Things to Do in Tavşanlı: 7 Places to Visit

Places to Visit in Tavşanlı

• 1 Historic
• 3 Religious
• 1 Museum
• 2 Nature

1 🏛️ Historic

Tavşanlı Castle

Castle on the hill in the town centre, built in the Byzantine period and used in the Ottoman period. Views of the Tavşanlı plain can be seen from around the castle.

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2 🕌 Religious

Kurşunlu Mosque

Mosque built in the 16th century in the Ottoman period, named after its lead-covered dome. It is one of the region's important examples of classical Ottoman architecture.

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3 🌳 Nature

Tunçbilek Thermal Power Plant Pond

The pond near Tavşanlı is a picnic and nature walk area with green spaces around it.

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4 🕌 Religious

Dedebali Tomb

Tomb in the Tavşanlı town centre, on Mülayim Hill. The hill is used as a recreation area.

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5 🕌 Religious

Tavşanlı Grand Mosque

Grand Mosque in the Tavşanlı district centre, covered by a large central dome and half-domes.

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6 🖼️ Museum

Tavşanlı Municipal Museum

Municipal museum displaying the ethnographic and archaeological finds of the region.

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7 🌳 Nature

Göbel Hot Spring

Spa about 15 minutes from the district centre.

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While you are in Tavşanlı, you can also see the highlights of Kütahya province. These places are in other districts; Tavşanlı is about 50 km from the provincial centre.

• Aizanoi (Çavdarhisar) Ancient City — A Roman city 58 km from Kütahya, built on both banks of the Penkalas Stream at Çavdarhisar; it has one of the best-preserved temples of Zeus in the world, a theatre-stadium complex, a colonnaded street and the Macellum with its price-list inscription, and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List since 2012.
• Kütahya Castle — A castle on a steep hill overlooking the city, built in the Byzantine period and repaired under the Germiyanids and the Ottomans; with its inner and outer walls, its towers and its revolving restaurant, it is the city's best viewpoint.
• Kütahya Grand Mosque — A mosque begun by Bayezid I (Yıldırım Bayezid) between 1381 and 1389 and completed by his son Musa Çelebi after the Battle of Ankara; it is the city's only sultan's mosque.
• Kütahya Tile Museum — A museum housed in the Germiyanid-period Imaret (Yakup Bey Complex) beside the Grand Mosque, displaying examples of Kütahya and İznik tiles spanning the centuries.
• Kossuth House Museum — An 18th-century Turkish house where Lajos Kossuth, leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1849, lived in exile in 1850–1851; here Kossuth wrote the draft constitution he prepared for Hungary.
• Vacidiye Madrasa — A madrasa built in 1314 under the Germiyanids, where astronomy was also taught; today it serves as the Kütahya Archaeology Museum.

Practical Information for Visiting Tavşanlı

Suggested time

Half a day

Best time to visit

Spring and autumn months

Places to visit

7 places

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  Kütahya Mantısı

  Dumplings made from small pieces of dough filled with minced meat, also prepared in Tavşanlı using traditional methods.

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  Höşmerim (cheese and flour dessert)

  A traditional sweet made with cheese, flour and sugar, served at weddings and festive meals in Tavşanlı.

Culture, Local Products and Economy of Tavşanlı

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  Mining Culture

  Since the Republic, Tavşanlı has been the centre of lignite mining. The Tunçbilek and Seyitömer mines have shaped the district's economic and cultural identity.

Local Products

• Tavşanlı Güveci (Tavşanlı casserole) — Tavşanlı Güveci was registered as a protected geographical indication on 27 May 2022 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 1126). Product group: dishes and soups. Registered by: Tavşanlı Municipality.
• Tavşanlı Leblebisi (Tavşanlı roasted chickpeas) — Tavşanlı Leblebisi was registered as a protected geographical indication on 6 September 2004 (TÜRKPATENT registration no. 60). Product group: processed and unprocessed fruit and vegetables and mushrooms. Registered by: Tavşanlı Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Economy

Tavşanlı is the largest district in Kütahya. Its economy is based on mining, agriculture and industry. Lignite coal and the thermal power plant are important sources of income. The Tavşanlı campus of Kütahya Dumlupınar University is located in the district.

How to Get to Tavşanlı

Tavşanlı is 50 km from the Kütahya provincial centre. It lies on the Kütahya–Bursa road.

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