Unicaja embarks on one of the most complicated trips of the European season this Tuesday. The composer expedition heads to Bursa, a city in the Asian region of Turkey, where the greens will play this Wednesday, starting at 6 p.m., for their place in the quarterfinals of the Basketball Champions League. It will be the second time in history that Unicaja visits this city and this rival, with whom it coincided in the continental Top 16 of the 2019/2020 season.
With a population of almost 3 million inhabitants, Bursa is the fourth largest city in Türkiye. The greens will look for a ticket to the quarterfinals more than 3,000 kilometers from the capital of the Costa del Sol and just over 800 from Turkey’s borders with Syria or Lebanon.
The Unicaja travels to Bursa, via Istanbul. / The opinion
7 hours trip: Malaga-Istanbul-Bursa
The green expedition will leave this Tuesday at 10:50 a.m. from Carpena towards the Pablo Ruiz Picasso airport to take from there a direct flight to Istanbul (12:20 p.m.) that will last four and a half hours.. If there are no delays, the team will land at Istanbul airport around 6:45 p.m. (local time, two less in Spain). There they will board a bus to cross from Europe to Asia on a journey of just over two hours until they reach Bursa. Around 9pm. (local time), after 7 hours of travel, Unicaja hopes to arrive at its concentration hotel.
Bursa is the fourth largest city in Türkiye. / The opinion
The truth is that Bursa is an exotic destination because of everything that surrounds this Asian city. During Ottoman rule, it was the origin of most of the silk products in the sultan’s entourage. Apart from local production, wild silk was imported from Iran and sometimes China, and was the main manufacturer of kaftans, pillows, embroidery and other silk products for the sultan’s palaces until the 17th century.
Automovile industry
The production of knives and horse carriages has also been historically relevant. Today, you can find a wide variety of handmade knives and other products, although, instead of horse carriages, there is a large automobile industry. And it is that For decades, the Fiat Group and Renault have had major production facilities in Bursa. The textile and food industries also stand out.
Also found in Bursa are the mausoleums of several Ottoman sultans, as well as numerous buildings built during the Ottoman period. The fertile plain that surrounds it, the thermal baths, the archeology museum, among others, and the orderly urban growth are some of the elements that characterize Bursa.
Tofas Bursa plays its matches at the Bursa Sport Salonu. /BCL
Tourist reference
While Turkey is one of the most touristic countries in this area of the world, Bursa is also a benchmark in this segment. And not only because of its abundant historical legacy or its proximity to the beautiful beaches of the Sea of Marmara. It is also because Some of the best ski slopes are located on Mount Uluda, just a few kilometers from the city that is Unicaja’s destination this continental week.
Another attraction of Bursa is its thermal baths, which have been used since the Roman Empire for therapeutic purposes. Apart from the baths located in hotels, Uludağ University has a physiotherapy center where hot springs are used.
The players and the technical team led by Ibon Navarro will not have much time to enjoy the charms of Bursa, but the truth is that it is a most exotic destination in which Unicaja will play its continental match this Wednesday.
2024-03-11 21:03:42
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