The first Ottoman capital sits under a mountain you can ski on, with silk markets, green-tiled tombs and a village of Ottoman houses.

1. The Grand Mosque

Twenty domes and a fountain inside, with some of Turkey’s finest calligraphy on the walls.

2. The Green Mosque and Green Tomb

Early Ottoman architecture at its best, with the tiles that gave both buildings their name.

3. Koza Han

A silk caravanserai in the bazaar where cocoons were traded; now shops selling scarves and a courtyard café.

4. Cumalıkızık

A village of 700-year-old Ottoman houses on the slopes of Uludağ, with breakfast gardens and a Sunday market.

5. The Uludağ cable car

One of the longest in the world, rising from the city to the ski resort and national park.

6. İskender kebab

The dish was invented here in the nineteenth century; the original family restaurants are in the centre.

7. Mudanya and Trilye

The ferry port and a fishing village of Greek houses, 30 minutes from the city.

8. Gölyazı

A village on an island in Lake Uluabat, with Roman remains and a famous weeping plane tree.

9. The Ottoman tombs at Muradiye

A garden of tombs and a mosque in the quiet Muradiye quarter.

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