Edirne City

Turkey is a great tourist resort, which is intended for visitors and tourists from everywhere because of its stunning tourist attractions and scenic heritage sites. Those monuments allocate a pedestrian street only in the city of Edirne as in France Champs Elysees.

The city of Edirne is one of the most important Turkish cities located in the province of Thrace in the northwestern part of the European wing near the Bulgarian border. It became their capital in 1362 and in 1365-1453

The city witnessed at least 15 decisive battles throughout the ages, most notably two massive battles, the first between Lycetus and Constantin the Roman Emperor, the first defeated the evil in 373 AD, the second battle was in 387, where the Emperor defeated Valan Roman in his war on the Goths and died.

In 1370, Sultan Murad I seized the city from Greece, occupied by the Russians in 1829, and held between them conditions of reconciliation, which ceded the Ottoman Empire to Russia to cede the mouth of the Danube and recognition of the independence of Greece, and rotated the rule of several countries, including Russia in the nineteenth century, Bulgaria in 1912. The city has 11 churches, including two Bulgarians and nine Greek.

Due to its importance and importance, the Turkish Ministry of Tourism has allocated a street of Edirne to be a pedestrian-only street that has a very distinctive architectural heritage of luxurious architecture and international brands Turkish and non-Turkish is Saraçlar Caddesi, a pedestrian-only street with a huge number of buildings, cafes and restaurants Very special places for visitors is completely free of vehicles and transport.

The street provides a very distinctive atmosphere for shopping because of the shops and luxury shops of the most famous shops in the street Bazaar Ali Pasa, which was built in 1569 all kinds of traditional Ottoman luxury gifts such as mirrors decorated with copper and Ottoman luxury utensils and fine copper pieces and luxurious Turkish carpets and hand-made Turkish soap and furniture Beautiful Ottoman Turkish.

As for the street buildings, it is famous for its buildings designed in the style of classical architecture of the nineteenth and eighteenth century AD in the middle of the street a historical fountain dating back to the nineteenth century intended for tourists with the aim of filming with them or take a number of beautiful memorial photos beside them and another fountain is an hour from which the water comes down in the magnificence And creativity, the Ministry of Tourism interested in preparing the street for visitors and made a ground floor for the street to suit pedestrians to walk it and to rest the foot also.

Some of the most important places in the city include:

The Selimiye Mosque

It is one of the most important historical buildings in Turkey and dates back to 1569. Tourists consider it one of the most beautiful tourist places in Turkey. Due to the importance of the mosque was placed on the coins of Turkey, and that was in "1982" and continued until "1995", and do not miss taking photographs with the buildings and walls of the mosque, which is decorated with Islamic decorations and inscriptions.

The old mosque
It has a lively location amid the tourist attractions, and the 'Old Mosque' has the annexation of buildings and archaeological walls decorated with the most beautiful Islamic inscriptions, and despite the small area and the smallest in Edirne, it occupies a great place in the hearts of tourists and keen to visit when traveling to Turkey.

The Old City
Tourists are keen to visit the "old city", to see the historic wooden houses, and the city was built by the Bulgarians and Greece. The old city is considered one of the most beautiful tourist places in Edirne, besides being the oldest historic building in the city, and is very popular among tourists.

It is also famous for its clean and swimable beaches, especially the coasts of the Gulf of Saros, which attracts many tourists to it, and its economy depends heavily on agriculture, and is famous for making white cheese and soap.

Edirne climate

The climate is mild continental, hot and sometimes rainy (as showers that tend to last for 15-20 minutes) summer (expect up to 40º C); cool and rainy, sometimes snowy winters (expect to -10 ° C).
Spring and autumn tend to be warmer than seaside locations (such as Istanbul), even if it is off the coast during those months, especially in May, and drink plenty of water to avoid headaches due to drought.