Konya City Guide

Konya City Guide

Being one of the first residential areas of the universal history, Konya is a settling area with a long past reaching the prehistoric eras. Located at the south of Central Anatolia, the city was the capital of the Seljuk Empire between 1097 and 1277. Konya bringing up Islamic scholars is identified with Mevlana, the world-famous muslim great scholar.

Tourist Attractions

Housing multitudinous historic, cultural and natural treasury, Konya as a mighty trade and settlement area throughout the history is situated on the historic Silk Road. Many museums, mosques, memorials and palaces compose the fabric of culture tourism in the city.


Kubbe-i Hadra (Green Canopy) which was the residence of Mevlana was transformed into Mevlana Museum in 1954. It is located on a 18.000 m2 area. Mevlana conventions was spread about all over the world from here. You will find everything concerned with Mevlana known as the clemency and peace person worldwide.

Archeology Museum, Etnography Museum, Mezar Anitlari Museum (Grave Tombs Museum), Aksehir Museum, Aksehir Archeology Museum, Aksehir Ataturk Museum and more are all witty remarks from the history that you should experience.

One of the crucial must-sees of Konya is Catalhoyuk located 60 km away from the city center. The first settlement and the first celestial structure occured in Catalhoyuk.

You should not leave Konya without visiting Kilistra Archaic City. It is one of the places where one of the apostles of Jesus, Saint Paul, sermonized to the masses.

Nasreddin Hodja being worldwide famous with its clauses was born in Aksehir. You should visit this district to find a lot related to Nasreddin Hodja

Culture & Entertainment

Handloom, copperworking, xlography, leather trade, felt making, wooden spoon making and jewellery reflects the authentic culture of Konya.

Meke Crater Lake, Beysehir Lake Milli Park and Aksehir Lake offer alternatives for natural troops.

There are countless natural beauties in Konya that you should experience. Ilgin Thermal Tourism Center (Ilgin-Aksehir), Kosk Hot Springs (Huyuk-Beysehir) are the examples of thermal tourism. Also there are many lakes with bird paradises enabling different kinds of birds to live around. Aksehir, Cavuscu, Uyuz, Kozanli and Kulu Lakes are just some of them that you should tour when visiting Konya.

Marbled art, calligraphy art and picture art reflect the local culture.

Food & Drink
You will find vegetable, meat ad flour dishes in the local cuisine.

Soups;
Tayga, mercimekli ogmac, arapasi, tandir, milk, tutmac, eriste soups

Meat foods;
Firin Kebab, bread with meat, cullama, topalak kofte, cella

Vegetables;
Eksili kabak (zucchini), zucchini with egg, zulbiye, patlican bayiltan (aubergine), lahana kapama (cabbage), patlican bogurme (aubergine), copleme

Pastries;
Borek with cheese and mince, kikirdakli borek, tandir sac, water borek, sedirler, and tatar borek.

Shopping

Konya has many malls. Most of these main shopping locations of the city are gathered at the city center.You will find a wide range of alternatives from food market, food court, hipermarket to famous brands, brand boutiques, large stores, cinema, entertaining center and huge parking lots within these shopping centers.

You should buy authentic weaving carpets and kilims available at the districts and neighborhoods of the city. Also, you can obtain gifts peculiar to Mevlana and Konya city from almost all the parts of the city.