Uludağ
Uludağ is a national park and wintersports resort in Southern Marmara of Turkey. Uludağ is located 36km the south of Bursa, is one of the country’s favourite winter sports centres and as well as skiing. İts richness of flora and fauna has made it into a National Park and summer activities like trekking and camping
are also popular. Uludağ was previously known as Olympos Misios in ancient times, and is known in mythology as the place where the gods watched the Trojan war. Plans have been confirmed for a development project, which will offer a huge increase in accommodation and skiing facilities. Its geographical conditions mean that Uludağ Ski Resort can also offer heli-skiing, snow boarding, ice-skating and snow biking.Read More
Climate
As you may be expecting, Uludağ is far chillier than nearby Bursa thanks to its elevation. The wintersports season, especially skiing, is between October and April, with a guaranteed stable snowcover and constant below freezing temperatures between December and March. A summer day that is sweltering hot in Bursa is likely to
Read MoreHistory
Uludağ was one of the twenty-odd mountains around the eastern half of Mediterranean basin that used to be called Olympos in ancient times—more precisely Mysian Olympos in this case, Mysia being the ancient name of the region what is about eastern two-thirds of Southern Marmara region today. In medieval times, Uludağ served as a hermitage
Read MoreActivities and Sports
The "two sides" of Uludağ is also evident in the activities it offers: in wintertime it's skiing down the white slopes, in summertime it's taking a walk amidst the woods. Skiing Skiing equipment can be rented on the mountain for 15-25 TL a day.Uludağ is the oldest wintersports resort of
Read MorePlaces of interest
AtBakacakPlateau a kilometre north of Çobankaya—where gondola lifts from Sarıalan terminate (the second stop of the cableway, it is located within a forest at a height of 1.651 meters); accessible by a paved road from there as well as from Oteller area(area where all hotels are clustered)— you can have
Read MoreCable car to Uludağ
The narrow (wide enough for vehicles to pass side by side though) and tarmac road from Bursa(with signs pointing it all around the city) winds on the side of the mountain for 22 km until it arrives at thenational park gateat Karabelen. After the gate, it turns into—or rather isn't
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