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Revision as of 13:51, 26 November 2011

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Bursa is a city in Turkey. It is near the Sea of Marmara and due south of Istanbul.

It is the fourth largest city in Turkey with a population of 2.6 million people.

It is beneath Mount Uludağ, a popular ski resort.

Hitching out

Towards Izmir, Çanakkale:

Take the Bursaray metro to Küçük Sanayi and walk around until you find a suitable place to hitch.

Towards Yalova, Istanbul

The road out of town towards Istanbul doesn't have many places where a car can safely pull over so you may have to wait, by turkish standards, a fair amount of time. When you do get picked up you're likely to be given a ride to Gemlik or Orhangazi rather than directly to Istanbul.

One good thing to do is try to get past the highway which runs west to east about 10 km north of town. Alot of transitting traffic takes comes through this road en-route to Istanbul from cities in the south (like Izmir)

Hitching in

From Istanbul

Alot of traffic coming to Bursa from Istanbul takes the Eskihisar car-ferry to Yalova (the ferry is easily hitchhiked. Just follow the instructions on the Eskihisar page) and it's really easy to just ask around in the ferry for a car going directly to Bursa. Otherwise you could go around the bay of Izmit although it generally takes more time.

From Izmir


Public Transport

The bus system and Bursaray metro system costs 2TL for a single ticket. A card can be bought for 3.50TL or you can borrow one. With a card it costs 1.25TL, and can be used for more than one person at a time. Each station has a security guard with a metal detector and it seems quite difficult to blackride unless you are super sneaky.