Private Sightseeing Tour Visit in Green Meram of Konya
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Join a mystical journey in Green Meram, Konya. Visit sacred tombs, explore Lavender Gardens, and savor traditional sac böregi. Discover Konya's hidden secrets.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Seyh Sadreddin Konevi Turbesi - Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnawī [alternatively, Qūnavī, Qūnyawī], (Persian: صدر الدین قونوی; 1207–1274), was a Persian[1][2] philosopher, and one of the most influential thinkers in mystical or Sufi philosophy. He played a pivotal role in the study of knowledge—or epistemology, which in his context referred specifically to the theoretical elaboration of mystical/intellectual insight. He combined a highly original mystic-thinker, Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ‘Arabī[3] (1165-1240 CE/560-638 AH), whose arcane teachings Qūnavī codified and helped incorporate into the burgeoning pre-Ottoman intellectual tradition, on the one hand, with the logical/philosophical innovations of Ibn Sīnā (Lat., Avicenna), on the other.[4] Though relatively unfamiliar to Westerners, the spiritual and systematic character of Qūnawī’s approach to reasoning, in the broadest sense of the term, has found fertile soil in modern-day Turkey, North Africa and Iran not to mention India, China, the Balkans and elsewhere over the centuries.

  • Cemel Ali Dede Türbesi - His tomb is parallel to Meram Yeni Yol and on Dere Road from Fidanlık stop; It is in Turut Locality. The tomb was built with stone on the bottom and brick on the top. There is a masjid adjacent to the tomb. The funeral home is entered through the door in the back street. It is estimated that one of the seven sarcophagi in the tomb belongs to Cemel Ali Dede, and the others belong to people who were sheikhs in the hermitage. The primary school located in the same place has not survived to the present day.

  • Seyh Tavusbaba Turbesi ve Camii - Who is Tavus Baba? Is she a sheikh or a female saint? It is still unknown. İbrahim Hakkı Konyalı:

“Hatamu Dede Lodge is in Meram. We don’t know its location today. We estimate that this lodge is adjacent to the tomb called TAVUS BABA TOMB. It is very likely that Tavus Baba is the name of one of the sheikhs of this zawiya. The inside of the tomb is made of brick and the outside is made of stone. Its top is covered with what is called a monastery vault. Only one window was opened to the right. Inside there is a sarcophagus plastered with ordinary mortar.” He says and does not give any name about the person lying here.

Mesut Koman Bey and the late Mehmet Önder are of the opinion that the name of the person buried here is Sheikh Tavus Mehmet.

  • Ates Baz-i Veli Turbesi - The tomb of Ateşbaz-ı Veli, the chief cook of Mevlana Lodge and the man who played with fire. A prayer recited here will increase the abundance of your tables.

  • KIzlar kayasI - The Girls’ Rocks of Meram

A magical area deep in the Meram valley. This stop of the tour, where you will proceed by reading our story about fairy chimney-like structures in Cappadocia, will surprise you.

  • Meram - Lavander Gardens of Meram
    (Seasonal destination)

If you are there when the lavender blooms, your eyes, ears and nose will reach the peak of pleasure in this garden hidden among the hills of Meram.

What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Snack fees are about 3-4 USD/person.
Additional Information

We invite you to accompany Mavlana Jelaleddin Rumi on a mystical journey. Within our road story where you will find traces of a completely different time of the world, we will visit the tombs of Sadrettin Konevi, Camel Ali Dede, Tavus Baba and Ateşbaz-ı Veli, and also pass through the Girls’ Rocks and Lavender Gardens (only in season) of Meram Valley. Meram is the green part of Konya which is very beatifull especially in summer season and you are importantly advised to see our our nature full of mystic secrets of saints of Konya. You will also taste “sac böregi” which is the unique and most common snack in Anatolia, consisting of chees, local herbs or meat added between thin dough layers and cooked on a traditional sheet over wood fire.

  • The remaining time is allotted for transportation.
Location
Mevlana Cd. No:50
Mevlana Caddesi
Our meeting point is the office which is in the city center against Mavlana Tomb. You may find it easily by google maps directions. If you need transfer service you may additionally purchase it.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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