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When arriving from D575/E881 (which connects [[Bursa]] with [[Yalova]], and then on to [[Izmit]] and via ferries to [[Istanbul]]) to the west of Iznik, you have two choices. One of the roads skirts northern shore of Lake İznik, and the other follows the southern shore (İznik is located at the extreme eastern shore of the lake). Northern road diverges from D575/E881 at the city of [[Orhangazi]], while southern road diverges from D575/E881 at a non-urban junction with traffic lights, located between Orhangazi and [[Gemlik]]. The truck driver who gave hitchhiker [[User:Vidimian|Vidimian]] a lift to this junction said the southern road is better trafficed, however once on that road – and found the vehicle frequency a little on the low side, many drivers reported that the northern road is in better condition, and thus has more traffic. Also many drivers admitted [[User:Vidimian|Vidimian]] that had they seen his [[Signs|sign]] saying simply ‘İznik’ earlier, they wouldn’t stop at all, since they were not going all the way to İznik but to villages on the way. So it may be a better idea to write the name of somewhere else along the road in addition to İznik. Writing [[Sölöz]] might be a good idea, since it’s a village more or less in the middle of the entire distance (from junction of D575/E881 to İznik), and also there is a fork there with a road diverging towards the town of [[Yenişehir]], so drivers heading to both İznik and Yenişehir would think they can give you a lift to Sölöz, making you one step nearer to İznik.

The old town (=pretty much whole town) of İznik is enclosed with ancient city walls with four gates roughly corresponding to four cardinal gates. Gates are named after the towns the road exiting the gate in question leads to. Therefore it’s easy to guess on which road and which side of the town you should be hitching once you’ve decided where to move next. A quick guide of the gates: