Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province.
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During ancient history and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in English its name is usually spelt Konia or Koniah. In the Late Middle Ages, Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turks' Sultanate of Rum, from where the sultans ruled over Anatolia. Today it is the spiritual centre of the Mevlevi Order, famous for its Whirling Dervishes.
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Worth seeing in and around Konya
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mevlâna Museum
The Mevlâna Museum, in Konya, Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes. It houses the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, an Iranian Sufi mystic.
1.1 km · Museum dedicated to the poet Rumi, including Rumi's tomb · Wikipedia - 02Alâeddin Mosque
The Alâeddin Mosque is the principal monument on Alaaddin Hill in the centre of Konya, Turkey. Part of the hilltop citadel complex that contained the Seljuk Palace, it served as the main prayer hall for the Seljuk Sultans of Rum and its courtyard contains the burial places of several of the sultans.
100 m · mosque in Konya, central Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Konya Büyükşehir Stadium
The Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Konya, Turkey. It is primarily used for football matches with Konyaspor being the main tenants.
8 km · stadium in Konya, Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Ince Minaret Medrese
İnce Minareli Medrese is a 13th-century madrasa located in Konya, Turkey, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art, noted for its ornate entrance, domed courtyard, ornamentally bricked minaret, partially destroyed in 1901, and exemplar Anatolian Seljuk architecture.
300 m · 13th-century madrasa (and now museum) in Konya, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Selim Konya Mosque
Selimiye Mosque is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Konya, Turkey.
1.1 km · mosque in Konya, central Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Aziziye Mosque
The Aziziye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in Konya, Turkey. It is well known for the columned balcony of its minaret, an architectural feature rarely seen in Turkish mosques.
800 m · mosque in Konya, central Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Konya Atatürk Stadium
Konya Atatürk Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Konya, Turkey. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Konyaspor.
1.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 08Konya Archaeological Museum
Konya Archaeological Museum is a state archaeological museum in Konya, Turkey. Established in 1901, it had been relocated twice before moving to its present location in 1962.
700 m · Museum in Konya, Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Sille Dam
Sille Dam is a dam in Konya Province in Turkey.
10 km · dam in Sarayönü, Konya, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Seljuk Tower
The 42-floor Seljuk Tower is a skyscraper within the Konya Trade Center business and shopping center in Konya, Turkey. At the time of its completion in 2006, it was the 11th-tallest skyscraper in Turkey and the tallest in Konya and the Central Anatolia Region.
1.6 km · Modern skyscraper · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mevlana Museum
Rumi (1207–1273) was a Persian poet, philosopher and teacher who lived in Konya after the Byzantine Romans had been ousted but the area was still known as "Rum".
- 02Iplikçi Mosque
This mosque was built in 1202 AD (598 AH), a brick Seljuk structure.
- 03Ince Minare Museum
This medrassa (seminary) was built in 1265.
- 04Archaeology Museum
Attractive display of finds from the region, especially the carved sarcophagi and discoveries at Çatalhöyük.
- 05Karatay Medresesi Museum
Medrassa built in 1251 and now a museum of Seljuk tiles.
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Things to do
- 01Sema
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Where to eat
Local cuisine centres on wheat/bread and mutton. That's one in the eye for Mevlana, himself a strict vegan. Etliekmek is a very long thin pizza with meat or cheese, as if the delivery rider had lost an argument with a steamroller. Tandır kebap is soft and juicy lamb meat slowly cooked in a wood-fired oven. Okra soup (bamya çorbası) is baby okra and chunks of meat cooked in sweet-sour pomegranate molasses.
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Getting to Konya
- Airports
- Konya (KYA), 13 km · Antalya (AYT), 185 km · Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV), 204 km
- Stations
- Selçuklu YHT railway station, 2.7 km · Konya railway station, 1.7 km
- Antalya → Konya191 km · quickest by road, 4h 23m · ₺480–640
- Nevşehir → Konya212 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · ₺400–540
- Tarsus → Konya238 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · ₺580–780
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Konya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Konya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThree trains continue east to Karaman (50 min), which has buses to Silifke for the Cyprus ferry.
- Get inThe Sufi Trail is a partly marked, 800-km hiking and cycling trail from Istanbul (with a ferry connection) through Yalova, İznik, Osmaneli, Bilecik, Söğüt, Eskişehir, Seyitgazi, Emirdağ, Akşehir, and Sille to Konya, with way-stops at various Sufi shrines and other ancient sites.
- Go nextAksaray – A laid-back city and great hub for the surrounding attractions near Güzelyurt, or like Tuz Gölü ("Salt Lake"), the second largest lake in Turkey is becoming a popular day trip from the Cappadocian towns, to wade across it shallow waters and to take a few pictures of its vivid, dreamlike views.
- Go nextIt's a stop-off on the way to Adana, and you change here for transport to the coast, for ferries to Cyprus.
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