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A day in Niğde: madrasa, mosques and tomb around the castle

A short walk starting at the Ak Madrasa with its marble portal; after the Sungurbey Mosque with its twelve-animal calendar reliefs, the three-domed Alaaddin Mosque dated 1223 and the castle on the hill where the old city was founded, it ends at the Hüdavend Hatun Tomb with its figural reliefs.

Estimated duration
~2 h 15 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~1.2 km
Getting around
Walking
Stops
5 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.

Safety and caution

Visit the mosques outside prayer times.

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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. 1

    Start

    Madrasa and külliye (complex)

    Ak Medrese (White Madrasa)

    Merkez, Niğde

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  2. 2

    ~240 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mosque

    Sungurbey Mosque

    Merkez, Niğde

    ~0.24 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  3. 3

    ~140 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mosque

    Niğde Alaaddin Mosque

    Merkez, Niğde

    ~0.14 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  4. 4

    ~230 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Castle

    Niğde Castle

    Merkez, Niğde

    ~0.23 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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  5. 5

    ~550 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Tomb (türbe)

    Tomb of Hüdavend Hatun

    Merkez, Niğde

    ~0.55 km as the crow flies from the previous stop

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