The Seljuk caravan road from Sultanhanı to Aksaray
A route from the Sultan Hanı Caravanserai, dated 1229, to the Aksaray Museum, which displays finds from Aşıklı Höyük and Acemhöyük; in the city center it takes in the crenellated Zinciriye Madrasa, the Karamanoğlu-era Ulu Mosque and the brick Eğri Minare (Crooked Minaret), and ends at the ornate Ağzıkara Han on the Nevşehir road.
- Estimated duration
- ~4 h 45 min
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~57 km
- Getting around
- By car
- Stops
- 6 stops
Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.
Route map
Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Stops
- 1
- 2
~41 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Museum
Aksaray Museum
Merkez, Aksaray
~40.98 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 3
~3 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Zinciriye Madrasa
Merkez, Aksaray
~3.05 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 4
~380 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Aksaray Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque)
Merkez, Aksaray
~0.38 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 5
~400 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Architecture
Eğri Minare (Leaning Minaret)
Merkez, Aksaray
~0.4 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 6
~12 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Han and caravanserai
Ağzıkara Han
Merkez, Aksaray
~12.31 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
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