Âşık Tourism

DAY 1

1. Yılmaz Büyükerşen Beewax Museum:

“Yılmaz Büyükerşen Wax Sculptures Museum”, which is the first example in Turkey of the “Madame Tussaud” Museum, which Yılmaz Büyükerşen brought to Eskişehir. There are statues of 200 local and foreign famous people. In the museum, statues of Atatürk reflecting various periods, statues of Atatürk’s family, as well as local and foreign statesmen, artists, members of the media and sportsmen, are exhibited in front of different decorations. The museum also includes sections from the history of Eskişehir and Turkey. Wax sculptures, which will be made by taking the measurements of famous people who will come to Eskişehir in time and taking their special photos, will also take their place in the museum. 

2. Houses of Odunpazarı: 

It is the first settlement of the city. It is located in the city center of Eskişehir and has a higher elevation compared to other districts. According to a rumor, the first people who thought of settling in Eskişehir hung a sheep liver in the region where Odunpazarı and the current Porsuk Stream are located. Whichever lasts longer, they will choose it as a residential area. 

The historical city center of Odunpazarı was included in the World Heritage Tentative List by UNESCO in 2012 . In 2019, the Odunpazarı Modern Museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, was opened. In addition, preparations have begun for the first “Cat Museum” to be established in Turkey.

There are historical buildings and complexes within the boundaries of the district. Some of these buildings are Atatürk High School ,Kurşunlu Complex, Yeşilefendi Ottoman Museum. 

3.Museum of Contemporary Glass Arts: 

Museum of Contemporary Glass Arts located within the boundaries of The Woodpazari district of Eskisehir Province; It was founded in 2007 with the cooperation of Metropolitan Municipality, Anadolu University and Cam Friends Group. The works of 58 local and 10 foreign artists are displayed in Turkey’s first glass museum. If you are wondering what can occur as a result of glass transparency merging with art, you should definitely visit the eye-catching collections. 10.00-17.30 Admission Fee every day except Monday. Bibliography: -Eskisehir Governorate. (2014). Eskisehir Guide (5th Edition).

4. Wooden Artifacts Museum:

One of the museums that won the appreciation of the tourists coming to Odunpazarı is the Wooden Artifacts Museum located in the Odunpazarı Kuşunlu Complex Caravanserai . In the museum; There are 162 works produced in the International Wood Sculpture Festival held in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, as well as the works produced in the International Wood Festival, which was held for the third time in the world in 2015 and for the first time in Turkey. 

5. Hamamyolu:

Hamamyolu Street interpreting its socio-cultural, historical and visual identity, to reintegrate it into the city. Odunpazarı district is known for its glass production workshops, where the local tradition of glass manufacture is still alive and active. Many artisans produce handcrafts which are exhibited and sold within the city. One of the inspiration and cultural link for Hamamyolu Project comes from this local glass production. One of the demands of the people of Eskişehir is to increase the number and variety of the café and seating areas in Hamamyolu. Various types of cafés are created and differentiated with their concept. Roofs of the cafés are covered with greenery and connected to the ground with steps which also work as multipurpose amphitheatre. One of the most prominent and enjoyed feature of the Hamamyolu Urban Deck is to become a fun environment, containing numbers of different playgrounds such as trampolines, stone pools, amphitheatres, etc. for different age groups. Other than the playgrounds and the facilities designed particularly for children, the whole urban deck itself becomes a playground for everyone with its three-dimensional use. Various playgrounds are integrated into Hamamyolu such that “play” is mixed with the natural flow of everyday life. “A free multipurpose art museum”, which is open to two sides, is designed in the middle of the bridge-passageway, establishing a “cultural link” to the city. Wooden sculptures designed by wood artists for International Wooden Sculpture Festival, and glass and ceramic works that are produced in Odunpazarı Glass Ateliers are being exhibited in this museum.6. Papağan Çiğ Börek: 

7. Airplane Museum:

Eskişehir, which is among the cities that have gained great momentum in the field of aviation, hosts the Anadolu University Civil Aviation High School as well as the 1st Air Supply and Maintenance Command. It was said that an air museum is indispensable in the city, which is on good terms with such aircraft, and an aviation museum was established in 1998. The museum, which was transferred to Anadolu University in 2011, was maintained with a protocol.

In the museum, which includes warplanes, civil planes, police helicopters and many other aircraft models, there are also pilot clothes, aircraft engines, and planes designed from models. The area where the museum is located is designed to be as wide as 4 km so that more than one aircraft can be exhibited at the same time.

The fuselage of the cargo plane, located in the middle of the museum, was converted into a restaurant and served in this way for a long time. However, it continues to be used as an office instead of a restaurant.

DAY 2

1.Sazova Park: 

Science Culture and Art Park is the largest park in Eskişehir. Within the parking area; A large pond where various water sports can be done, restaurants, an open-air concert area for 1200 people, an amphitheater, a museum ship in one-to-one sizes, playgroups made up of fairy tale heroes, a playground where children can do various water-related activities, a playground for disabled children, as well as Science Experiment Center, which includes Turkey’s largest space house at the beginning, Fairy Tale World, which is the first in Turkey, and the Japanese Garden, which was built in cooperation with the Metropolitan Municipality and Turkey’s Japan Embassy, within the framework of the 2010 Japanese Year events in Turkey. Special excursion trains operate within the park area. There is also a large underwater world in the Science, Art and Culture Park of the Metropolitan Municipality and the zoo works are also continuing.

2. Kent Park:

Kent Park is located on an area of ​​approximately 300 thousand square meters between the New Bus Station and Gökmeydan District. There are indoor and outdoor swimming pools in Kent Park, an artificial beach, which is a first in Turkey, restaurants, horse riding areas, and playgrounds.

With the Kent Park project, Eskişehir has gained the privilege of having a beach in a city without a sea in Turkey. Turkey’s first artificial beach was built in the private area created at the part of Kent Park facing the Porsuk Stream. The beach, which is equipped with real sea sand, allows the people of the city who cannot go to the sea, especially in summer, to enjoy the sea. There are two outdoor swimming pools, one for children, next to the artificial beach, which is 350 meters long.

3. Waterfall Park:

Located in Çankaya Neighborhood, at a point overlooking the Odunpazarı region and the city, the Park is an area of ​​38 thousand m2 where you can spend time with a magnificent view of Eskişehir. Apart from the city view, the 1,400 m2 artificial waterfall, windmill, Don Quixote and Sanço Pancho statues in the park are among the places that are definitely photographed by those who come to visit Eskişehir. There are also children’s playgrounds, mini amphitheater, restaurant, cafe, tea garden, walking paths, observation terrace in the park.

DAY 3

1. Kent Turkish Bath:

http://www.kenthamam.com/

2. Porsuk Stream:

Porsuk Stream (ancient, Phrygian: Tymbris ) is a river in the Central Anatolia Region .

Aksu Mountain ‘s descending from the north slopes

Bayatçık Creek with Kütahya – Usak on the border Murat Mountain ‘ s descending from the north slopes Kiziltas Water ‘with the merger arising Badger Creek, Sakarya River’s longest (448 km) is the branch.

Kütahya Plain ‘from the past EskişehirLocated in the southwest of the city, and entered service in 1948, Badger II entered service in 1971 Badger II after being collected behind dams, Eskişehir Plain’ s and Eskisehir passes through the city; It reaches Sakarya River in Kıranharmanı village of Polatlı opposite Yassıhöyük.

Porsuk Stream, which was a place where domestic and industrial wastes were dumped for many years, started to be cleaned during the period of Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen and after many years of work, it was brought into a clean state in the 2000s and brought to the city.

Its main tributaries: Kokar Stream, Murat Stream, Çat Stream, Porsuk Stream, Değirmen Stream, Felent Stream, Kuduzlu Stream, Kınık Stream, Kargın Stream, Musaözü Stream and Uludere form its southern branches. Sarısu Stream, Sarısungur Stream, Mihalıççık Stream, Muttalip Stream and Pürtek Stream join Porsuk from the east and north.