Things to Know About Konya City In ancient Greek mythology we come across with the story of Medusa (monster with snake hairs), once upon a time she was [...]
2 Days Konya- Mevlana Tour - 2/1
Day1- Konya- Beysehir Tour
All these names came from the same origin, they have a common story in Greek legends.The brave boy, who dismembered the snake-haired devil Medusa, was the hero of this city, so the citizens decided to erect sculptures of their hero, thanks to all these icons around the city people named the region as ‘Ikonium’ with passing years that became ‘Konya’ .Descendants of the old Greek people lived in Sille till 1930s, today we will visit their stone-cut Hagia Irene Church in its original area. Pleasure-seeking Greek people settled in Sille because of its natural beauty and similarity of Cappadocia, in the trail of these people we will discover the village and have tea by the river which cuts the settlement into two parts.After a local lunch which includes tandir (bread baked in floor furnace) will make you full so you can have a rest on the way.
After visiting all these beautiful Greek sights we take one more step to our present day. Now its Seljuk Empire era, another pleasure-seeking community who came from Central Asia on horseback. In the wake of a long journey from Asia, ancestors of us settled in Beysehir, far more beautiful area than Sille with its famous Beysehir Lake. Just by the lake they built Kubad’abad Palace as a summer residence for Sultan even if it looks like a ruin now it worths seeing. In the centre of the city we come across a mosque, its called Esrefoglu Mosque, the mosque is the biggest, the best preserved wooden columned and roofed mosque in Islamic World. The 715 years witnessed collapses of states, empires and sultans but couldn’t beat it down. We will satisfy your history, nature and art curiosity in here, then we will move to Konya city center which whirls around the Green Tomb of Mevlana Jalal’eddin Rumi .
Rumi’s Lodge will tell you all the story of Islamic, Turkish and Sufi Movement story which had radical changes within centuries.You will have a chance to see the atmosphere and listen the stages to be a Dervish.Moral rules of the time will astonish you but not as much as the accomplishment of Sufism ideas or its formation levels. To fully understand the story of Rumi who came to Anatolia from Belh (present day Afghanistan) we need to listen all the mystical sounds in the Lodge which tells you more than your guide.All the family and students of Mevlana sleeps around the complex to be closer to the divine love.
Leaving the city without visiting the teacher and the best friend of Mevlana will be illogical, so we drive to Sems-i Tebrizi Tomb, which is simple in comparison with the tomb of Mevlana Jalal’eddin Rumi.The man who made Rumi a poet and a man of love will affect you deeply.You will feel the divine love which embraces all the people from all around the world regardless of their religion, belief, race or identity..Overnight in Konya
Day 2- Konya Mevlana Tour
After breakfast at hotel we start our day.
Men on horseback who conquers the known part of world and his trader fellows who builds trade routes from central asia till constantinople (today's istanbul) all these brave hearts found and served to Seljuk Empire. Military posts of the Seljuk Empire were constructed next to the caravasary bearing the traces of Turkish nomadic art icons and marks. Today we will visit some of these artifacts such as caravansarais on the way to Konya city. For centuries they served as free hotels for voyagers within the Empire borders, Sultans displayed their respect and reliability to the passangers.After having our tea and discovering the classical architecture of caracansaray, we will set off for Konya city centre where we will see madrasahs.In order to examine the advanced tile and mosaic art in Seljuk time, we take you to Karatay Madrasah, where Mevlana Jalaleddin Rumi lectured.Exhibition of the mosaics from all the palaces around the Seljuk Empire will astonish you with its richness and variety. Ceiling and dome which is designed in the shape of Turkish triangle and the tile adornments bearing the names of in three divine religion will show you the source of Rumi's hospitality.In the sequel of a carved stone and a tile ornated examples of perfection it is time to compare them so we are going to a mixture of them, Sircali Madrasah.It is one of the oldest schools of Konya which made it an attractive city to be a capital for Seljuk Empire.That was such a good school that Sultan would come to talk with students and the lecturers about international issues.
Now we will talk in its garden about these fact which made Seljuk Empire a strong rival for Byzantine Empire.After getting lost in dusty pages of history we bring you back to present day .End of the day transfer to airport and fly to lstanbul.Transfer to your hotel.We say goodbye
INCLUSIONS
All airport transfers,
Prefossional tour guide,
All museum tickets,
2 days lunch at local restaurant,
All transportation,
2 way domestic flight tickets,
1 night hotel,
2 breakfast,
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Hich Hotel Konya
Hich Hotel Konya Hich hotel konya is located right next to the heart of Konya Mevlana Museum with 200 years old Turkish architecture and eclectic style buildin[...]
Dates
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1.01.2023 - 31.12.2030
960 USD
740 USD
650 USD
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1 Ocak 2023 Pazar
31 Aralık 2030 Salı
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