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Caravanserais and Inns in Aksaray
Aksaray’s caravanserais on the Seljuk “Long Road” east of Konya: Sultanhanı, the largest in Turkey; Ağzıkarahan, on UNESCO’s tentative list; Öresin Han; and Alay Han, among the first in Anatolia.
4 places in this category.
Map directions start from Neva Apart.
Sultanhanı Caravanserai
Built in 1229 under Sultan Alaeddin Kayqubad I, with a 13 m marble portal and a kiosk mosque in its courtyard — the largest medieval caravanserai in Turkey.
- By car: 35–40 min
Ağzıkarahan Caravanserai
Built in 1231–1240 for Mes’ud son of Abdullah, with a richly carved portal and a kiosk mosque on four piers — a Seljuk inn on UNESCO’s tentative list.
- By car: 15–20 min
Öresin Han (Tepesi Delik Han)
A small, austere Seljuk caravanserai on the Aksaray–Nevşehir road, with no courtyard, nicknamed “Tepesi Delik Han” — the inn with a hole in its top.
- By car: 20–25 min
Alay Han
Attributed to Sultan Kılıç Arslan II, said to be among Anatolia’s first caravanserais, known in Seljuk times as the Pervane Ribatı and restored with its muqarnas portal.
- By car: 30–35 min
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