How do you combine Bursa and İzmit?
Yes. Bursa and İzmit combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Bursa and a full day in İzmit, around 4 days in total.
How the two connect
Bursa and İzmit are only about 97 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Bursa is Bursa Yenişehir Airport (YEI), about 43 km away; for İzmit it is Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW), about 54 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Bursa
- 3 days
- İzmit
- a full day
- Together
- 4 days · about 97 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Bursa
- Private Guided Tour Istanbul from Cruise Ship or Hotel
- Private Tour in The Bursa The heart of Ottoman Empire
- Othoman village & Saitabat - private guided tour - Solo/Group
- BURSA All in One Day - Worth seeing highlight
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.