İznik is established in the south of Marmara, on the eastern shore of the lake, which carries its name, and is 85 km far away from Bursa. Outskirts of Iznik are surrounded by unprecedented city walls that are 5 km of length and are preserved with care being remains from the Roman period. Iznik was an important religious and political center during the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. The architecture of the city developed in parallel to this cultural mosaic and these magnificent historical assets have reached until today. The 1st and 7th Council of Christianity gathered here and important decisions were taken. Its history reaching us from the primeval era, being the first Turkish capital of Anatolia; made its actual reputation in the Ottoman period with mastering in tile-making. Iznik Tiles took their place as the rarest works in many museums around the world.

Iznik is a center of touristic attraction with many valuable historical assets that are worth seeing, such as Lefke and the Istanbul Gates, the Theater, the Stone Bridge and the Beştaş Monument, the Hagia Sophia Church, Hypoge Catacombs, Böcek Ayazması (Holy Insect Spring) and the Aqueducts, Rüstem Paşa Han and the Green Mosque with its famous ceramic tile works and it is in fact an “Open Air Museum”. The county offers spectacular natural beauties with its monumental trees, green nature, İznik Lake and Sansarak Canyon. We can access the county via the Ankara Road – Yenişehir and the Istanbul Road–Orhangazi.