Sea of Marmara, Turkey

The "Marble Sea" gets its romantic name from ancient marble quarries on Marmara (Marble) Island.
The Marmara is one of Turkey's many maritime highways. Fast catamaran ferryboats zoom cars and passengers across it connecting Istanbul's Yenikapi Feribot Terminali with the cities of Yalova (for Bursa and Iznik) and Bandirma (for Çanakkale, Balikesir and Izmir) (map).
Here's where to go and what to see in the region:
Bandirma: A railhead and ferry terminal town midway along the south shore, it's important to the people who live there, but you'll probably just be passing through on the car/passenger ferry.
Bursa: First capital of the Ottoman Empire, Bursa is a historic city perched on the slopes of Uludag (2543 meters, 8343 feet). Bursa is noted for its beautiful early Ottoman mosques, roast lamb kebap, silk weaving, delicious fruits, camel-skin shadow puppets, and automobile factories. Adjoining Bursa to the west is Çekirge, noted for its hot mineral-water baths since Roman times.
Çanakkale: Famed for the cannons in its fortress, which once kept enemy warships from passing through the Dardanelles, Çanakkale is now famous for the car ferries that cross from the Gallipoli peninsula, making it a prime travel nexus. It's also the best base for visits to the Gallipoli battlefields and to the ruins of ancient Troy.
Edirne: A historic city seldom visited by tourists even though it's an easy day-trip west of Istanbul, Edirne has a good bazaar and many historic mosques, including the Selimiye, the masterwork of the Ottomans' finest architect, Mimar Sinan.
Gallipoli: Always of strategic importance, the Gallipoli peninsula is famous for the terrible World War I battles between Allied and Ottoman troops. Today the battlefields are a national park, and a poignant memorial to the half-million casualties and fatalities of the campaign.
Iznik (Nicaea): Everybody knows Nicaea (Iznik) because of the Nicene Creed and the two important ecumenical councils held here in 325 and 787, but you should come to see its impressive Roman walls, historic mosques, good little museum, beautiful Byzantine tomb, and pretty lakeside setting.
Thrace & Dardanelles: The eastern part of the Thracian peninsula is the European portion of Turkey, holding historic Edirne (Adrianople), the Gallipoli peninsula and Dardanelles (Hellespont) strait, and lots of sunflower fields.
Yalova: This town on the southeastern shore serves as the port for ferries to and from Istanbul, serving Bursa and Iznik (Nicaea). A few kilometers south of Yalova are the hot mineral water baths of Termal, famous since Roman times.
The Sea of Marmara is bordered to the north by the peninsula of Thrace, to the south by the peninsula of Anatolia (Asia Minor), and to the west by the peninsula of Gallipoli. The sea was once rich in fish (and still yields some), and the lands surrounding it are rich agricultural areas which produce sunflowers, wine and table grapes, grains, and fruits in abundance.
The Marmara has always had strategic importance because it is the major waterway linking the Black Sea and the Aegean and Mediterranean via the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. Odysseus (Ulysses) and his mates, Jason and the Argonauts, British World War I submarines and countless other adventurers have sailed across the Marmara on their quests.


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