Over the last 20 years, Eskişehir has become one of Turkey’s model cities, filled with innovation and modern charm. It’s famous for its attractions around the Porsuk Stream and the expansive Sazova Science, Culture, and Art Park, one of the largest city parks in the country.
Starting from Odunpazarı, the cultural heart of Eskişehir, you can dive into the city’s rich history. This area contains priceless historical treasures from ancient times and the Ottoman period. Historical tours here are a big hit with both locals and tourists.
We’ve compiled a list of the 50 best things to do in Eskisehir, from exploring centuries-old caravanserais and mosques to modern science centers, complete with location links to make your visit even easier.
Table of Contents
1- Visit Sazova Science, Culture, and Art Park
Sazova Science, Culture, and Art Park, which was opened to visitors in 2008 on a huge area of 400,000 m2 in Sazova District of Tepebaşı district, is one of the most well-known symbols and largest park of Eskişehir. Sazova Science, Culture and Art Park, which attracts the attention of the whole world with its impressive sections and is among the largest and most beautiful parks of Turkey, includes an open-air concert hall with a capacity of 1200 people, an artificial pond, water sports facilities, a Japanese garden, science centers, museums, there are many different sections such as walking paths, restaurants, and cafes.
You can visit Turkey’s first space house at the Sazova Science Experiment Center of the park, which also includes the fairytale castle, zoo, playgrounds, underwater world, and activity areas that children love so much. The park, which is lively with fun and educational activities every season of the year, is among the places that both families with children and sports lovers should visit in Eskişehir.
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 10.00-17.00
Author’s Note: We recommend that you spare a day to fully explore the park.
2- Explore Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM)
Odunpazarı Modern Museum (OMM), which immediately attracts attention with its ultra-modern wooden-architecture building on Atatürk Boulevard in the Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir, has collections exhibiting modern and contemporary works of art from many countries of the world as well as Turkey. The museum is shown as one of the largest and most beautiful art museums not only in Eskişehir but also in Turkey.
In addition to permanent exhibitions at Odunpazarı Modern Museum, which has won dozens of international awards, you can also participate in many events such as temporary exhibitions, workshops, workshops, and interviews with artists. We also recommend you visit the wooden handicraft sections of Odunpazarı Modern Museum, which you can visit every day between 10:00 and 18:00 except Mondays.
Entrance fee
- Exactly 70 TL
- Discounted 50 TL (students over 12 years old, teachers, people over 65 years old)
- Group ticket 60 TL
3- Discover Odunpazari
Odunpazarı district, the oldest residential area and historical heart of Eskişehir, is also the cultural center of the city. Odunpazarı center, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, is protected as an urban protected area. More than 300 historical houses and mosques are located in Odunpazarı, which is one of the most important addresses not only in Eskişehir but also for photo safaris and cultural tours in Turkey, with its cobblestone streets and beautiful wooden mansions, where you can see the most stunning examples of traditional Anatolian and Turkish architecture, social complexes, inns, and caravanserais are listed.
The traditional handicraft workshops serving in the historical bazaars of Odunpazarı, are among the first places you should visit in Eskişehir for shopping. You will take magnificent photographs in every season in Odunpazarı, where every street offers fascinating views.
Author’s Note: If you are traveling by car, you may have difficulty finding a place because there is a parking problem. I recommend wearing comfortable shoes to avoid difficulty climbing the hilly streets.
4- Spend some time around Porsuk Stream
Porsuk Stream, which passes through the center of Eskişehir and creates a striking Venice-like landscape, divides the city into two parts: Tepebaşı and Odunpazarı. You can have an unforgettable day by participating in gondola and boat trips on the Porsuk Stream, which has become one of the most important tourist centers of the city. You can take a pleasant trip among bridges, walking tracks, bicycle paths, and flower gardens on the 448-meter-long Porsuk Stream, which cafes, restaurants, bookstores, tea gardens, entertainment venues, and event areas surround. Porsuk Stream, which has a magical atmosphere with unique lighting at night, is the first place you should visit to have a romantic evening in Eskişehir.
5- Admire Odunpazarı Houses
Odunpazarı houses, which are located in Odunpazarı district, the historical center of Eskişehir, and whose architectural features are similar to the charming houses of Safranbolu, Beypazarı, and Göynük, are on the UNESCO World Heritage List and are carefully protected. Some of the Odunpazarı houses with bay windows, built in the classical Ottoman style with wood and stone materials, have been transformed into museums, art galleries, and cultural centers. In the region where there are nearly 300 houses, you can visit the interiors of these historical houses and get information about the daily life of those times among the decorations of the Ottoman period.
6- Visit Eskişehir Wax Sculptures Museum
Wax Sculptures Museum, which was opened to visitors in 2013, as one of Eskişehir’s most well-known museums and Turkey’s first wax museum, is among the first places visited by local and foreign tourists in Eskişehir. The museum’s collections include Ottoman sultans, especially Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; Famous artists such as Barış Manço, Orhan Gencebay, Müslüm Gürses and İbrahim Tatlıses, scientists such as Albert Einstein, many famous actors from Kemal Sunal to Cüneyt Arkın, symbolic names of Eskişehir such as Nasrettin Hodja and Yunus Emre, even the wax figure of the Queen of England. There is even a statue of him.
Eskişehir Wax Sculptures Museum, where families with children can have a great time, is located in an easily accessible location on Atatürk Boulevard in Odunpazarı district.
Entrance fee
- 30 TL
Working hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 10.00-17.00
Author’s Note: Photography is not allowed. If you are going by car, you will have to park on the side streets and on the road as there is no parking lot.
7- Visit Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Arts Museum
Another important museum that you can visit in the Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir is the Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Arts Museum, which was opened to visitors in 2007 as Turkey’s first glass art museum. In the museum’s collections, glass works of 75 Turkish artists as well as 12 artists from around the world are exhibited.
After visiting its well-arranged collections, you can also benefit from the museum’s library and documentation center. You can easily go to Eskişehir Contemporary Glass Arts Museum, where workshops and cultural and artistic events are held in some periods of the year, by public transportation, and visit the museum every day between 10:00 and 17:00, except Mondays.
Working hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 10.00-17.00
Author’s Note: There is paid parking near the national park, but if you have a car, you can park in the back streets without paying. Also, if you are a family with children, be sure to take your stroller because it will be difficult to travel with your child otherwise, as it is a very large area.
8- Visit Eskişehir Fairytale Castle
Fairy Tale Castle, located in Sazova Science, Art and Culture Park, is the first place that families with children should visit in Eskişehir. The entertainment center, named after its impressive castle that looks like it came out of cartoons, was opened to visitors in 2014.
The activity areas of the entertainment center, which has different sections such as Fairytale Castle, Land of Legends, and Mysterious Journey, host many events for children throughout the year. Many workshops or trainings are also organized at the Fairytale Castle, such as art workshops, drama workshops, creative writing and thinking workshops for all age groups. You can watch the most beautiful panoramic views of Sazova Science, Art, and Culture Park on the observation terrace of the Fairy Tale Castle; You can also do nice holiday shopping in bookstores and souvenir shops.
Entrance fee
- 15 TL
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 10.00-17.00
9- Explore Eskişehir Islands Region
The Islands Region, located between Atatürk Street, Şair Fuzuli Street, and Porsuk Stream, is among the most popular sightseeing areas of Eskişehir. The Islands Region, a beautiful travel area with cafes, restaurants, and walking paths lined up around the Porsuk Stream, is one of the places where Eskişehir’s social life is most lively. After walking in the area, which is very lively both during the day and at night, you can drink your coffee accompanied by the views of the Porsuk Stream and take the most beautiful photos of Eskişehir here during the winter months.
10- Discover Doctors Street
İsmet İnönü Street, popularly known as Doctors Street due to the high number of doctor’s examinations, is one of the most lively streets in Eskişehir. Doktorlar Street, which is one of the places where the heart of social life beats in Eskişehir with its tram, flower-decorated walking paths, dozens of stores, souvenir shops, cafes, and entertainment, is very similar in structure to Istanbul’s famous Istiklal Street.
While walking around Doctors Street, which is closed to traffic, and is one of the most popular places you should go to in Eskişehir for both walking and shopping, do not forget to examine the interesting sculptures decorating the street.
11- Visit Tülomsaş Museum (Revolutionary Cars Museum)
Tülomsaş Museum, also known as the Revolution Cars Museum, was opened to visitors in Tepebaşı district in 2018. In the museum, where you can see the Devrim car, which was produced in 1961 as Turkey’s first automobile, up close, Turkey’s first steam locomotive and many industrial products are also exhibited. You can enjoy visiting the Tülomsaş Museum, located on Ahmet Kanatlı Street in the Türesaş Eskişehir Regional Directorate campus, every day between 10:00 and 17:00, except Mondays.
12- Visit Meerschaum Museum
The Meerschaum Museum, where more than 400 works made of meerschaum, one of the symbolic products of Eskişehir and also known as Eskişehir Stone, is exhibited, was opened to visitors in 2008 in the Kurşunlu Social Complex, an impressive architectural structure in Odunpazarı district. You can buy ornaments made of meerschaum from the souvenir shop of the Meerschaum Museum, which has an impressive collection where you can see dozens of works prepared by many artists from meerschaum, which is extracted from 150 meters deep in the ground only in Eskişehir in the world.
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 09.00-17.00
Author’s Note: If you’re thinking of buying handmade jewelry and souvenirs in the shops near the museum, be sure to ask if they take cards. You don’t want to get caught up in shopping only to find out they only accept cash. Also, if you’re with a child, be careful—it’s hard to keep them in check with so many bright and breakable things around.
13- Explore Şelale Park
Located in the Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir and built on an area of 38,000 m2, Şelale Park takes its name from its impressive artificial waterfall. Şelale Park, is one of the most interesting parks in Eskişehir and is definitely visited by local and foreign tourists because it offers panoramic city views; With its walking paths decorated with sculptures, observation terraces, windmills, children’s playgrounds, an amphitheater where events are held throughout the year, restaurants, cafes and tea gardens, it is among the places you should visit to take photos of the magnificent views of Eskişehir and to have a pleasant day.
Author’s Note: I recommend you wear outdoor shoes as you will be climbing a very steep hill into the park.
14- Visit Eskişehir Independence Museum
Eskişehir Independence Museum, located on Arif Bey Street in Odunpazarı district and opened to visitors in 2016, was designed with a modern museum approach and takes advantage of all the possibilities of technology. Turkey’s War of Independence struggle and the Lausanne Peace Conference processes are impressively conveyed in the museum, which also has fun and interactive sections for children.
In Eskişehir Independence Museum, which has 4 separate sections: War of Independence with Cartoons, War of Independence with Newspapers, Strategy Room and Screening Room, you can visit many impressive sections, from weapons of the period to historical documents or wax statues of İsmet İnönü, Fahrettin Atay and the Mehmetçiks, and commemorate the War of Independence period.
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 10.00-17.00
15- Haller Youth Center
Haller Youth Center, which was put into service after the restoration of the historical fresh fruit and vegetable market building located on Yılmaz Büyükerşen Boulevard in Eskişehir Tepebaşı district, is one of the most popular social areas of Eskişehir. In the cobblestone market building decorated with huge chandeliers, there are cafes, entertainment venues, and art galleries with interesting decorations.
At Haller Youth Center, which is one of the most beautiful culture and art centers in Turkey, built using wood, wrought iron, and natural stones, you can shop in souvenir shops, visit bookstores, wander around art galleries, watch the plays of the City Theater or have fun in cafes.
16- Kurşunlu Mosque and Social Complex
Located in the Odunpazarı district, the cultural center of Eskişehir, Kurşunlu Mosque, and Social Complex, a 16th-century Ottoman period work, was built in 1517 by Çoban Mustafa Pasha, one of the Ottoman viziers. You will take a journey to the Ottoman period in the area where the mosque, training center, soup kitchen, tombs of famous people, and caravanserai are located.
Surrounded by centuries-old pine trees, the Kurşunlu Mosque and Social Complex also houses the Glass Arts Center, with a hot glass-blowing workshop. The historical complex, which hosts many cultural and artistic events such as the International Odunpazarı Glass Festival, is worth visiting with its magnificent architecture and peaceful atmosphere.
17- Visit Atlıhan Handicrafts Bazaar
Located within the urban protected area of historical Odunpazarı, Atlıhan Handicrafts Bazaar is a historical inn designed in 1850 for travelers and vendors coming from surrounding villages to both sell their products and stay. Atlıhan was renovated in 2006 and reopened to visitors with 25 handicraft workshops.
Atlıhan Handicrafts Bazaar is a tourist attraction most visited by tourists in Eskişehir for shopping and attracts attention with its historical atmosphere. During your trip, you can also watch master craftsmen at work in shops selling traditional Turkish and Ottoman handicraft products. Don’t forget to buy beautiful traditional handicraft products at Atlıhan Handicrafts Bazaar, where you can take magnificent photographs especially during the winter months under the snow and when illuminated in the evening.
Author’s Note: If you visit the bazaar before 18:00, you may come across mini concerts of street musicians in the bazaar.
18- Visit Arasta Bazaar
Arasta Bazaar, which was opened in 2012 after the original restoration of an area within the scope of an urban protected area in Odunpazarı district, offers works of tile and ceramic artists for sale with its 14 shops. Arasta Bazaar, which was opened to keep traditional Ottoman and Turkish handicrafts alive, also hosts events throughout the year in the multi-purpose open-air hall where artistic activities are held. You should definitely visit Eskişehir Arasa Bazaar to enjoy the historical atmosphere and buy unique handicraft products.
19- Discover Eskişehir Japanese Garden
Eskişehir Japanese Garden, carefully designed by Japanese landscape architects within the scope of the 2010 Turkey Japanese Year events, is famous for its magnificent views, especially with its yellowed leaves in autumn. Covering an area of 23 decares within the Sazova Science, Art and Culture Park, the Japanese Garden includes exotic flower gardens, bridges, waterfalls, and amphitheatres that reflect Japanese culture and architecture. Thousands of people visit Eskişehir Japanese Garden, especially during this season, to watch the unique view of Japanese cherry blossoms and sakuras blooming in spring.
20- Visit Turkish World Science, Culture and Art Center
The Turkish World Science, Culture and Art Center, which you can visit in Sazova Park, is the most impressive center that exhibits the changing culture, traditions, customs, and traditions of the Turks over the centuries. The center, which was opened to visitors in 2017 and immediately attracted attention with its modern domed architecture, figures such as Yunus Emre and Nasrettin Hodja, famous names of Eskişehir, as well as science, art, and cultural works carried out throughout Turkish history are exhibited in detail.
In the collections where dozens of musical instruments used in Turkish music are exhibited, you can examine many objects, from marbling and calligraphy examples to impressive tiles, ceramics, and items used in traditional Turkish cuisine, and buy souvenirs.
Author’s Note: You can buy tickets at 10:00 in the morning. Since it has limited capacity, it may run out early.
21- Visit Eskişehir Aviation Museum
Located right across from Anadolu University Yunus Emre Campus and covering a large area of 39,000 m2, Eskişehir Aviation Museum is among the must-visit places in Eskişehir for both families with children and those interested in aviation. The museum, which has a very rich collection ranging from jet planes used by the Turkish Aeronautical Association and the Turkish Armed Forces to police helicopters and historical cargo planes, is also worth seeing, as is the cafeteria converted from an airplane.
Eskişehir Aviation Museum, also known as Anadolu University Aviation Park, was opened to visitors in 1998. In the museum’s collections, you will have the chance to see many objects such as pilot suits, badges, model planes, and aircraft engines, as well as planes.
Opening hours
- 09.00-17.30
22- Visit Eti Archeology Museum
One of the most important museums of Eskişehir, which you can visit on Atatürk Boulevard in Odunpazarı district, is the Eti Archeology Museum. Eti Archeology Museum, which first started its service in the Alaattin Mosque in 1945, moved to the Kurşunlu Mosque Complex in 1966, and finally moved to its new building in 1974, has a wide usage area of 4000 m2.
In the museum, which consists of 3 blocks, 22,500 historical artifacts covering the Neolithic, Bronze, Hittite, Phrygian, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods, obtained during excavations in Eskişehir and its surroundings, are exhibited. The museum also preserves more than 20,000 artifacts in its warehouses. You can have an unforgettable tour of the historical artifacts that shed light on the history of Anatolia in the interior and garden of the Eti Archeology Museum, which you can also visit with guided tours; You can participate in practices and events held at certain times of the year.
Opening hours
- Every day 08.00-17.00
Author’s Note: Like many museums in Europe, there are interactive exhibitions. Entrance is a reasonable fee of 12.5 TL. A museum card is also valid. You can get free coffee from cafes if you show your ticket inside.
23-Visit Sabancı Space House
Sabancı Space House and Science Experiment Center, which forms another important part of Sazova Science, Culture and Art Park, was built on an area of 275 m2 in 2012. At Sabancı Space House, which will immediately attract your attention with its ultra-modern building, you can tour the interior of a striking space house designed with the latest technology; You can explore the galaxy and stars with interactive presentations, demonstrations, and fisheye lenses. The center, where you can also watch images taken simultaneously from NASA and the European Space Agency, attracts the attention of children as well as science and technology enthusiasts.
You should add the glass-domed science center, where astronomy talks and film screenings are held throughout the year, to your list of places to visit in Eskişehir.
24- Visit Eskisehir Zoo
Eskişehir Zoo, which is one of the must-visit places in Eskişehir is located within the Sazova Science, Culture, and Art Center in the Tepebaşı district. The zoo, which opened to visitors in 2017, has many different sections such as the Parrot House and the Tropical Center.
Eskişehir Zoo, where you will have the chance to see nearly 250 different animal species up close, and has an animal habitat of 58,000 m2, has a total area of 145,000 m2. You can spend a nice day among zebras, camels, lions, penguins, and lemurs, and see dozens of exotic birds together in the Parrot House section of the garden.
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Every day 10.00-18.00
25- Explore Museum of Educational Cartoons
Located in a classical Ottoman mansion, estimated to have been built in the early 1900s, and opened to visitors within the scope of Anadolu University Cartoon Art Research and Application Center, the Educational Cartoons Museum hosts hundreds of cartoons, drawings, postcards and posters dating from the Ottoman period to the present day in its collections spread over two floors of the mansion.
There are many different sections of the museum, where both cartoon lovers and families with children can have an enjoyable tour, such as the Turkish Cartoon Masters Room, Eskişehir Cartoonists Room, Portraits Room, and the Exhibition Hall. In the gift shop of the Educational Cartoons Museum, where you can see the most popular works of many famous local and foreign cartoonists, you can buy many products such as ornaments decorated with cartoons, cartoons, and drawing books.
26- Explore Eskisehir Botanical Park
Eskişehir Botanical Park, a magnificent nature paradise with 70,000 plants that nature lovers should visit in Eskişehir, covers a large area of 43,000 m2 in Odunpazarı district. Eskişehir Botanical Park, which is the 4th largest botanical park in Turkey and also known as Odunpazarı Botanical Park, has been open to visitors since 2014.
You can visit many beautiful parts of the botanical park, such as the Turkish garden, rock gardens, medicinal plants section, bulbous plants section, miniature Japanese garden, fruit garden, ivy tunnels, and labyrinths. You can closely examine nearly 250 different flower and plant species in Eskişehir Botanical Park, where you can do sports on walking and jogging paths.
27- Visit Republic History Museum
Opened to visitors by Anadolu University in 1994, the Republic History Museum is located on Atatürk Street in Odunpazarı district. You will examine political and cultural works dating back to the Ottoman period, starting from the first Turkish states established in Central Asia, in the rich collections of the museum, which was opened to visitors in 1915 after the restoration of a 3-storey stone school built during the 1st National Architecture Period.
In addition to the collections where the heroism shown in the Gallipoli War and documents related to the war are exhibited, you can also watch documentaries about the period in the video room of the museum, which contains hundreds of works from the Balkan Wars, World War I and the War of Independence.
The Republic History Museum, where personal belongings of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, and images of the factories and workshops established in Eskişehir in the early periods of the republic are exhibited, is open every weekday between 10:00 and 17:000, except Mondays. You can visit it for free.
28- Discover Eskisehir City Park
Eskişehir Kent Park, famous for its artificial beach reminiscent of the Mediterranean coast, is one of the first places you should go, especially in the summer months. Kent Park, one of the most lively places in Eskişehir with Turkey’s first artificial beach, large pond, restaurants, cafes, walking paths, sports fields, and children’s playgrounds, is located on Sivrihisar Street in Tepebaşı district.
City Park covers a large area of 300,000 m2 and is shown as one of the most beautiful city parks in Turkey with its artificial pond, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, event areas where concerts are held, impressive sculptures, and landscaped gardens.
Author’s Note: You can easily reach the park by trams passing in front of it.
29- Discover Gürleyik Waterfall
Gürleyik Waterfall, one of the most beautiful places to go to enjoy the natural beauties in Eskişehir, is located within the borders of Mihalıççık district. You can easily reach Gürleyik Waterfall, which is 180 kilometers away from Eskişehir center, in 1.5 hours by minibusses and buses.
Surrounded by waterfall ponds where you can swim in ice-cold waters in the summer months, Gürleyik Waterfall is ideal for photo safaris and nature trips with its fascinating views in every season. At Gürleyik Waterfall, where you can take wonderful photographs on the well-organized walking paths and viewing terraces surrounding it, you can also find country gardens or well-equipped camping areas where you can sip your tea accompanied by fresh air and stunning nature views.
Author’s Note: Swimming is not allowed in the waterfall as it has been declared a protected area. You can have a picnic and spend time under supervision.
30- Visit Yunus Emre Complex and Tomb
Yunus Emre Social Complex and Tomb, located in Mihalıççık of Eskişehir and opened to visitors in 1974, is an impressive architectural work built in the Seljuk period architectural style. The tomb, which is one of the most visited places in Eskişehir, was transformed into a social complex by adding a mosque, a fountain, and a cultural house built at different times.
You can also visit the tomb after seeing the collections of the museum, where plaques containing Yunus Emre’s books, life, and famous quatrains are exhibited. Some ethnographic works are also exhibited around the Yunus Emre Tomb.
Opening hours: Every weekday 09.00-17.00
31- Visit Esminyatürk Turkish World Masterpieces Park
Esminyatürk Turkish World Masterpieces Park, which was opened in 2013 with a project carried out with the support of the Turkish World Capital of Culture Agency, is an impressive park with miniatures of beautiful architectural works.
In the green area of the park, there are famous historical buildings of Turkey such as Selimiye Mosque, Divriği Ulu Mosque, Ahlat Ulu Tomb, Ulugbey Madrasa, Fatih Mosque, as well as dozens of Turkish monuments such as Medina Ottoman Train Station, Damascus Ottoman Train Station, Mostar Bridge, Orhun Monuments and Taj Mahal. You will also have the chance to see closely the miniature versions of the masterpiece built in its architectural style. Esminyatürk, which you can visit every day of the week between 09:00 and 17:00 except Mondays for a small fee, is very crowded, especially on weekends.
32- Kanlıkavak Park
Kanlıkavak Park, one of the most lively and lively places in Eskişehir on weekends, is located in the middle of the city, between Osmangazi and Kızıltoprak. Kanlıkavak Park, where you will feel like you are in a European city with its green areas decorated with flower gardens, well-organized walking tracks, jogging and cycling paths, recreation areas, children’s playgrounds, and country gardens, is filled with families who want to spend time in camellias and tea gardens, especially on weekends. You can take photos of magnificent snow views in the winter months at Kanlıkavak Park, where you can relax after visiting Eskişehir.
33- Discover ETİ Underwater World
Located in Sazova Park and being Eskişehir’s first aquarium, ETİ Underwater World offers an unforgettable experience with more than 100 different marine creatures, poisonous species, and amphibious creatures. ETİ Underwater World, where you can walk among gigantic stingrays and colorful fish in its meter-long tunnels, was opened to visitors in 2014 with a closed area of 2400 m2 and more than 30 aquariums.
You can reach ETİ Underwater World, where you will have the chance to see creatures brought from many different ecosystems such as the North Aegean, Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, South American lakes and Amazon River, up close, with a 10-minute journey from Eskişehir center by public transportation and is open every day of the week, except Mondays, at 09:00. You can visit the aquariums between 17:00 and 17:00.
34- Have a picnic in Dede Korkut Park
Dede Korkut Park, one of the beautiful parks of Odunpazarı district, has been serving the people of Eskişehir since 2014. The walking tracks, running paths, bicycle paths, sports fields and children’s playgrounds in Dede Korkut Park, which covers a large green area of 69,750 m2, are among the most visited places in Eskişehir, especially by people who want to do sports outdoors. The monument depicting the stories of Dede Korkut and the statue of Dede Korkut in the park is also worth seeing.
35- Visit Eskişehir Train Station and TCDD Eskişehir Museum
Eskişehir Train Station, the construction of which started in 1953 and was put into service in 1955, is very active today with the Istanbul-Ankara, Eskişehir-Konya, and Ankara-Istanbul high-speed train lines. The Railways Museum, located within the train station, was opened to visitors in 1997. Many tools and devices used at Eskişehir Train Station, from historical telegraph machines to locomotives, are exhibited in the museum.
You can visit the train station in Hoşnudiye District of Tepebaşı district, free of charge, every day except Sundays and Mondays, both to visit the museum and to examine the modern high-speed train station, which covers a large area of 3075 m2.
36- See Nation Monument
The impressive Nation Monument, located between İsmet İnönü Street and İstasyon Junction in Tepebaşı district, was opened in 2019. At the top of the monument are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and at the lower levels, figures symbolizing developments in the field of education, science, and technology, and reliefs reflecting the War of Independence are listed. You should visit the Nation Monument, which is a monument worth seeing, with statues representing Turkish elders all around it.
37- Stroll İki Eylül Street
İki Eylül Street, located in the Odunpazarı district of Eskişehir and one of the most lively streets of the city, is located in a beautiful location very close to Doktorlar Street. İki Eylül Street, which is the social heart of Eskişehir and is lined with many shopping malls, shops, cafes, restaurants, and hotels, takes its name from the date of 2 September 1922, the liberation of Eskişehir from Greek occupation.
When you’re tired on İki Eylül Street, after a day of shopping and strolling, you can relax and enjoy the bustling vibe. Grab a coffee at one of the roadside cafes and soak in the lively, traffic-free scene. The street is easy to reach by public transport and tram.
38- Wooden Works Museum
Located on Şemşettin Street in Odunpazarı district, the Wooden Works Museum, one of the most impressive museums in Eskişehir, is a place you should visit while visiting the city. The Wooden Works Museum, which was opened to visitors in 2015 within the Kurşunlu Social Complex and offers collections worth seeing as Turkey’s first wooden works museum, exhibits 162 interesting works of art produced at the International Wood Festival held for the first time in Turkey.
You can also participate in many cultural and artistic events in the museum, which is visited by thousands of people every year and where you can have a pleasant tour with its well-arranged collections among the historical stone walls of the caravanserai.
Entrance fee
- Full ticket 7.5 TL
- Student 5 TL
Opening hours
- Closed on Mondays
- Other days 09.00-17.00
39- Explore Çukur Çarşı
Çukur Çarşı, located by the Porsuk Stream in Odunpazarı district, where you can have a nice day and shop while accompanied by magnificent views, is among the permanent addresses of Eskişehir trips. You can stroll through flower gardens, impressive sculptures, country gardens, and walking paths in Çukur Bazaar, where hundreds of tents selling handmade products made from the city’s famous meerschaum are sold; You can relax by sipping your tea overlooking the Porsuk Stream.
40- Kırk Ambar Bazaar
You should also visit Kırk Ambar Bazaar, one of the authentic bazaars located in the historical Odunpazarı Region, during your trip to Odunpazarı. The most valuable feature of this bazaar is that it is run by women entrepreneurs. All the workshops and shops you can find in the bazaar, which has an authentic atmosphere, are run by women. For this reason, if you want to return from your Eskişehir trip with souvenirs, we recommend that you do your shopping at this bazaar.
41- See Reşadiye Mosque
The historical Reşadiye Mosque, located on Reşadiye Street in Odunpazarı district and built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V in 1916, was restored to its original form between 1969 and 1978. Reşadiye Mosque, which immediately draws attention with its classical Ottoman architecture, is an important historical building that can be easily visited with its central location between Eskişehir Governorship and Taşbaşı Bazaar. After examining the striking exterior architecture and interior of the mosque, which is famous for its various pigeons flying in its garden, you can relax in the peaceful atmosphere under the centuries-old plane trees in the garden.
42- Visit Kızılinler Thermal Spring
Located in Kızılinler Village, 13 kilometers away from Eskişehir center, Kızılinler Thermal Spring was declared a thermal tourism center in 2006. Kızılinler Thermal Spring, which is good for dozens of ailments ranging from stomach ailments to rheumatism, from gynecological diseases to skin problems, with its healing thermal waters at 38 degrees, is filled with people who want to find healing or relieve fatigue in every season of the year. After relaxing in the hot springs in Kızılinler, which is famous for its untouched natural beauties, you can refresh yourself in the fresh air by participating in nature walks.
43- See Midas Monument
Midas Monument, also known as Yazılıkaya Phrygian Monument, is located within the borders of Anıtkaya Village, 80 kilometers away from Eskişehir. Midas Monument, one of the important historical treasures of Turkey visited by history and culture enthusiasts from all over the world, was built by carving 17-meter-high rocks in the name of the mythological king Midas.
The monument, which is estimated to have been built around 600 BC, is located on the northeastern outskirts of the ancient city of Midas, and, in addition to its geometric motifs and decorations, it also hosts the statue of the Goddess Matar, in front of which religious ceremonies are held. Midas Monument, one of the most impressive Phrygian rock monuments in Anatolia and famous for its inscriptions, is one of the most well-known historical treasures of Eskişehir.
44- Explore Pessinus Ancient City and Ruins
Pessinus Ancient City, located within the borders of Eskişehir’s Sivrihisar district, dates back to B.C. according to ancient Greek and Roman inscriptions. It was founded by the legendary Phrygian king Midas in the 8th century. You can take an unforgettable trip through the streets decorated with thousands of years old stone columns of the Ancient City of Pessinus, located within the borders of Ballıhisar Village, 13 kilometers away from Sivrihisar.
The ancient city, where excavations have been carried out for more than 30 years and where many priceless historical artifacts are found, still preserves its mystery as the sacred city of King Midas. In excavations BC. In the Ancient City of Pessinus, where many artifacts dating back to 1600 are located, you will also have the chance to visit house ruins, workshops, and churches from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
45- Discover Yapildak Castle
The region called Yapıldak is an area where Phrygians lived in the south of Kümbet Valley. The entire Kümbet Valley can be seen from this valley. The rocks of Yapıldak Castle, one of the structures located in this valley, host a tomb from the Phrygian Period.
46- See Himmet Baba Tomb
Himmet Baba Tomb, located in Kümbet Village of Seyitgazi district, is another must-see spot on the Phrygian Valley. The tomb is thought to have been built in the 13th century. There is a cone stream on its body, which is made of cut stones. When the inscriptions on the graves around the tomb are examined, it is revealed that this tomb was used until the Ottoman Period.
47- Sivrihisar Armenian Church
Sivrihisar Armenian Church, built in 1881 in the center of Sivrihisar district, is also known as the Red Church because it was built with red-cut stones. The Armenian Church, which has survived to this day with its impressive architecture, was built by famous Armenian architects of the period and has a magnificent view with its night lighting.
Sivrihisar Armenian Church, one of the three largest churches in Anatolia with an area of 1400 m2, attracts the attention of the whole world with its fascinating stone workmanship. The church, which was first built in 1650 and renovated in 1881 after being damaged by fire in 1876, is one of the most visited places in Eskişehir by foreign tourists. Both history and culture enthusiasts and architecture enthusiasts should see this impressive church.
Opening hours
- Every day of the week 09.00-18.00
48- Visit Metin Yurdanur Open Air Sculpture Museum
Metin Yurdanur Open Air Sculpture Museum, famous for being Turkey’s first open-air sculpture museum, is located in the Sivrihisar district of Eskişehir. In the open-air museum where dozens of impressive sculptures belonging to the famous sculptor Metin Yurdanur from Sivrihisar are exhibited, more than 100 gigantic statues such as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Kazım Karabekir, Karacaoğlan, Yunus Emre, Yaşar Kemal, Nasrettin Hodja and the unnamed martyrs of the War of Independence, lined up on the mountain slopes, can be seen closely. you can see.
49- Have fun in Kılıç Amusement Park
Kılıç Amusement Park, where families and young people visit for a pleasant time on weekends, is one of the oldest entertainment centers in the city. You can have fun on many amusement park rides, from bumper cars to octopuses, from carousels to ballerinas, Ferris wheels, and gondolas, in the amusement park located on 9th Street in Eskişehir Organized Industrial Zone. Kılıç amusement park, where many entertaining events, concerts, and dance shows are held throughout the year, is ideal for a fun day with your children in Eskişehir.
50- Visit the City of Love Island
The artificial Şehr-i Aşk Island, built on the Porsuk River to symbolize love and affection in Eskişehir, is one of the permanent addresses of romantic trips and weddings. You can easily reach the Şehr-i Aşk Island by wooden bridges or gondolas and take a pleasant stroll among the flower gardens, and you can also participate in many fun activities. The unique island, where you can take wonderful photos among the heart-shaped flowers, has quickly become one of the symbols of Eskişehir.
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