is not ours, tourists, we had to continue with them and disappointed that there was no other opportunity to go where we had paid and trusted that they would take us to the destination that we wanted to know!!! And don't spoil them.

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712danishm

Sep 10, 2024

Worst - Bad organizer. Didn’t contact me and said that they called someone else and he had canceled. What kind of organizer. And no refund was made even

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Saeedaa955

Jul 29, 2024

Bursa Scam trip - This trip had been missold by local tour agents handing out leaflets for one tour and booking you for another, We were supposed to go to Busphorous trip paid over 200 pound for but was booked up for bursa 7 hour drive there and seven back on a bus stopping every hour for break or shopping at so called historical places..its all a scam .dont think you guys would want to go all way just for cable ride. That hapoend to be the only highlight, waste of trip. And believe me you,,,, very very long ride.definately dont reccommend for families with young childeren. I suggest people who are visiting and want the local tours than prebook all trips online.and do take note of other peoples views.

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Sonia1231

May 18, 2024

Avoid Booking - Avoid booking this tour if possible. Very disorganised and we were left waiting for long periods of time, several times. Tour guide did not give any clear instructions and there were several unnecessary stops. Worst bit is the fact we paid to be collected and dropped from our hotel driver dropped us off fifteen minutes away on the way back meaning we were left to find our hotel at midnight by ourselves which was very scary especially if you do not know your way around. Not a good experience

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