Montania

Western Anatolia

LoginSave

Mudanya's most famous hotel occupies a French-built railway building dating to 1849, with views of the boats sailing in and out of the neighbouring ferry terminal. Rooms are split between this renovated building and a new block, where you lose the historical character.

The restaurant, offering live Turkish music on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and the bar with train-carriage seating make good use of the older structure. Daily tours are offered to Bursa and beyond. Even if you're not staying here, it's an essential destination for an afternoon or evening drink on the terrace.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Green mosque (yesil camii) in Bursa, Turkey.

    Yeşil Cami

    16.33 MILES

    Built for Mehmet I, the Yeşil (Green) Cami was completed in 1422 and represents a departure from the previous, Persian-influenced Seljuk architecture that…

  • Muradiye Complex

    Muradiye Complex

    14.99 MILES

    This Ottoman-era complex incorporates a stately medrese (seminary; 1426) and the equally handsome Sultan Murat II (Muradiye) Cami, also built in 1426, but…

  • Ulu Camii in Bursa, Turkey.

    Ulu Cami

    15.82 MILES

    This enormous Seljuk-style mosque (1399) is central Bursa's dominating feature. Sultan Beyazıt I built it in a monumental compromise – having pledged to…

  • Uludağ Teleferik

    Uludağ Teleferik

    17.22 MILES

    The 8.2km Uludağ Teleferik is the world's longest cable car. The cable car travels from its lowest station Teferrüç (236m) to Oteller (1810m), where…

  • Muradiye Tombs

    Muradiye Tombs

    14.98 MILES

    Muradiye cemetery's 12 tombs (dating from the 15th and 16th centuries) include the sparsely decorated tomb of Sultan Murat II (r 1421–51) along with the…

  • Emir Sultan Cami

    Emir Sultan Cami

    16.59 MILES

    An early Ottoman mosque, the 14th-century Emir Sultan Cami was named for Sultan Beyazıt I's son-in-law and adviser, a Persian scholar-dervish. Today's…

  • Bursa Citadel

    Bursa Citadel

    15.62 MILES

    Some ramparts and walls still survive on the steep cliff that is the site of Bursa's citadel and its oldest neighbourhood, Tophane. Walk up Orhan Gazi …

  • Kapalı Çarşı

    Kapalı Çarşı

    15.8 MILES

    Bursa's sprawling Kapalı Çarşı (Covered Market) complex is made up of several historic buildings strung out along Kapalı Çarşı Caddesi, the market's main…

View more attractions

Nearby Western Anatolia attractions

1. Mudanya Mütareke Evi Müzesi

0.69 MILES

This whitewashed 19th-century house, where the Armistice of Moudania was signed by Italy, France, Britain and Turkey on 11 October 1922 (Greece…

2. Fatih Cami

5.16 MILES

The minaret of the Fatih Cami soars above the squat red-brick structure that was originally built as the Hagios Stephanos-Hinolakkos Church in the 8th…

3. Murat I (Hüdavendigâr) Cami

13.59 MILES

This unusual mosque from 1366 features a barrel-vaulted Ottoman T-square design, and includes ground-floor zaviye (dervish hostel) rooms. The only visible…

4. Sarcophagus of Murat I

13.63 MILES

Sultan Murat I (r 1359–89), most famous for the Battle of Kosovo that claimed his life, is interred in this huge sarcophagus opposite the Hudavendigar…

5. Karagöz Monument

13.81 MILES

This monument celebrates Bursa's tradition of shadow puppetry; it's opposite the Karagöz Museum.

6. Karagöz Museum

13.84 MILES

The collection at Bursa's Karagöz Museum includes magnificent Turkish, Uzbek, Russian and Romanian puppets and puppet-making tools. There are also regular…

7. Atatürk House

14.56 MILES

Atatürk House (1895) commemorates the great leader in a pine-scented garden setting. The restored structure contains mostly original furnishings from when…

8. Archaeology Museum

14.64 MILES

This museum's small collection ranges from beautiful Roman pottery and figurines to stone tools and artefacts dating back to the Paleolithic era.