Places to visit
Things to do in Meram
11 destinations, each with a description, how long it takes and where it sits on the map.
In short
toroti’s catalogue holds 11 described destinations within Meram, Konya. The themes that come up most: History, Museum, Culture, Local culture, Nature.
Kilistra, Lystra Antik Kenti
Kilistra, which witnessed dense settlement during the Hellenistic and Roman periods and grew rapidly during the Early Christian period (6-13th centuries), gradually acquired an architectural fabric similar to Cappadocia. The ancient city of Kilistra is located on the historic King's Road (Via Sebaste). Lystra, which had strategic importance, was one of the five centers on the southern frontiers of the Roman Empire that were made into military colonies by Emperor Augustus.
45 minutes
Kizilören Han
Kızılören Han is on the Konya-Beyşehir route and is also known as “Yazıönü Han”. It was built as two structural masses containing a courtyard and a covered/shelter section on a rectangular planned footprint extending in the northwest-southeast direction.
45 minutes
Konya Etnografya Müzesi
From women’s clothing, bindallı, dresses, şalvar-işlik-cepken, vests and caftans made with sim sırma, cord couching and various hoop embroidery techniques on fabrics such as velvet, satin and atlas; from women’s ornaments, belt buckles, suspenders, bracelets and earrings, headpieces made of silver and bafun material; knitted and fabric purses for money, watches and seals, wool socks and gloves, Turkish work, sim sırma, hesap işi, çin among hoop embroidery techniques on fabrics such as velvet, linen, atlas and satin.
45 minutes
Kuruçeşme Hanı
Kuruçeşme Hanı is on the Konya-Beyşehir route and is also known as Hanönü Hanı. The inn, extending in the east-west direction, has a rectangular plan consisting of a courtyard and a covered/shelter section.
45 minutes
Sirçali Medrese
Sırçalı Medrese was commissioned in 1242 by Bedreddin Muslih for the teaching of fiqh. Built in the “Open Courtyard Madrasa” type, the structure has one domed room to the right and one to the left of the main iwan. These are the classical winter classrooms. The main iwan, the most ornate and impressive part of the structure, is today in quite sound condition. However, the hexagonal tiles below the iwan arch down to the ground and the tiles in the upper part of the iwan have largely fallen off and deteriorated.
45 minutes
Sahip Ata Vakif Müzesi
The architect of the complex, commissioned in 1277 by Sâhib Atâ Fahreddin Ali, one of the viziers of the Anatolian Seljuk State, is Keluk b. Abdullah. In terms of the complex layout, there is the mosque to the north, the tomb built adjoining the mihrab wall of the mosque and containing the graves of Fahreddin Ali, his wife and children, the hânkâh adjoining the south wall of the tomb, and the double bath immediately across the road. The mosque has a portal entrance from the north.
45 minutes
80 Binde Devr-i Alem Parkı
There are 3 separate sections within 80 Binde Devr-i Alem Parkı. In the section called Trex Parkı, there are moving models of giant dinosaurs that lived in prehistoric times. There are 50 dinosaur models in Trex Parkı. The miniature section of the park is called Cihan-ı Türk Abideler Şehri and contains 120 miniature works. The section that attracts the most interest from children is Pamuk Şekeri Masal Dünyası Parkı.
60 minutes
Meram Bağları
Evliya Çelebi, in his travel book, while mentioning the vineyards, gardens and orchards among the places he visited and saw, uses the expression "Bağ-ı Meram" every time for these vine- and garden-filled places. He even states that these places are like Meram of Konya. The Church of Saint Paul, the last church of Konya, is located here.
60 minutes
Arkeoloji Müzesi
The museum was first opened in 1901 in a small building at the southwest corner of Karma Secondary School. The works, which had been exhibited in Mevlâna Museum from 1927 and moved to İplikçi Câmii in 1952, have been displayed in the present Archaeology Museum since 1962.
45 minutes
Konya Arkeoloji Müzesi
Konya Archaeology Museum was opened in 1901. The museum moved to its current service building in 1962, located in Meram, one of the central districts of Konya. Works belonging to the Neolithic, Early Bronze, Middle Bronze (Assyrian trade colonies), Iron (Phrygian, Urartian), Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods are exhibited in the museum.
45 minutes
Atatürk Müzesi
The two-storey historic building, built in 1912 on Atatürk Caddesi, was registered in Atatürk’s name on 19 July 1928 as an expression of the gratitude of the people of Konya to Atatürk, and the note “It is the gift of the people of Konya to President Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa.” was entered in its title deed. In the arrangement of the museum, the building’s characteristic of being used as a house was taken into consideration.
60 minutes