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Our Konya, Catalhoyuk tour from Istanbul provided by private minibus and guide. As we have the big one day we will start early morning from your hotel in Istanbul.
Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi was an Anatolian holy man who gave hope and inspiration to humanity. He was born in 1207 in the city of Balkh, Horasan, present day in Afghanistan (or in the village of Wakhsh, present day in Tajikistan) and died in 1273 in Konya. He took his first lessons from his father Bahaeddin Veled, who was known as “sultan of scholars”. While he was studying Sufism he met Ahi Sems Tebrizi, and after this meeting his own ideas began to emerge. It is his poems about Sufism, however, for which he is chiefly remembered, respected and admired today.
The branch of love comes from ancient times, and its root from immortality,
That greatness is too much for this mind and morals,
Fade away, pass through your existence. Your existence is murder.
Love is nothing other than finding the truth.
CATALHOYUK
Catalhoyuk one of the most important archaeological sites in the world. Since the 1960s, excavations have uncovered a densely packed Neolithic (New Stone Age) settlement which dates back 9000 years.
Our Catalhoyuk tour from Istanbul will end abouth 16:00 and transfer to airport for evening flight to Istanbul.
Pick up from your hotel in Istanbul and transfer to airport
Arrive Konya Airport and drive to Mevlana Museum, where is located in Konya City Center.
Today, it is the mausoleum of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, a Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi. It was also the dervish lodge 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 Semâ-Hâne.
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 do Panaromic Meram tour. Then drive to Catalhoyuk is located overlooking wheat fields in the Konya Plain, southeast of the present-day city of Konya (ancient Iconium) in Turkey, approximately 140 km from the twin-coned volcano of Mount Hasan. Catalhoyuk was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 5700 BC. It is the largest and best preserved Neolithic site found to date. Afterwards, continue to visit Archaeological Museum in Konya. Konya Archaeological Museum has an excellent collection of ancient artifacts ranging from the Bronze Age to the Byzantine Era. The museum opened in its present location in 1962. Among the displays are many ancient Roman sarcophagi, Greek altars and pottery, important inscriptions in Latin and Greek, Byzantine mosaics, and more.
Transfer to airport flight to Istanbul in the evening. On arrival you will be transfer to your hotel in Istanbul.
