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Old Gümüşhane and Canca Castle

A route that begins at the İkizevler City Museum in a historic mansion and leads to Canca Castle, regarded as the city's first settlement, which gained importance through silver mining, and to the Süleymaniye neighborhood, founded in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent; it ends at the Sultan Süleyman Han Mosque, with its original minaret, at the heart of the neighborhood.

Estimated duration
~2 h 45 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~3.3 km
Getting around
Mixed
Stops
4 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

The ground at Canca Castle is steep and rocky; do not enter the excavation areas. In Old Gümüşhane, stay away from ruined walls; the hillside streets are steep. Postpone your visit to the mosque during prayer times.

Route map

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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

    Museum

    İkizevler City Museum

    Merkez, Gümüşhane

    View place
  2. 2

    ~1.2 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Castle

    Canca Castle

    Merkez, Gümüşhane

    ~1.19 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

    View place
  3. 3

    ~2.1 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Historic street and neighborhood

    Süleymaniye Neighborhood (Old Gümüşhane)

    Merkez, Gümüşhane

    ~2.05 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

    View place
  4. 4

    ~70 m from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mosque

    Sultan Süleyman Han Mosque

    Merkez, Gümüşhane

    ~0.07 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

    View place

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