Ten days from Konya to Diyarbakır: Seljuk, Commagene, Mesopotamian and Syriac heritage on one line.
The next step for a guest who has already seen Türkiye through İstanbul and Cappadocia. The route opens in Konya with the Mevlana lodge and the Seljuk medreses, crosses to Cappadocia by way of the Sultanhanı caravanserai and turns south. Gaziantep for the Zeugma mosaics and the coppersmiths' market, Halfeti for a boat on the Euphrates and Rumkale rising from the water, the summit of Nemrut for the Commagene statues, Şanlıurfa for Balıklıgöl and Göbeklitepe, the oldest known temple in the world, the beehive houses of Harran, the stone terraces of Mardin and Deyrulzafaran, the filigree market at Midyat, and Diyarbakır for the basalt walls and the Ten-Eyed Bridge. Ten days is a long programme; an eight-day version can be built and we decide together which legs come out. The long inter-city stretches can be shortened by domestic flight.
Stops flex with the weather, traffic and your guest's pace.
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Deepen the programme with these touches.
Gastronomy, Göbeklitepe and the stone cities of Mesopotamia, over eight days. Flights optional.
The honey-stone city, Syriac monasteries and the filigree market: two days above the plain.
Toppled stone heads above two thousand metres: light on the royal tomb of Commagene.
Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapı and the Bazaar: at the client's pace.
Fener and Balat on foot: four hours of colour, courtyards and the quiet layers of the old city.
European highlights first, then the Asian side and Çamlıca. Lunch optional.
April tulip displays at Emirgan and the old city, with photo stops.
