Uludağ Teleferik — Attraction in Yıldırım

The Bursa Uludağ Gondola is an aerial lift line in Bursa Province connecting the city of Bursa with the nearby ski resort area and national park at Mt. Uludağ. Initially, as an aerial tramway line, it went in service in 1963, and served for fifty years until it was replaced by a modern system of gondola lift and extended into a ski resort area. The installation of a new line became unavoidable due to increased demand by tourists. The initial line was an aerial tramway built by the Swiss company Von Roll Holding to enable easy access to the country's biggest ski resort area on Uludağ. Construction work began in 1958 and the line opened on 29 October 1963, the 40th anniversary Republic Day.

The base station is situated at Teferrüç neighborhood of Yıldırım district in southern Bursa. The 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long line served two stations at Uludağ, Kadıyayla and Sarıalan Yaylası. Two 20-seater cabins transported hourly 120 passengers. The service of aerial tramway ceased on 29 October 2013, after fifty years, to make way for a modern and higher capacity aerial lift system.

The new aerial lift line was designed, and all the technical equipment was delivered by the Italian company Leitner Ropeways on a build–operate–transfer financing base for a lease period of 30 years. The stations were designed by Yamaç Korfalı from Bursa, who had worked with the renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid in London. The transportation of material and the support towers to the difficult accessible areas in the national park was done by an aerial crane of Heliswiss. The construction works were carried out by Bursa Teleferik Company.

The new line is 8.8 km (5.5 mi) long using the existing line of 4.5 km (2.8 mi), and extending it to the area of Oteller as the end station, where hotels are situated. In the past, the hotels and the ski areas could be reached only by taxi or bus after arriving at the end station in Sarıalan Yaylası. There are a total of 45 support towers between the end stations. 174 eight-seater gondola-type carriers are capable of transporting 1,500 passengers hourly between Teferrüç Station at 395 m (1,296 ft) and the end station Oteller at an altitude of 1,870 m (6,140 ft). There are also VIP cabins with four seats. The capacity of the new line is more than 10-times of the old one. The journey between the end stations takes 22 minutes. As such, it is the world's longest gondola lift line.

The opening, initially planned to take place on 29 October 2013, the 90th anniversary Republic Day, was postponed due to delay in construction works of a new bigger station building in Sarıalan Yaylası caused by a...

They charge tourists 150 Turkish Lira but half the time the teleferik does not operate the whole way to the top so you get off the stop before and still pay the full price. I asked them to charge me half the price since I am receiving half the service but clearly that didn’t matter and I still had to pay full price. Local Turkish people pay way less than that. They tried to sell us a private cabin for 600 Turkish lira which is basically you get a private teleferik but when we got up there to take the teleferik it was private anyway because people don’t like sharing with others they don’t know. Basically they want you to pay more for something you could get for free because they know your a tourist. The view itself and the mountain is beautiful and an experience on its own. I haven’t been there in the winter but in the summer they have bicycles and Atv rentals as well as restaurants, bathrooms and a place for prayer. Turkey has started to become very greedy compared to a few years ago. Prices have doubled but only for tourists. I was very disappointed in my experience here. I expected better. The lady spoke English but was very loud and rude. I also don’t think it’s fare to pay full price when you aren’t receiving a...

I had an unpleasant experience in this place yesterday that I would like to share it with anyone visiting.

I and my husband (And American residing in Bursa for nearly a year) along with family members visiting from US decided to go to this place and enjoy a family day out! I totally forgot that I might have needed an ID card at the entrance.

So when we all got there they asked for an ID card and I showed them the picture of my ID which explicitly shows ID number and the expiry date that can easily be verified through e-devlet. They ignored what I showed them and they said "you have to show the physical card or pay as foreigners without Turkish IDs." Funny enough they did not verify any IDs not even passports to see who we were and just by charging us more they let us in. So basically no ID was checked! They just needed more money.

My family was stunned to see such a hypocritical behavior which unfortunately has become quite acceptable...

Anyway we could not even make it to the peek since they stopped us half way and asked us to go there by taxis which were over charging ... so we all took a stroll and then descended... nothing special and I would not recommend...