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District guide · Manisa

Şehzadeler

A photograph of Şehzadeler
Photograph · Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Şehzadeler is the historic half of Manisa, on the lower slopes of Mount Spil. The Sultan Mosque, the Muradiye and the archaeological museum stand within a few hundred metres of each other here, and the bazaar streets run downhill from them. It is the district a visitor walks.

Practical information
Language spoken
Turkish
English is understood in tourist districts and rarely outside them
Dialling code
+90 236
Manisa landlines; drop the leading 0 of 0236 when calling from abroad
Currency
Turkish lira (₺, TRY)
Cards accepted almost everywhere; markets prefer cash
Emergency number
112
One number for ambulance, fire and police
Plug type
Type C and F · 230 V
Standard European two-pin
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Planning a visit

  1. January: seasonal closure recorded
  2. February: seasonal closure recorded
  3. March: no seasonality data recorded
  4. April: seasonal closure recorded
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  6. June: seasonal closure recorded
  7. July: seasonal closure recorded
  8. August: seasonal closure recorded — this month
  9. September: seasonal closure recorded
  10. October: seasonal closure recorded
  11. November: seasonal closure recorded
  12. December: seasonal closure recorded

Top things to see

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Category

Historic monuments 0 Museums 0 Places of worship 0 Nature sites 13 Viewpoints 3 Food and drink 0 Markets and shopping 0 Entertainment 0 Nightlife 0 Family attractions 0 Art and culture 0 Activities 0

Typical visit duration

Up to 1 hour 14 Half a day or more 2

Interests

History 36 Art 24 Museums 5 Nature 16 Sea and beach 13 Viewpoints 3
  1. Mount Sipylus
    01 4 hours

    Mount Sipylus

    Mount Sipylus — Spil Dağı in Turkish — is the 1,513 m limestone massif standing immediately south of Manisa, the highest point on the city's skyline and the reason the city sits where it does.

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  2. Mount Spil National Park
    02 4 hours

    Mount Spil National Park

    Spil Dağı Milli Parkı is the protected forest on the mountain behind Manisa, opened to the public on 22 April 1968.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  3. Weeping Rock of Niobe
    03 35 min

    Weeping Rock of Niobe

    The Weeping Rock of Niobe — Ağlayan Kaya on the roadside marker — is a natural cliff formation on the northern flank of Mount Sipylus above Manisa, in Dere Mahallesi — formerly Karaköy — at Çaybaşı, along the stream of…

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

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