Tour Overview
Konya, Turkey was known as Iconium in Roman times and has many beautiful old monuments to explore. It also includes one of the most important Islamic cities in the country, Mevlana Jelaleddin Rumi's resting place and his shrine (The Mawlawi Shrine) which attracts thousands of visitors each year during the commemoration ceremonies set at this time. Discover Best Konya Tourist Attractions & Things to do.
Attractions
Highlights
Itinerary
(Breakfast included)
You will be picked up from your hotel and drive to Mevlana Museum, where is located in Konya City Center. Today, it is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi. It was also the dervish lodge (tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the Whirling Dervishes.You will visit all available section in Mevlana Museum such as Matbah (Kitchen), tombs, Tilavet Chamber (Quran Reading And Chanting), Semâ-Hâne (Ritual Hall). After visiting continue the tour by visiting Selimiye Mosque is located next door to Mevlana Museum. The mosque was commissioned by, and named for, Sultan Selim II (1566-74) in the Ottoman style. Construction began in 1558 when Selim was still a prince and was completed shortly after he became sultan, in 1567. Afterwards, you will have lunch in an authentic restaurant. After having lunch, drive to the Beysehir Lake. It carries the same name as the principal urban center of its region, Beysehir. Water level in the lake often fluctuates by year and by season. Lake Beysehir is used for irrigation, although it is also a national park. There are thirty-two islets in varying sizes in the lake. is also an important site for many bird species. While you are on the Beysehir Lake Tour, you will be able to visit, Esrefoglu Mosque is the only wooden mosque where several decorative techniques of stone, brick, ceramics and painting were used together. It is still a mystery how the wooden portions of the mosque, built in 1299, lasted until today without decay Eşrefoğlu Mosque, built in 1299 in the Beyşehir district of the central Anatolian province of Konya, is an architectural mystery. Afterwards, visit Eflatun Pinari means "violet spring", and is the location of a Hittite shrine dating back to the 13th century BCE. Its layout is quite different, a large, walled basin dominated by a wall of relief figures in one end. The figures symbolizes winged sun disks carried by semi-human monsters. Overnight in Konya.
(Breakfast and Lunch included)
After breakfast we will go to a local restaurant to get a cooking class by the chef of Restaurant. The guide will explain us also all the details about things. You will prepare the lunch with Chef and after the prepartion you will at that lunch at restaurant. In our food menu we will learn local dishes from Konya Cuisine. Ofcourse some deserts and the salads will be in the menu. After the lunch we will return to hotel. Overnight in Konya.
(Breakfast included)
We will pick you up from your hotel and go to Hamamı (Turkish Bath). This Hamam culture dates back Roman empire ages . Today Turkish Bath have three sections as cold part , warm part and hot part like a Roman Bath. Also Turkish Baths have special staff for scrup (peeling) rituel. Female staff called as natır , male staff called as tellak in Turkish Language. We will get relax and chill. After this local relaxing ritual return to hotel. Overnight in Konya.
(Breakfast included)
You will be picked up from your hotel and drive to ,visit the Tomb of Rumi in the Museum of Mevlana, an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims. Then, we visit the Ottoman-era Sultan Selim mosque before having lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant. After our lunch we drive to the Alaaddin Hill (a prehistoric tumulus) to visit the 1000-year-old Alaaddin Mosque. In its courtyard are the tombs of many of the Seljuk Turkish sultans. Walking down the north side of the Alaaddin Hill we pass the remains of the Seljuk sultan's palace, then cross the street for a view of the elaborate portal of the Ince Minareli Medrese theological college.Overnight in Konya.
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast check out from your hotel and transfer to Airport for your flight back home. We hope you have enjoyed our 6 Days City Tour of Konya. We hope this was a memorable tour for you and looking forward to see you again on another tour of ours. Thank you for joining us.
Trip includes
Included
5 nights hotel in Konya at Selcuk Mevlana Hotel
PS: If This hotel list not available at the time of your booking then we will arrange smilar other hotel for your group.
Professional English - speaking tour guides
Guiding Method
Fully guided
5 breakfasts
1 Lunch
Arrival transfer from Konya Airport to Hotel in Konya
Transportation in a fully air - conditioned, non - smoking coach
Return transfer to airport in Konya
Guided Konya City Tour
Guided Cooking Lesson&Shopping Tour
Guided Turkish Bath Tour
Guided Konya Mevlana Tour
All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
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International and Domestic Flights
Insurance: All types
Turkey entry visa
Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry
Any others expenses which are not mentioned at the included section
Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers
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