Walking Guide Around İznik Surleri Home
Instead of combining four doors in one line, read the hendek, tower and lake relationship by dividing the sur environment into safe stages.
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İznik walls build an area of about a rectangular city, but it is not true to think of all like a seamless pedestrian way. Traffic, plant cover and preserved status section changes.
The best approach is to walk in separate stages of north, east and south; the doors are used as starting and end point.
North line
The door yard around the Istanbul Gate, towers and exterior defense scheme is easier read. Morning light marked depth on stone surfaces.
East and south
From Lefke Gate to Yenişehir Gate, contact with main ways. Protect safe distance from vehicle flow while taking photos on the roadside.
Lake side
The traces of the Western line are more part; complete the sur reading with the role of ancient port, coastal line and historical transportation of the lake.
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