Shab-e Arus Special Konya Tour

Departure: On the night connecting Friday, December 11 to Saturday, we depart from in front of Akuğur Market on FSM Boulevard at 23:00 and from Haşim İşcan Doğanbey Parking Lot at 23:15 towards Konya.

Passing through Bozüyük, Afyon, Akşehir, and Ilgın, we arrive in Konya around 08:00. After breakfast at our hotel, we begin our historical city tour of Konya with the Hz. Mevlana Complex, which was the sultan's rose garden during the Seljuk era and is now famous worldwide with the phrase "Come, whatever you are, come." Inside the complex, we visit the Hz. Mevlana Mausoleum, mosque, semahane (whirling dervish hall), dervish cells, matbah (kitchen), Hürrem Paşa Mausoleum, Üçler Cemetery, and the mausoleums of Sinan Paşa, Fatma Hatun, and Hasan Paşa. We complete our visit in the complex, which also contains the graves of Mevlâna and his family, by seeing the covered fountain built by Yavuz Sultan Selim in 1512 in the courtyard, the "Seb-i Arûs" pool, and the famous "Selsebil" fountain. Afterwards, we visit Karatay Madrasa, İnce Minareli Madrasa, and Alaaddin Complex. We visit the tomb of Şems-i Tebrizi, whom Hz. Mevlana addressed as "I heard you were determined to leave us, don't do it," and whom he called the mirror of his soul, concluding our visits. After a lunch break where we will taste Konya's famous lamb oven dish and okra soup, we head back to our hotel for check-in. Following dinner at the hotel, at 19:00 we depart from our hotel to attend the "Special Night of Union (Şeb-i Arus) Commemoration and Sema Ceremony of Hz. Mevlana" at the Mevlana Cultural Center. After the Sema ceremony, we meet at the designated point and return to our hotel. Dinner and Overnight Accommodation at Konya 5* Konya Grand Millennium Hotel.

After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, we depart from the hotel at 09:00. Our tour begins with a visit to Sille Village, a 5,000-year-old historical site in Konya that bears traces of the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods. We will see the Aya Elena Church, mosques, bridges, and historic houses here, and take a break at tea gardens located along the Sille Stream. From Butterfly Valley, which holds the title of Europe's largest tropical garden, surrounded by flying butterflies, we move towards the city center with wonderful feelings and proceed to our restaurant for a free lunch. After enjoying Konya's famous meat-filled bread (bıçak arası) and saç arası dessert, we head to Akşehir. We visit Nasrettin Hoca's Tomb and Gülmece Park, then return to Bursa via Afyon - Kütahya - Bozüyük. We arrive in Bursa around 22:30 in the evening and bid farewell to you, hoping to meet again on other tours.