Odunpazarı
The historic quarter of Eskişehir, on the hill above the modern city, where restored Ottoman houses in bright colours line cobbled streets. Small museums and craft shops fill the old homes.
- Where
- Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Türkiye
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 39.7589, 30.5258
Get the Odunpazarı stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Odunpazarı. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Eskişehir volume with your photos and a note.
Near Odunpazarı
Uludağ 116 km
The mountain above Bursa, 2,543 metres high and known in antiquity as Mysian or Bithynian Olympus. Its upper slopes are one of Turkey's best-known ski areas, reached from the city by a long cable car.
Cumalıkızık 124 km
A village of old timber-framed houses and cobbled lanes at the foot of Mount Uludağ, about 10 kilometres east of Bursa. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site that marks the birth of the Ottoman Empire.
Gordion 125 km
The capital of ancient Phrygia, about 70 to 80 km south-west of Ankara where the Sakarya and Porsuk rivers meet. It is the city of the Gordian Knot and of King Midas, and a huge burial mound rises beside the citadel.
Green Mosque 132 km
The Mosque of Mehmed I in eastern Bursa, the Ottoman capital before Constantinople, part of a complex with a tomb, a madrasa, a public kitchen and a bathhouse. It takes its name from the green and blue tiles inside, and the Green Tomb stands close by.
Bursa Grand Mosque 133 km
Built between 1396 and 1399 for Sultan Bayezid I to mark his victory at Nicopolis, a major monument of early Ottoman architecture. Twenty domes cover the prayer hall, which has a fountain at its centre, and the old markets press in around it.
Princes' Islands 174 km
An archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara, a ferry ride from the city and by far its least populous district. Cars are largely absent, so people get about on foot, by bicycle and by electric cart among old wooden mansions.
Grand Çamlıca Mosque 188 km
Opened in 2019 on Çamlıca Hill in Üsküdar, with room for up to 63,000 worshippers, it is the largest mosque in Turkey. Its domes and minarets are visible from much of the city, and the complex also holds an art gallery and a library.
Beylerbeyi Palace 190 km
A summer palace on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus, built for Sultan Abdulaziz between 1861 and 1865 and used to host foreign dignitaries. Neo-Baroque outside and Ottoman in its decoration within, it is now a museum.
Questions
Where is Odunpazarı?
Odunpazarı is in Eskişehir, Eskişehir, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Uludağ (116 km), Cumalıkızık (124 km), Gordion (125 km).
How do I get the Odunpazarı stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Odunpazarı and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Eskişehir volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Odunpazarı before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Eskişehir volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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