Konya Şeb-i Arus and Akşehir Tour 11-13 December 2026
Tour Detail
KONYA MEVLANA
(ŞEB-I ARUS)-AKŞEHİR TOUR
2 NIGHTS-3 DAYS
1 NIGHT HALF BOARD ACCOMMODATION
11-13 DECEMBER 2026
6.500 TL
DAY 1: ÇORLU DEPARTURE
Tour departure points;
20:30 In front of Çerkezköy Chamber of Commerce
20:30 In front of Tekirdağ Sahil Özcanlar Köfte
21:30 Behind the old Girls' Vocational High School in Çorlu (Across from Vatan Computer) and in front of Orion Mall
22:00 Bus stop opposite Silivri Kipa
22:30 Mahmutbey Toll Booths (İbrahim Tatlıses Bridge)
22:45 Kavacık Stop (Anatolian Side)
The tour starts from behind the old Girls' Vocational High School in Çorlu. With refreshments on our bus, we arrive in Konya, the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk State.
DAY 2: SILLE VILLAGE-HACI AĞA BATH and MUSEUM-AYA-ELENA CHURCH- INCE MINARE-MEVLANA MUSEUM-SULTAN SELIM MOSQUE-ÜÇLER TOMB AND MARTYRS MONUMENT-ŞEMS-İ TEBRİZİ TOMB-ALAADDIN KEYKUBAT MOSQUE and HILL-KARATAY MADRASA-MERAM VINEYARDS and BRIDGE-TAVUS BABA TOMB-KONYA
We begin our tour first with Sille, a very old Greek village under the Selçuklu Municipality, located 7 km from the center of Konya and dating back to 6,000 years ago. The stone houses commonly seen in Greek settlements in Sille, as well as the cave-carved houses and churches we are used to seeing in the Cappadocia region, offer very beautiful views. Among the sights we will see here are Hacı Ağa Bath, Ottoman bridges, rock tombs dating back thousands of years, and the Aya-Elena Church, built 1,500 years ago. Guests who wish may have breakfast during free time (extra). In the continuation of our program, we visit Ince Minaret and then Selçuklu period palace rose garden, and today the Museum of Hz. Mevlana , famous throughout the world with the words "Come, come, whatever you are, come," entering through the dervish gate. After the dervish cells located in the northwest of the museum, the kitchen area in the south, and the Hürrem Pasha Tomb, following the Hâmûsân (Silent Ones) gate opening to the Üçler Cemetery, we then tour the main building, which also contains the semahane and mosque sections and the tombs of Mevlana and his family members, and then view the Sultan Selim Mosque panoramically. Mevlana Museum, we visit the Üçler Tomb and Martyrs Monument, located right across from it. We give time for lunch to taste Konya's local flavors. After lunch, we continue our Konya tour. We visit the tomb of Şems-i Tebrizi Hz.. Our next stops are the Alaaddin Keykubat Mosque and its hill. Built in 649, the Karatay Madrasa has been used as the Karatay Tile Artifacts Museum since 1955. Meram Vineyards region, after sipping your tea in the tea gardens next to the Historic Meram Bridge, we visit the Tavus Baba Tomb in the Meram area. Then, after the dinner we will have at our hotel, we move to the Konya Cultural Center to watch the Şeb-i Arus ceremonies. After watching the sema performances, we return to our hotel.https://gherdangoldotel.com.tr/
DAY 3:KONYA-BUTTERFLIES VALLEY-AKŞEHİR-NASRETTIN HOJA TOMB-HUMOR PARK-ÇORLU
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning we continue our Konya tour. We head to Butterflies Valley, holder of the title of Europe's largest tropical butterfly garden. We complete our visit to Butterflies Valley, designed for more than 15 species and over 1,000 butterflies to fly freely. We give time for lunch. After the lunch break, we head to historical Akşehir’s, famous for his quick wit and known by many of us from the stories we grew up listening to, Nasrettin Hoja Tomb and Humor Park, and after our visits there, we end our program and set off back to Çorlu. We bid farewell by dropping you, our valued guests, at the points where we picked you up, and look forward to seeing you at the next Çorlu Travel organization.
Places to Visit: SILLE VILLAGE-BUTTERFLY GARDEN-MEVLANA MUSEUM-ÜÇLER TOMB-MARTYRS MONUMENT-ŞEMS-İ TEBRİZİ TOMB-ALAADDİN KEYKUBAT MOSQUE AND HILL- KARATAY MADRASA-İNCE MINARE-MERAM VINEYARDS-TAVUS BABA TOMB-AKŞEHİR-NASRETTIN HOJA TOMB-HUMOR PARK
What's Included
*Transportation by 46 or 50-passenger Mercedes Travego or Tourismo luxury buses
*On-board refreshments (cold drinks, tea, coffee, cake, water)
*Surrounding area and city tours included in the program
*1 night half-board accommodation at the hotel (dinner + breakfast)
*Professional guides licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
*Mandatory travel insurance in accordance with Tourism Law No. 1618
Not Included
*All lunches and drinks taken with meals
*All personal expenses
*All additional specified activities
*Museum and archaeological site entrance fees
*Whirling dervish show tickets (shows will be in the evening)