Konya Mevlane Museum & Meke Crater Lake Tour from Istanbul by Plane

07:05 You will fly from Istanbul to Konya. (Please note that flight time can be changed according to avalibilty)

08:15 You will arrive in Konya Airport then our staff will be waiting at the Konya Airport with name sign. You will be picked up and dirve to Konya. The tour starts by visiting, Mevlana Museum, where is located in Konya City Center. Today, it is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Sufi mystic also known as Mevlâna or Rumi. It was also the dervish lodge (tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the Whirling Dervishes.You will visit all available section in Mevlana Museum such as Matbah (Kitchen), tombs, Tilavet Chamber (Quran Reading And Chanting), Semâ-Hâne (Ritual Hall). After visiting continue the tour by visiting Selimiye Mosque is located next door to Mevlana Museum. The mosque was commissioned by, and named for, Sultan Selim II (1566-74) in the Ottoman style. Construction began in 1558 when Selim was still a prince and was completed shortly after he became sultan, in 1567. Afterwards, you will have lunch in an authentic restaurant. After having lunch you will do Panaromic Meram tour. Then drive to Meke Crater Lake. There is a pireklastik hill-140 meters higher than the lake-in the middle of the eliptical and 1500 squar meters crater. The Meke saltpan was formed in two phases. In the first phase, first of all the wide crater was formed as a result of a volcanic explosion and water filled in to it. In the secoond phase a cone was formed by the residue of riyolit and bazalt in the middle of the lake. The depth of the lake in the crater is 12 meters.

At the end of the tour, drive back to Konya Airport 

23:05 You will take flight from Konya to Istanbul (Please note that flight departure time can be changed according to avalibilty)

00:20 Arrive in Istanbul. When you arrive in Istanbul airport, you will meet with our staff at the airport then be transferred to your hotel.