Kırşehir - Mucur

Difficulty Level

The character of the Route:

Starting from Kırşehir, Turkey's first and only UNESCO-registered music city, the route begins to climb a gentle slope. Leaving behind the city of mausoleums adorned with legends, the road descends after a 12km climb, providing you with the comfort of a pleasant descent. The route, filtering through the fields, ends in the underground city of Mucur District, famous for its carpets.

Notes to Travelers:

• You can find cute souvenirs and kitchenware made of onyx in Kırşehir, which has been processing onyx stone since 1944.
• You can visit Ahi Evran Mosque and Tomb, Imaret Mosque-Sheikh Suleiman's Tomb, Melikgazi Tomb, Cacabey Tomb, Muhterem Hatun Tomb, Aşık Pasha Tomb and Fatma Hatun Tomb.
• Female visitors must carry a scarf with them to use when visiting the tomb.
• In the place opened with the renovation of the Old Governor's Mansion, you can visit sections from the lives and works of masters of words from Dede Korkut to Pir Sultan Abdal, from Karacaoğlan to Neşet Ertaş, as well as musical instruments used from past to present.
• You can visit the museum of the world-famous musician, Neşet Ertaş, in Kırşehir, Turkey's first and only UNESCO-registered music city. You can take pleasant photographs at Kesikköprü Caravanserai, which was built by Nurettin Caca, Emir of Kırşehir, during the reign of Sultan Gıyasettin Keyhüsrev II in 1251.
• You can visit the museum built for the world-famous musician, Neşet Ertaş.
• You can taste delicious Kırşehir dishes such as beetroot whipped cream, lepe, borani, Çirleme and Çir dessert.
• You can benefit from the healing waters of the thermal springs located in Kırşehir city center.
• You can taste the local dishes of Mucur, such as cut manti, gendeme made from meat with bones, mangır soup made from green lentils and onion, and visit Mucur Underground City.

Connecting Routes:

Kırşehir- Seyfe Lake;

Kırşehir- Özbağ- Aydınlar- Kaleköy- Kamankalehöyük- Çağırkan/Japan Park;

Kırşehir- Favorite- Karalar- Sıdıklıdükoba- Uzunaliuşağı- Karadurak- Toklümen- Savcılıkışla- Savcılı Dam;

Kırşehir- Sıdıklıkumarkaç- Ömerhacılı- Kaman- Kargınkızıközü- Söyle- Hirfanlı- Hirfanlı Dam;

Kırşehir- Gölhisar- İnaç- Mucur Underground City- Kurugöl- Karkın- Hacıbektaş;

Kırşehir- Kesikköprü- Carabey Caravanserai (Suitable for families);

Kırşehir- Özbağ- Tosunburnu- Hashüyük- Dulkadirli- Dulkadirli Underground City