Try out something new and go on a sightseeing adventure to explore the culture rich and historically significant city of Konya in the province of the same name in the Central Anatolian Region in Turkey. Immerse yourself on a tour of Konya for your all inclusive holidays to Turkey by visiting what has been once known as the 'citadel of Islam' with the city's residents and the religious being some of the most conservative and devout practitioners of Islamic religion in the whole of Turkey. Having been part of the Seljuk Turks' empire as well being occupied during the Ottoman era, Konya has retained monuments and structures such as magnificent mosques and palaces as well as Christian churches and chapels from both eras of its history.

Konya is the capital of the Province of Konya located about a three hour drive south of Ankara. Today it is the most conservative city in Turkey when it comes to religion. The Mevlana Museum in which the tomb of Mevlana Çeladdiin-i Rumi Rumî (1207-1273), known to his followers as Mevlana (or Rumî), a Sufi Muslim poet and mystic and one of the great spiritual thinkers and teachers of all time is located in Konya. Konya was the capital of the Seljuk Turkish Sultanate of Rum (Rome) which flourished in Central Anatolia from 1071 to 1275.

The Seljuk architecture in Konya is outstanding - the numerous great Seljuk buildings, mosques and theological seminaries are Konya's pride and joy. The Selimiye Mosque was built on the orders of the Sultan Selim II in 1567 is from the great period of Ottoman architecture. Selimiye Mosque is located right next to the Mevlana Museum in the center of Konya.

Çatalhöyük is 45 kilometers or 28 miles southeast of Konya. This archaeolgical site holds the remains of a Neolithic settlement believed to be among the worlds oldest human communities at 9500 years old. The Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük was first discovered in the late 1950s and excavated by James Mellaart between 1961 and 1965. Since 1993 an international team of archaeologists, led by Ian Hodder, has been carrying out new excavations and research in order to shed more light on the people that inhabited the site.