A day in Mardin: Old Mardin walk
A walk along and around 1. Cadde (First Street): the Sakıp Sabancı City Museum in the former cavalry barracks, the Şehidiye Mosque with its finely crafted minaret, the arcaded old bazaar, the Zinciriye Madrasa dated 1385, the Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque) with its ribbed dome, and the Mardin Museum in the former Syriac Catholic Patriarchate.
- Estimated duration
- ~4 h 45 min
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~1.2 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.
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Stops
- 1
- 2
~260 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Şehidiye Mosque and Madrasa
Artuklu, Mardin
~0.26 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 3
~210 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Bazaar and arasta
Revaklı Çarşı (Arcaded Bazaar; Sipahiler / Tellallar Bazaar)
Artuklu, Mardin
~0.21 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 4
~140 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Madrasa and külliye (complex)
Zinciriye (Sultan İsa) Madrasa
Artuklu, Mardin
~0.14 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 5
~180 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Mardin Ulu Mosque (Grand Mosque)
Artuklu, Mardin
~0.18 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place - 6
~430 m from the previous stop (straight line)
Museum
Mardin Museum
Artuklu, Mardin
~0.43 km from the previous stop as the crow flies
View place
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