What are the holiday regions of Konya Türkiye?

Some of the notable places to explore in Konya include:

Mevlana Museum (Mevlana Müzesi): The final resting place of the famous Sufi philosopher and poet, Rumi (Mevlana), is a major pilgrimage site for followers of Rumi's teachings and attracts visitors from all around the world.
Alaaddin Hill (Alaaddin Tepesi): This hill offers a panoramic view of the city of Konya and is an excellent spot to watch the sunset.
Karatay Madrasah (Karatay Medresesi): An impressive Seljuk-era building that now houses the Tile Works Museum, showcasing beautiful examples of traditional Turkish ceramics.
İnce Minare Museum: A former mosque with a unique minaret, now converted into a museum displaying various artifacts from the Seljuk period.
Sille Village: Located just outside Konya, Sille is an ancient village with well-preserved historical houses, churches, and cave dwellings.
Tropikal Kelebek Bahçesi (Tropical Butterfly Garden): A butterfly park where you can see numerous colorful butterflies in a natural environment.
Çatalhöyük: An archaeological site about 50 kilometers away from Konya, known for its Neolithic settlement remains.

Konya also hosts various festivals and events throughout the year, celebrating its cultural heritage, arts, and traditions.

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Avanos

The town of Avanos is set on the banks of the Kizilirmak, the Red River. The town is about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Goreme. Avanos has a lively center with all the usual amenities including a modern, tourist-oriented hamam (Turkish Bath).

Caravanserais (Kervansarays) of Cappadocia

Caravanserais have been used since the 10th century. Trade across Turkey in medieval Seljuk times was dependent on camel trains (kervan, anglicized as caravan), which stopped by night in inns known as kervansaray or caravanserai , literally ‘caravan palaces’.

Derinkuyu Underground City

These troglodyte cave-cities were excavated as early as Hittite times, and expanded over the centuries as various marauding armies traversed Central Anatolia in search of captives and plunder.

Devrent Valley

Devrent Valley, which is also known as Imaginary Valley and also as Pink Valley does not have cave churches like the other valleys of Cappadocia. There are no Roman castles or Roman tombs in Devrent Valley, either.

Forgotten Cave Churches of Cappadocia

Who knows how many churches and chapels are hidden in the Cappadocian valleys? The best-known may be inside the Goreme Open-Air Museum but wherever you go you will find other churches – and often you will have them completely to yourself.

Göreme Open Air Museum

The Goreme Open-Air Museum resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church.

Gülşehir

Gulsehir is situated on the southern bank of the Red River (Kizilirmak) and in ancient times it was called “Zoropassos”. Later, during the Roman Empire the town was named as Arapsun.

Hacı Bektaş

Hacibektas, is 40 minutes drive from Goreme, located in northern Cappadocia. It is the center of Bektasi sect of Islam founded by the great philosopher Haci Bektas-i Veli in 13th century. You can visit the dervis dergah (lodge) which is a museum today, cilehane (suffering house), bestaslar (five stones) and a cemevi (an alevi temple) in Hacibektas.

Ihlara Valley

Ihlara Valley (often misspelled as Ilhara Valley), near Mount Hasan and Mount Melendiz (two of the three volcanoes of Cappadocia) is a canyon with a depth of approximately 100m and was formed by the Melendiz River thousands of years ago. It begins at Ihlara village and ends with Selime Monastery at Selime village after making 26 bends along 14 kilometers.

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