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Search this city by topic →Visit the Walking Mansion in Yalova
In 1930, the Walking Mansion was shifted about 4.80 metres on tram rails brought from Istanbul to protect the plane tree’s branches. In the garden, look between tree and building, imagine that distance and photograph both together. Check current visiting arrangements before going.
Story and sources →Experience the Termal hot springs
Choose an operating thermal facility in Termal and check its current admission and use conditions. Record the experience without making health claims.
Wander the Karaca Arboretum
Turkey's first private arboretum gathers thousands of rare trees and shrubs from around the world across its quiet slopes. Find a tree you have never seen, learn its name from the little sign, and photograph its leaves.
Walk to the Sudüşen Waterfall
Above Termal a forest path follows the stream up to the Sudüşen falls, dropping cold through the trees. Follow the water sound, stand in the spray, and photograph the falling water.
Cool off at the Erikli Waterfall
Up on the Erikli plateau the pine air turns cold and a waterfall spills into a rocky pool where families picnic in summer. Dip your hand in the icy water and photograph the falls and the pines.
Story and sources →Swim off the Çınarcık shore
Çınarcık is where İstanbul comes to breathe on the Marmara. Swim from the town beach, dry off with a tea on the promenade, and photograph the sea with the İstanbul haze across the water.
Reach the Delmece Plateau
Follow an open route around the Delmece Plateau and observe the forest landscape. Check road and weather conditions before setting out.
Story and sources →Wander a Yalova hill village
Behind the coast, villages like Teşvikiye and Güneyköy sit among chestnut woods and vegetable gardens with village tea houses. Walk a lane, greet someone, and photograph a quiet village corner.
Take the thermal waters at Armutlu
The Armutlu peninsula mixes hot spring pools with a quiet Marmara beach. Alternate a thermal soak with a sea swim, and photograph the coast where the hills meet the water.
Stroll the spa village of Gökçedere
Just below Termal, Gökçedere is a village of little thermal hotels, tea gardens and plane trees fed by the same hot springs. Sit under a plane tree with a tea and photograph the shaded street.
Walk the Yalova seafront
Yalova's long kordon promenade runs beside the Marmara with tea gardens, fishermen and a balık-ekmek boat. Walk it at dusk, grab a fish sandwich, and photograph the ferries and the evening sea.
Try a sweet from a Yalova confectioner
Choose a sweet at a local confectioner and ask about its ingredients. Record a flavour you enjoyed.
Discover Yalova’s flower nurseries
Find a nursery that welcomes visitors and arrange permission before entering. Observe a plant and learn its name.
Cross to Yalova by ferry
The fast ferries from İstanbul's Yenikapı and Pendik glide across the Marmara to Yalova in about an hour. Ride out on deck, feel the wind, and photograph the wake and the approaching hills.
Rest under the great planes above Termal
The forest picnic grounds above Termal are shaded by enormous centuries-old plane trees along a cold stream. Find the widest trunk, stand beneath it, and photograph the canopy overhead.
Find Termal's oldest plane tree
Termal is full of ancient plane trees. Hunt for the thickest, most gnarled one you can find — the kind two people can't hug around — and photograph it with a person for scale.
Catch the Marmara sunset from the kordon
Time a walk on the Yalova seafront for sunset, when the sky over the Marmara turns and the İstanbul silhouette darkens across the water. Wait for the best colour and photograph it.
Find the most colourful boat in Çınarcık harbour
Çınarcık's little harbour is full of painted fishing boats. Hunt for the brightest, most beaten-up, most characterful one and photograph it reflected in the water.
Photograph a leaf you can't name
In the Karaca Arboretum or any Yalova park, find a tree whose leaf you have never seen before, read its name off the label, and photograph the leaf up close.
Enjoy balık-ekmek on the Yalova shore
Enjoy a fish sandwich and observe the seafront. Photograph birds from a distance without feeding or disturbing them.
Follow the sound of water to its source
On the wooded paths above Termal, follow a stream uphill until you reach where the water first springs from the rock, and photograph the source.
Hike Erikli Plateau
Hike the Erikli Plateau trails near Cinarcik — and photograph it.
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