A day in Kayseri: Seljuk buildings and the historic bazaar
A walk starting at the Gevher Nesibe Hospital (Şifahiye), one of Anatolia's first medical schools and hospitals; it continues with Mimar Sinan's Kurşunlu Mosque, the Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque) with its depth-oriented plan, the Bedesten, the Vezir Han and the Covered Bazaar, the complex of Mahperi Hunat Hatun, and the Döner Kümbet with reliefs on its twelve faces.
- Estimated duration
- ~4 h
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~1.8 km
- Getting around
- Walking
- 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.
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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
~220 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Kurşunlu Mosque (Hacı Ahmed Paşa Mosque)
Kocasinan, Kayseri
~0.22 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 3
~250 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Kayseri Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque)
Melikgazi, Kayseri
~0.25 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 4
~140 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Bazaar and arasta
Kayseri Covered Bazaar, Bedesten and Vezir Hanı
Melikgazi, Kayseri
~0.14 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 5
~370 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Hunat Hatun Complex
Melikgazi, Kayseri
~0.37 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place - 6
~830 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Tomb (türbe)
Döner Kümbet
Melikgazi, Kayseri
~0.83 km as the crow flies from the previous stop
View place
