“Daytime Stroll” İznik

FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN İZNİK
Are you ready to trace the footsteps of civilizations?
Together with our guide, Ahmet Faik Özbilge, and art historian, Hayri Fehmi Yılmaz, we will explore every inch of İznik’s ancient and enchanting historical sites!

Our Dream Itinerary
Breakfast at a lakeshore café with food we bring ourselves.
A monument hidden among fruit trees: the Beştaş Roman Obelisk…
The walls and gates of İznik: İstanbul Gate, Lefke Gate, Yenişehir Gate, Lake Gate, Hagia Sophia Mosque (Ayasofya Church-Mosque), Kılıçarslan Street, the Tomb of Çandarlı İbrahim Pasha, presentation on tile-making at Iconikai, time for shopping, Green Mosque (Yeşil Cami), Nilüfer Hatun Imaret Museum of Islamic Works, Böcek Ayazma, the ruins of the Church of Theotokos Koimesis, remains of the tile kilns, lunch break in the town center, İznik Archaeology Museum, Kırgızlar Tomb, Roman Theatre, the Church of Saint Neophytos, which today lies under the waters of Lake İznik, the senate, Murad I Bath, Roman road, Berberkaya Sarcophagus, a panoramic view of İznik from Bayraklı Hill, Abdülvahab Sancaktari Tomb… And finally, return to Istanbul.