🥩 Where to eat in Bursa: the original İskender kebab at Kebapçı İskender, the historic blue shop
Bursa is where İskender kebab was born: the family traces the dish to İskender Efendi's shop in 1867. Their famous "Köşe Mavi Dükkan" (corner blue shop) has been serving it on Atatürk Caddesi since the 1930s.
🔹 Order: İskender kebab, thin slices of lamb döner over pide bread with tomato sauce, melted butter, yogurt and green pepper
🔹 Hours: Daily 12:00–20:00
🔹 Where: Atatürk Cd. No:60, next to the Tayyare Cultural Centre, Osmangazi, central Bursa
🔹 Bookings: 0224 221 10 76
💡 Tip: Bursa is an easy day trip from Istanbul. After the meal, thank the kitchen with Eline sağlık (eh-lee-neh saa-luhk), "health to your hand".
📍 Google Maps: Kebapçı İskender Mavi Dükkan
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Bursa is where İskender kebab was born: the family traces the dish to İskender Efendi's shop in 1867. Their famous "Köşe Mavi Dükkan" (corner blue shop) has been serving it on Atatürk Caddesi since the 1930s.
🔹 Order: İskender kebab, thin slices of lamb döner over pide bread with tomato sauce, melted butter, yogurt and green pepper
🔹 Hours: Daily 12:00–20:00
🔹 Where: Atatürk Cd. No:60, next to the Tayyare Cultural Centre, Osmangazi, central Bursa
🔹 Bookings: 0224 221 10 76
💡 Tip: Bursa is an easy day trip from Istanbul. After the meal, thank the kitchen with Eline sağlık (eh-lee-neh saa-luhk), "health to your hand".
📍 Google Maps: Kebapçı İskender Mavi Dükkan
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⛪ Where to go in Cappadocia: Göreme Open-Air Museum
A valley of churches carved into soft volcanic rock. Monks lived and prayed here from the 4th to the 13th century. The site opened to visitors in 1967 and is the heart of UNESCO-listed Göreme National Park.
🔹 See: Elmalı (Apple), Serpent, St. Barbara and Tokalı churches. The frescoed Dark Church needs its own ticket
🔹 Hours: Daily 8:00–17:45 (ticket office closes 17:15). Night visits 18:00–23:00
🔹 Tickets: Foreign visitors buy at the gate or from the Culture Ministry's official e-ticket shop
🔹 Where: Müze Cd., Göreme, in Nevşehir province
💡 Tip: Be there at 8am, before the tour buses and the crowds. Greet the staff with Günaydın (gew-nigh-duhn), "good morning".
📍 Google Maps: Göreme Open-Air Museum
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A valley of churches carved into soft volcanic rock. Monks lived and prayed here from the 4th to the 13th century. The site opened to visitors in 1967 and is the heart of UNESCO-listed Göreme National Park.
🔹 See: Elmalı (Apple), Serpent, St. Barbara and Tokalı churches. The frescoed Dark Church needs its own ticket
🔹 Hours: Daily 8:00–17:45 (ticket office closes 17:15). Night visits 18:00–23:00
🔹 Tickets: Foreign visitors buy at the gate or from the Culture Ministry's official e-ticket shop
🔹 Where: Müze Cd., Göreme, in Nevşehir province
💡 Tip: Be there at 8am, before the tour buses and the crowds. Greet the staff with Günaydın (gew-nigh-duhn), "good morning".
📍 Google Maps: Göreme Open-Air Museum
🇹🇷 @turkey
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