Gebze Nature and Culture Route
Click for route directions1Ballıkayalar Nature Park
With the declaration of Ballıkayalar Valley as a Nature Park and Natural Protected Area, Ballıkayalar Nature Park has become one of the remarkable nature parks of Kocaeli. The valley in the Gebze district is 1.5 km long and i...
Learn More2Bilişim Vadisi
Bilişim Vadisi, which is the innovation, R&D center, and informatics leg of the 'National Technology' move, has given Kocaeli the title of technology and innovation base. Bilişim Vadisi, with its companies operating in se...
Learn More3Osman Hamdi Bey House and Museum
The mansion was built in 1884 in the Eskihisar Village of the Gebze district, by the museum and painter Osman Hamdi Bey, with its painting house, boathouse, and outbuildings. The plans of the building, which have French archi...
Learn More4Sultan Orhan Mosque
The building in Gebze, also known as the Orhan Mosque, was built by the founder of the district, Sultan Orhan. It is the oldest of the Ottoman works in Gebze. Although the exact date of construction is unknown, it is thought ...
Learn More5Coban Mustafa Pasha Complex
Located in Gebze, the building is among the most important works in Kocaeli of the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. The complex, which was named after Coban Mustafa Pasha, who undertook the duty of vizier in the time of Kan...
Learn More6Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey Tomb
Located in the center of the Gebze district, the tomb belongs to Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey, a member of the Malkoçoğlu dynasty, who served the Ottoman Empire as Akıncı Bey. Although it is known that Mehmet Bey died in 1385, there...
Learn More7Hannibal Mausoleum
Hannibal Barca, who lived between 247 BC and 183 BC, was a Carthaginian politician and general. In memory of Hannibal, who is considered one of the greatest military geniuses of all time, a symbolic mausoleum was built in 198...
Learn More8Eskihisar Castle
Eskihisar Castle, which was built by the Byzantines to control the south of Izmit Bay and the port, is thought to date back to the 12th century. It was restored in 1998. It is possible to come across concert events at the ent...
Learn More9Sultan’s Fountain and Meadow
Hünkar Fountain, also known as Fatih Sabil among the people, is located in the area where Mehmet the Conqueror took a break with his army during his expedition to Italy in 1481, in today's Hünkar Meadow. Hünkar Çayırı, locate...
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