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Karaman city travel guide
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We have regular trips to Karaman departed from many cities around the country as well as from Istanbul if you would like to have your tours organized as a private one please contact us otherwise you may select one of the small
grous tours that covers Karaman
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Karaman city located in central
Anatolia is an important city for tourism of Turkey with it's rich
historical artifacts, with it's underground cities, caves and with it's
cultural traditions and values.
The city was the capital city of
Karamanoglu Dynasty for 230 years had observed a very important
strategical geographical location especially having quite important
trade roads crossing within it's borders makes it even a more important
city all over the history.
A recent archeological study have
been made in Pinarbasi Mound have found footprints of settlement from
10,000 B.C. and marks of civilizations from the Era of Epipaleolithic
Age.
The city's old name was Larende has quite important and rich works and arts for faith and religion tourism.
The
area contains quite a lot Islamic artifacts has some important sights
labeled as must-see places such as; Yunus Emre Mosque and Tomb, Mumine
Hatun mother of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi and her relatives tombs and
Aktekke Mosque.
Around the place there are plenty of festivals
and activities being held every year around, some of the most
interesting of these festivals and activities are; Yunus Emre Culture
Festival on the forth week of September in Yesildere, Apple Festival in
the first week of October being hold in city center, Cherry Festival in
Basyayla on the 4.Th week of June and Honey Festival in Sariyeliler or
Basyayla.
Karaman is also famous for it's sheep and apples too.
The
city's kitchen has great tasty and delicious foods such as; Guymak,
raisin halvah, Pide, Walnut bandirma, Zeyve Kebap, Sebit Rice and many
other Turkish and Ottoman style dishes.
Places to visit in Karaman
Karaman
Museum; The museum has great rich contents and materials of collections
most important of these are especially from Byzantine and Turk Islamic
Arts and from antique ages.
Derbe are has been visited 3 times by St. Pavlos in 53 B.C. is an
important place for Christianity and a bishopric center for Christians.
Madensehir Ruins 37 km from city center.
Mosques; Sadettin Ali
bey, Mader-i Mevlana, Yollarbasi Grand Mosque, Yunus Emre, Akcasehir,
Imaret, Karabas Veli, Araboglu and Dikbasan Mosques are some of the
most important mosques of the city.
Yunus Emre Tomb; The tomb at the end of Yunus Emre Mosque is located in city centre.
Castles; Karaman Castle, Mennan Castle, Bagdas and Ermenek Castle.
Alahan Monastery; The monastery established in the midle of 5.Th century is on the foot of Goksu Valley.
Derekoy Fisandon Church (Mosque); The building belonging to 9.Th century is 7 km away from the city center on the south.
Ibrala Church (Mosque); is located 57 km away from the city on east.
Cesmeli / Fountain Church is located in city center.
Authentic Taskale Town.
Water Grinders in Ermenek - Zerve Bazaar.
Incesu Cave; This cave located within the border of Taskale Town 7 km
away from Karaman on the south is a wonder of nature with it's distance
of 1356 meters.
Meraspolis or Meraspulla Cave; This cave Being one the the biggest 3 caves of the world is located in Ermenek Town.
Manazan Caves; These caves located in Yesildere Valley on Karaman -
Tasdere Road . 40 km way from the city, contains plenty of human made
dig settlement places , having damaged over time it's not possible to
find a specific entrance.
Karaman Provinces;
Sariveliler, Ayranci, Kazimkarabekir, Basyayla and Ermenek
Karaman city pictures
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