Konya Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
metropolitan municipality in Central Anatolia, Turkey
About Konya
Konya has been inhabited at least since 3000 BC: cultures we know of include the Hittites, Sea Peoples (the Philistines of Canaan), Phrygians, Cimmerians, Greeks, Romans and Persians. In 47 AD St Paul and his followers were run out of town inAntiochand began preaching here, with the same result. But Konya is best known as the capital of the Sultanate of Rum, established in the late 11th century in former Byzantine territory. The poet andSufithinker Rumi settled in the early 13th century. The city's heritage thus stems from this Selçuk golden age. From 1420 it was ruled by the Ottomans, though briefly occupied by the Khedive of Egypt in 1832 and by the Italians in 1919, as part of a short-lived attempt to establish a colony in southwestern Asia Minor during the dismemberment of the Ottoman
Top Attractions in Konya
Explore the best things to see and do in Konya:
- ★Archaeology Museum
- ★Butterfly Garden
- ★Ince Minare Museum
- ★Iplikçi Mosque
- ★Karatay Medresesi Museum
- ★Mevlana Museum
- ★Science Centre
- ★Sema
Where to Eat in Konya
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Mithat Tirit
- 🍴Sifa
- 🍴Somatçı Fihi Ma Fih
Where to Stay in Konya
- 🏨Bera Konya Otel
- 🏨Dedeman Hotel
- 🏨Dergâh Hotel
- 🏨Grand Hotel
- 🏨Hilton Garden Inn
- 🏨Hotel Balikcilar
Konya Travel Guide Sections
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