Where to stay in Eskişehir

Eskişehir is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of the Eskişehir Province. The urban population of the city is 821,315 (Odunpazarı + Tepebaşı), with a metropolitan population of 921,630.

Somewhere beneath these streets is Doryleaum, the city founded by the Phrygians when they abandoned Karachisar their stronghold further south. They emerged as a civilisation around 1200 BC and disappeared in the 7th century AD, assimilated into the Byzantines. Their heartland was the region to the south called the Phrygian Valley and the museums hold many of their artefacts, but little of their buildings or monuments survive.

Getting in

Best fly to one of the Istanbul airports or Ankara. Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is the most convenient as you can take a taxi or bus 10 km to Pendik station, then train to Eskişehir.

Getting around

Walk: old town sights are in a compact area around Kurșunlu Mosque. Trams: Line 1 starts from the bus station (Otogar) and loops through old town / Odunpazarı (Atatürk Lisesi), the modern centre / Köprübaşı (Çarşı), Doktorlar Cd (İsmet İnönü), the railway station (Espark), and the Yunus Emre campus (Anadolu Üniversitesi) to SSK interchange. Line 4 also runs from the bus station through old town, then heads west to Osmangazi University.

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