Turkey Guide
Around the Sea of Marmara
Covered bazaar
Address: Beyond the Emir Hanı
Opening time: Mon– Sat 9am–8pm
Beyond the Emir Hanı begins Bursa's covered bazaar whose assorted galleries and lesser hans are a delight for shoppers hunting for ready-to-wear clothing, silk goods (scarves to jump suits), towels, bolts of cloth and furniture, all Bursa province specialities. The nearby bedesten is given over to the sale and warehousing of jewellery and precious metals.
The centrepiece of the bazaar has to be the Koza Hanı, or "Silk-Cocoon Hall", flanking the park close to the Orhan Gazi Camii. Built in 1451, when Bursa was the final stop on the Silk Route from China, it's still filled with silk and brocade merchants (plus a few jewellery stores). On the lower level, in the middle of a cobbled courtyard, a minuscule mescit (small mosque) perches directly over its şadırvan, while a subsidiary court bulges asymmetrically to the east; there are teahouses and public benches in both.