Hidden Gems of the Marmara Region
Beyond the famous skyline of Istanbul and the grand mosques of Bursa, the Marmara Region hides a quieter world: lakeside towns, thermal villages, wild coasts, and islands that most travelers never reach.

Beyond the famous skyline of Istanbul and the grand mosques of Bursa, the Marmara Region hides a quieter world: lakeside towns, thermal villages, wild coasts, and islands that most travelers never reach.

The Marmara Region has a transitional climate, sitting where the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the continental interior meet.

The Marmara Region packs an astonishing variety into its small territory: a world city, an Ottoman capital, a frontier town, and a ring of islands and coastal villages around an inland sea.

The Marmara Region is Turkey’s smallest but most dynamic region, wrapped around the Sea of Marmara at the meeting point of Europe and Asia.
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