Bursa to/from Güzelyali Ferry Docks

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Fast car ferries speed between Istanbul's Yenikapi Ferry Terminal and the Bursa Ferry Dock at Güzelyali on the south shore of the Sea of Marmara (map) several times daily (here's the schedule).

Even though Güzelyali is a separate municipality from Bursa, the ferry dock here on the Bay of Gemlik is still called the Bursa Feribot Iskelesi (Bursa Ferryboat Dock) because Bursa is where most people are going to or coming from.

To travel the 24 km (15 miles) between the center of Bursa and the ferry dock at Güzelyali, you take a yellow city bus, a dolmush minibus, or a taxi, then the Bursaray (Bursa's Metro).

Coming from Istanbul, after debarking at Güzelyali, look for the line of people buying bus tickets (TL2). The yellow city bus, or a smaller minibus, takes you in 20 or 30 minutes (depending on traffic) to the Organize Sanayi (OHR-gah-nee-ZEH sah-nah-yee) terminus of the Bursaray.

Pay your Bursaray fare (TL2), board the train, and ride for about 15 minutes to the Sehreküstü station (sheh-REK-ew-stew), the one nearest the city center.

As you emerge from the station you'll see the tall white Medical Park building on Hasim Iscan Caddesi. Medical Park is a convenient landmark to help you find your way back to the Bursaray. It's visible from several parts of the city, as is its English name.

Next, look for the statue in the nearby traffic circle. The Ottoman statue has its back to a big electronic display board across the street at the foot of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar Caddesi, a pedestrian shopping street. Walk uphill (south) on A H Tanpinar Caddesi, away from the statue and the display board.

After five minutes of walking straight uphill past shops, you'll come to a street called Cumhuriyet Caddesi. Look up and ahead to see the minarets and domes of Bursa's Ulu Cami (OO-loo jah-mee, Great Mosque) a bit farther along.

Cross Cumhuriyet Caddesi, continue walking south uphill on the short street called Ulucami Caddesi, then jog left-oblique and right into a covered bazaar street. Here you're walking through the west side of Bursa's bazaar district (interesting in itself).

After another five minutes' walk you'll reach the Ulu Cami at the center of Bursa. On the south side of the Ulu Cami, heading east, is Atatürk Caddesi, Bursa's main city-center avenue. To the west of the Ulu Cami uphill is the Hisar (Fortress) district, the oldest part of the city, with many fine old Bursa houses, and the Tombs of Sultans Orhan and Osman, founders of the Ottoman Empire.

From Bursa to the Ferryboat Dock
To return to the ferry dock at Güzelyali, walk downhill on the street on the west (Hisar) side of the Ulu Cami all the way to Hasim Iscan Caddesi (hah-SHEEM EESH-chan; remember to look for the Medical Park building), then look for the Bursaray logo and the stairway descending to the metro station. Board a train going to Organize Sanayi, get out at the last stop and look for buses and minibuses going to the feribot and/or iskele at Güzelyali.