Balıkesir
Balıkesir is a city in the Southern Marmara Region of Turkey, which in 2020 had a population of 662,199. It's mostly modern but has several old mosques. Wikivoyage
Population 1,250,610 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Turkey
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Balıkesir Ulusal Fotoğraf Müzesi Museum · 450 m
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Balıkesir Kuvâ-yi Milliye Müzesi Museum · 560 m - Aktur Lunapark Theme park · 640 m
- Balıkesir Çağdaş Sanatlar Müzesi Kent Arşivi Museum · 340 m
- Balıkesir Kuva-i Milliye Müzesi Museum · 570 m
- Kurtdereli Heykeli Memorial · 580 m
- Mutasarrıf Ömer Ali Bey Yazma Eser Kütüphanesi Müdürlüğü Museum · 620 m
- F-104 Uçak Maketi Memorial · 770 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Körfez Taksi 150 m
- Fidan Taksi 160 m
- Kırsal Mahalle Otobüs Durağı 390 m
- Gar Taksi 540 m
- Balıkesir 560 m
- Kule Taksi Durağı 600 m
More train stations: Gündoğan 2.6 km
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