Must-see attractions in Eskişehir

  • Odunpazarı

    Eskişehir

    Eskişehir's protected heritage district is crammed with cobblestone alleyways of timber-framed konaks (mansions) with overhanging upper stories. Many of…

  • Odunpazarı Modern Museum

    Eskişehir

    This ambitious art museum, with its highly contemporary wood-slat facade riffing on Eskişehir's history as a major wood-market town, opened in 2019…

  • Kurşunlu Külliyesi Complex

    Eskişehir

    This religious complex, once used as a Mevlevi lodge by Eskişehir's Sufi community, was built between 1517 and 1525 by a leading master of classical…

  • Archaeological Museum

    Eskişehir

    This modern museum showcases artefacts from the Chalcolithic era to Ottoman times. Downstairs is devoted to bigger pieces such as sarcophagi, milestones…

  • Kent Park

    Eskişehir

    Manicured to a tee, Kent Park is a civic masterpiece of liveable city urban planning. During summer, the artificial sandy beach and swimming pool is…

  • Eskişehir Science & Experiment Centre

    Eskişehir

    If you're travelling with kids, this colourful complex makes for an entertaining break from all the historical ruins. Like a cross between a science…

  • Sazova Park

    Eskişehir

    West of the centre on the Küthaya road, this area of cleared sazova (cane field) has been turned into a family friendly paradise of fresh air and rolling…

  • Museum of the Republican History

    Eskişehir

    This museum celebrates Atatürk and the Turkish Republic through hundreds of photos, paintings and collages covering seminal events such as the battles of…

  • Yılmaz Büyükerşen Wax Sculptures Museum

    Eskişehir

    Hugely popular with Turkish tourists, this waxworks museum is Eskişehir's local version of Madame Tussauds, recreating the likenesses of important Turkish…

  • Meerschaum Gallery

    Eskişehir

    Inside the Kurşunlu Külliyesi Complex, this small gallery displays items made from meerschaum stone, which is mined locally. Meerschaum pipes are famous…

  • City Museum

    Eskişehir

    The heart of the collection here is Eskişehir's Museum of Contemporary Glass Art, a unique display donated by about 70 Turkish and foreign artists. The…

  • Osmanlı Evi

    Eskişehir

    This former inn opened in 1890, and Atatürk stayed here in 1920 during his military campaigning. The rooms have been restored and host exhibits on Atatürk…

  • TÜLOMSAŞ Museum

    Eskişehir

    The garden area beside the TÜLOMSAŞ Factory (Turkey's biggest manufacturer of railway locomotives) is devoted to an open-air museum of TÜLOMSAŞ'…

  • Railway Museum

    Eskişehir

    A compact museum adjacent to the railway station that's really only for train buffs, but it's worth a look if you're waiting on a departure.

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