Bursa, Cumalikizik and Uludag Day Tour from Istanbul is a shared small-group day tour (full day). Prices start from €118 per person. Included: English-speaking professional guide, Bursa cable car (teleferik) ride and Lunch (Iskender kebab).
Bursa was the first great capital of the Ottomans, and this daily Bursa tour from Istanbul shows its three faces in one day: the monumental mosques and silk markets of the old city, the forested slopes of Mount Uludag, and the timber village of Cumalikizik, unchanged for centuries. It is an easy day trip from Istanbul for travellers who want to see where the Ottoman story began.
The tour runs in a group with an English-speaking guide, includes the cable car ride and a traditional lunch.
The Grand Mosque was commissioned by Sultan Bayezid I and completed around 1400. Its prayer hall is covered by twenty domes resting on massive pillars, decorated with large panels of calligraphy, and has a fountain under the central dome. Koza Han, built in 1491, is still the heart of the silk trade, with silk scarves and shops around a shady courtyard.
Cumalikizik is one of the villages founded in the early Ottoman period around Bursa. Together with the monuments of the city, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014 as "Bursa and Cumalikizik: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire". Uludag, the ancient Mysian Olympus, rises above the city and is Turkey's best-known ski mountain in winter.
| Tour type | Shared small group · day tour |
|---|---|
| Duration | Full Day |
| Price | From €118 per person |
| Departures | Every day |
| Guide | English-speaking licensed guide |
| Stops | 3 |
| Booking | Instant online confirmation · no prepayment — pay your guide on the tour day · free hotel/cruise-port pickup · TÜRSAB-licensed (A-5751) |
| Last updated | November 2026 |
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Bursa Grand Mosque / Koza Han / Uludag Cable Car / Cumalikizik
Early morning departure from central meeting points in Istanbul and drive south to Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire.Guided visit of the Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii), famous for its twenty domes and its calligraphy, followed by a walk to Koza Han, the 15th-century silk caravanserai, and the historic bazaar streets around it.Ride the Bursa cable car (teleferik) up the slopes of Uludag for wide views over the city and the mountain forests. Lunch with Bursa's famous Iskender kebab.In the afternoon, visit Cumalikizik, an Ottoman village of stone and timber houses on cobbled lanes at the foot of the mountain, with free time to try village breakfast specialities and gozleme.Return drive to Istanbul, arriving in the evening.
Istanbul → Bursa → Cumalikizik Uludag
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