Places to visit
Things to do in İhsaniye
28 destinations, each with a description, how long it takes and where it sits on the map.
In short
toroti’s catalogue holds 28 described destinations within İhsaniye, Afyonkarahisar. The themes that come up most: Local culture, History, Nature, Faith heritage, Cultural heritage, Architecture.
Maltaş Frig Anıti
It is an open-air worship area located within the borders of Kayıhan Town in İhsaniye District, at the southwestern corner of the Göynüş (Köynüş) Valley, on the Akkuş Yuvası Rocks that bound the valley from the west. Since it is believed that treasure is hidden inside, it is called “Maltaş” or “Malkaya” by the local people. Together with the other Phrygian rock monuments in the region, it is dated to between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. The first study related to the monument was carried out in 1881 by W. M.
45 minutes
Ayazini Ören Yeri
It is known that Ayazini Village, reached by going 4,7 kilometres to the right from the 27th kilometre of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway, has been used as a settlement since the Phrygian Period. Family and single-person rock tomb chambers belonging to the Roman and Byzantine periods, churches belonging to the Byzantine Period, and rock settlements are works carved out due to the land being suitable for this type of settlement.
45 minutes
Frigya - Göynüş Vadisi
It is reached after a 2-kilometre journey by turning northwest (left) from the 36th kilometre of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir state highway. It is in Kayıhan Town of İhsaniye District. In the Phrygian Valley, where there is a settlement belonging to the Phrygian Period, there are steep rocks approximately 10 metres high. On the faces of these rocks are small square-looking door openings. When entering through these doors, rooms are encountered. These rooms are rock tomb chambers belonging to the Phrygian Period.
45 minutes
Gazligöl Kaplıcası
Gazlıgöl Hot Spring, located on the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway, is 21 kilometers from the city center. Although this area was removed from its thermal tourism center status in 2019 due to the narrowing of thermal tourism centers, it continues to be a tourist attraction. The drinking cures and baths at Gazlıgöl Hot Spring, which provide healing to hundreds of local and foreign tourists every year, are used for therapeutic purposes.
45 minutes
Bayramaliler Kalesi
Bayramaliler Kalesi İhsaniye ilçesi, Bayramaliler köyünün 650 metre kadar kuzeyinde yer alan ve çevreden belirgin şekilde görülebilen kaya yerleşimi ve kaledir. Kuzeybatı yamaçları nispeten hafif eğimli bir yapıya sahipken diğer yamaçlar oldukça diktir. Kalenin güneyinde yer alan kayalıklarda çok sayıda niş ve sunu çukurlarının varlığı bu alanın MÖ I. Bin yılda tapınım amaçlı kullanım gördüğünü göstermektedir.
45 minutes
Aslantaş
On both sides of the doorway opening on the front face of the Aslantaş Rock Tomb Chamber, one of the rock tomb chambers belonging to the Phrygian Period, two imposing lions standing up and facing each other, with a lion cub under each of their feet, and above the door a mass resembling the tree of life and above this a winged sun disk extending to both sides, were made in relief. The tomb chamber has a slightly vaulted ceiling and a small cell with a bench on the left side for laying the dead.
45 minutes
Yılantaş
Yılantaş is another of the important burial chambers belonging to the Phrygians. Like Aslantaş, Yılantaş is also thought to have belonged to a noble person. Today, Yılantaş has toppled over as a result of an earthquake or another natural event and appears as a collapsed rock block. The head and foot sections of the lion relief on the rock block can be seen.
45 minutes
Emre Tekkesi (yunus Dergahi)
It is on a hill to the southeast of Emre Gölü, in Döğer Town, connected to İhsaniye District. It is a rectangular prismatic structure clad in cut stone. It is an Ottoman work from the end of the XVIII century. The door of the tekke is on the south side and opens to the courtyard. It is thought that the foundation remains on its western slope belong to Emre Village, whose existence in the XVII-XVIII century is known. The structure is vaulted inside, in the form of a triangular roof outside, and stone-clad. Its interior walls are plastered and whitewashed.
45 minutes
Aslankaya
It is on the shore of Emre Lake, located between İhsaniye district, Döğer Town, and Üçlerkayası Village. Aslankaya is a temple facade with a vertically cut triangular roof on the southern face of a high rock. In the beam spaces of the triangular roof are two opposing sphinxes (human-headed lions), and on the main facade, within a niche, Cybele is located between two lions. The main facade is decorated with reliefs featuring geometric patterns.
45 minutes
Döğer Kervansarayı
It is located in the town of Döğer, connected to İhsaniye District. It is an Ottoman work commissioned by Murat II. It is an exemplary structure with its architecture consisting of two sections, the two-storey inn section and the camel stable, and an iwan-shaped monumental portal. In the two-storey inn, the upper rooms are for travelers to sleep; the lower floor is a resting place. Two of the rooms are domed, while the other is covered with a barrel vault. The central iwan is the masjid. The exterior and roof of the building, and the conical caps of the two domes, are covered with local tuff and cut stone.
45 minutes
Avdalaz Kalesi Kaya Yerleşimleri
In the lower parts of the rock mass located to the east of Ayazini Town, there are burial chambers, and in the upper parts, there are interconnected multi-storey settlements. Rather than a settlement, it is a fortress built for الدفاع purposes. Inside Avdalaz Castle, there is also a large cistern to meet needs. It is understood that Avdalaz Castle was used for defense against enemies from the fact that it was built on a rock mass dominating the surrounding area.
45 minutes
Kano Gezintisi - Emre Gölü
It is a naturally formed lake within the borders of Afyonkarahisar. It is between Döğer Town and Bayramaliler Village, connected to İhsaniye District. Depending on the rainy periods, its area narrows and expands. Its depth exceeds 3 millimeters in some places. Its waters are fresh. Emre Gölü provides the opportunity to see many beauties of Frig Vadisi. On the canoe trip you will take on the lake, you can also see many works located in Frig Vadisi.
45 minutes
Demirli Kalesi
Demirli Castle, located within the borders of İhsaniye District in the northwest of Göynüş Valley, began to be used during the Phrygian Period and continued to be used during the Byzantine period. Various spaces were created by carving the natural rock formation described as a castle, and it was inhabited. Today, a large stepped cistern, now filled with stone, can still be seen.
45 minutes
Asar Kalesi
Asar Kalesi is a conical mountain and rock mass at a significant elevation on the foothills of Köroğlu Dağı, about 4 km. west of Bayat District of Afyonkaarhisar, and the open sections are surrounded by walls. Within the walls are a vaulted cistern and foundations belonging to religious and administrative structures. In the eastern part of Asar Kale, there are settlements carved into the rocks, a church, and loopholes used for observation and defense.
45 minutes
Böcü İni Kaya Yerleşimleri
It is a rock-carved settlement called Böcü İni in the Kaynarca locality of Kıyır village, İhsaniye district. The settlement is located on slopes facing south. In this settlement on the southern slope of Laleli Tepesi, within tuff terrain, there are many rock-carved churches and settlement areas from the Byzantine period, side by side and in separate groups, together with the natural wonder fairy chimneys. The churches are vaulted.
45 minutes
Frig Vadisi - Döğer Kapikaya Ii Tapinağı
The second Kapıkaya is among the rocks extending from the shore of Emre Gölü toward Bayramaliler Köyü in the same region. It is an imitation of a wooden temple made by cutting the western face of a piece of rock whose upper part has eroded away. Because the structure of the rock is loose, the triangular roof section at the top has eroded. A niche was opened on the front face between two decorated sections, and inside it a standing relief of the Goddess Cybele was made. In front of the monument there is a platform for religious ceremonies.
45 minutes
Gazlıgöl Termal Kaplıcaları
Not only the bath of this region but also its mineral water is known as an important source of healing, and Kızılay Maden Suyu, Turkey's oldest bottled mineral water, which has been operating since 1868, is also located in Gazlıgöl.According to the legend, the boils that appeared on the body of King Midas's daughter Suna could not be treated in any way. While wandering for treatment, Suna drank from the muddy puddle in the area where the hot spring is located and fell asleep.
60 minutes
Üçlerkayası
In and around Üçlerkayası village, which is connected to the İhsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar, there are rock settlements, monumental burial chambers, Roman tombs on the upper parts of the rocks, and water cisterns belonging to the Roman and Byzantine periods. Some of the multi-storey rock settlements around the large rock mass that gave Üçlerkayası its name have not yet been reached.
45 minutes
Kiyir Kayaliklari
Kıyır Cliffs is a rock-cut settlement called Böcüini in İhsaniye district, Kıyır village, Kaynarca locality. The settlement is located on slopes extending southward. Photo: Afyonkarahisar Museum This settlement on the southern slope of Laleli Hill has fairy chimneys, a natural wonder, in tuff terrain, and many rock-cut churches and settlements from the Eastern Roman period, side by side and in separate groups.
45 minutes
Memeç Kayaliklari
Memeç Kayalıkları is in the vicinity of Emre Lake, in the İhsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar. At Memeç Kayalıkları, there are rock settlements and a chapel belonging to the Byzantine period. The Phrygian rock monuments in its immediate surroundings give this area a distinct character. On the rock itself, there are kaklıklar belonging to the Phrygian period.
45 minutes
Karacaahmet Türbesi
In Karacaahmet Town of İhsaniye district, there is a tomb adjacent to the mosque and sarcophagi belonging to Karacaahmet's disciples inside the tomb. Although there is not much information about Karacaahmet, it is said that he was a folk physician from the saints of Horasan and that the mentally ill recovered in the dervish lodge he founded.
45 minutes
Hayran Veli Sultan Türbesi
It is a tomb adjacent to Hayran Veli Camii in Kayıhan Town of İhsaniye District. Inside the tomb, there are many sarcophagi belonging to disciples. It is said that he was a folk physician from the saints of Horasan and that he cured a kind of skin disease.
45 minutes
Akhisar Kalesi
In Akhisar Kale, a Phrygian Castle and settlement established on a high rocky outcrop in Akhisar Köyü, there are also Roman-Byzantine rock tombs alongside the Phrygian rock tombs.
45 minutes
Memeç Kaya Kilisesi
It is located in İhsaniye district. The church was carved into the middle of a steep tuff cliff and is dated to between the 8th and 10th centuries. The walls of its front section are completely destroyed. Another little-known church structure of the city is Ayazini Church, and it is close to Memeç Kaya Kilisesi.
30 minutes
Ayazini Kilisesi
Ayazini Church is a historical church located in the İhsaniye district. Built in the 1000s, this structure features an apse and dome carved into the rock surface.
30 minutes
Göynüş Açık Hava Tapınağı
In a valley reached by turning 1,5 km west from the 32.km of the Afyonkarahisar-Eskişehir highway, there are Göynüş Castle, the Aslantaş and Yılantaş burial chambers with lion reliefs on them, and Maltaş, the open-air temple of Kybele, and Kumcaboğazı.
30 minutes
Seyircek Kale
Seyircek Kale is a mysterious settlement on the highest hill of Mountainous Phrygia, where Roman and Byzantine sarcophagus-type rock tombs carved into the bedrock are found in large numbers.
45 minutes
Döğer Ören Yeri
Döğer Archaeological Site has been a settlement since the Phrygian period and is enriched with remains from the Roman and Byzantine periods.
30 minutes