Tour Start : Pick up at 05:30 from Hotel
Tour End : 22:30
Type : Day Trip Konya
Distance : – Km
Includes : Transportation, Plane ticket, Lunch, Entrance Fee, Guid, Hotel pick up and drop off
Prices :
1 Person : 400 Euro
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Konya Islamic Religious Tour and Visiting Mewlana Rumi and Sems-i Tebrizi.
Our Tours are starting from istanbul. We make our tours by plane bcs it is easier to reach the train station located outside of istanbul. If you request train to Konya, we can also arrange that as well.
Tour Schedule ;
05 : 30 Am Pick up from your hotel and drive to Ataturk Airport Domestic Flight to Konya
(Time can be changed according to available flights departure time By TURKISH AIRLINES from ATATURK Airport )
07 : 20 Am You will fly from Istanbul to Konya
08 : 25 Am You will arrive to Konya and then our staff will be pick you up in front of the exit door of Konya Airport with your name sign .
You will be picked up and drive to Konya. The tour starts by visiting, Mevlana Museum, 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 you will doPanaromic Meram tour.
Then continue the tour by visiting Tavusbaba Tomb of belongs to Seyh Tavus Mehmet El Hindi, a Seljuk Period holy man (Sufi saint) near the Meram area. After visiting these places go to Karatay Madrasah was usually founded and maintained by the sultan, princes and other nobles as well as the Wakf, who could afford to meet the expenses needed for free education to students.
The Madrassa continued to be one of the main venues of education in the Muslim World under the Ottoman Caliphate until 1924 when Ataturks’ law of 16 March 1924 abolished it in favour of modern schools and universities. Then visit the Ince Minaret Medrasah which dates from the 13th century. Originally a medrasa, an islamic school, it is now a museum of wood and stone carving.
It is named for its elegant tiled minaret. The minaret was originally much taller than the section that survives today, and had an unusually slender appearance in comparison to the minarets of other contemporary Seljuk mosques, hence the name of the structure. Alaaddin Mosque which was built up at the hill is still surviving intact with its impressive beauty.
The construction of the oldest and the biggest mosque of the period of Anatolia Seljuk in Konya was begun in the time of Seljuk Sultan Rukneddin Mesut I (1116-1156), was continued at the time of Kılıçarslan II, and was complated in 1221, during the time of Alaaddin Keykubat.At the end of the tour, drive back to Konya Airport
20:50 Pm You will take flight from Konya to Istanbul
(Please note that flight departure time can be changed according to avalibilty)
22:20 Pm Arrive in Istanbul. When you arrive in Istanbul airport, you will meet with our staff at the airport then be transferred to your hotel.
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