Iznik Travel Guide

 Willettsworld Says:  Part of a Roman road has been excavated beside the Murat Hamami which is located along the main north-south road to the north of the Hagia Sophia in the town centre. It dates between the 1st and 2nd centuries and features columns. 

 Willettsworld Says:  This bath-house is located along the main north-south road to the north of the Hagia Sophia in the town centre. It was built at the end of the 14th century and has sections for men and women. It was recently restored in 2007 and several ceramic and jewellery shops have... 

 Willettsworld Says:  Iznik sits on the eastern shore of a huge 290 sq km lake which is known as Iznik Lake. I drove to Iznik from Bursa and drove along the lakes southern shore which is a very picturesque drive through small towns and villages with farmers and local people harvesting olives. 

 Willettsworld Says:  Near the walls to the south-west of the town centre lies the remains of a Roman Theatre which was built on the orders of Emperor Trajan between 111 and 112 AD. The stones of the theatre, which was raised by means of vaulted spaces on flat land and had a seating capacity of... 

 Willettsworld Says:  The most famous sight in Iznik is this former church which was built by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in the 6th century and modelled after its larger namesake in Istanbul. It's famous because it was here, in 787, that the seventh Ecumenical Council (also known as the Second... 

 Willettsworld Says:  On these grounds in the centre of town are the remains of the kilns that once stood here which produced the ceramic tiles that were Izink's claim-to-fame. You can find the tiles in every Ottoman mosque in places like Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa. Production ran from the... 

 Willettsworld Says:  All that remains of this church are ruins. It's located just east of the bus station and was originally built around 800 AD and is said to be the burial place of the Byzantine emperor Theodore I (1175-1222, also known as Lascaris). It was Lascaris who built Iznik's (then... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This is Iznik's most famous mosque and is so-called because its minaret features some beautiful green-turquoise-blue mosaics. It was built between 1378 and 1387 by Sultan Murat I and looks more like earlier Seljuk edifices rather than Ottoman mosques. 

 Willettsworld Says:  This mosque is located to the left of the museum and is dedicated to Seyh Kutbuddinzade Mehmet Izniki, who died in 1418 and who was an important scientist. His most important work is the first Turkish catechism. The mosque itself was built in 1492 and has been recently... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This museum is housed in the old soup kitchen that Sultan Murat I had built for his mother, Nilufer Hatun, in 1388. It exhibits some fine examples of Iznik's claim-to-fame - ceramic tiles which you'll find in every Ottoman mosque in places like Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa. It... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This recently restored large mosque is, again, located in the centre of town and features a wonderful minaret. It also has several tombs along the outside wall, one of which is that of Esrefzade Abdullah Rumi who was a 15th century scholar who compiled a collection of his... 

 Willettsworld Says:  This tomb lies just outside the southern gate known as Yenisehir Gate and was built in memory of the Kirgiz people who contributed to the conquest of Iznik and the foundation of the Anatolian Seljuk state by Sultan Orhan Gazi at the end of the 11th century. 

 Willettsworld Says:  The ancient walls, with their towers and gates, are in relatively good preservation. Their circumference is 3,100 m (10,171 ft), being at the base from 5 to 7 m (16 to 23 ft) in thickness, and from 10 to 13 m (33 to 43 ft) in height; they contain four large and 12 minor... 

 erimyagci Says:  Dagdibi alabalik restaurant is located near Elbeyli village, 10 km from Iznik. The restaurant tables are on a platform. You can see Alabalik fishes in water, moving under the platform. They use a special butter and to fry Alabalik fish. Cheap and delicious. Alabalik fried... 

 Tdiver Says:  Passenger and car ferries go from/to Yenikapi and Pendik to Yalova.Just passengers from/to Kartal and Bostanci to Yalova.All HERE just click on yes.Other car and passenger ferries run between Eskihisar and Yalova or Hereke and Karamursel but they are further to the east of...