Rumi Route: A self-guided audio tour into Rumi's world
- 1.5–3.2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
The Rumi Route is a self guided audio tour that gives insight into Rumi's life and times by touching on the Seljuk era, the city of Konya, the Whirling Dervish, Anatolian carpets, Sufi music - and Seljuk Cuisine. The Sufi mystic Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, usually referred to as Rumi in the West, spent most of his adult life in Konya during the 13th century. Following in his father's footsteps, Rumi became a scholar. His friendship with Shams e Tabrizi inspired a phenomenal output of poetry; his major contribution lies in Islamic philosophy and Tasawwof (Sufism).
Inclusions
What's included
- VoiceMap App for Android and iOS
- Lifetime access to this tour in English
- Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
- Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
- Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
What's not
- Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
- Smartphone and headphones
- Transportation
- Food/Drink
Itinerary
The tour passes by İplikçi Camii.
The tour stops briefly in front of the Shams of Tabriz Masjid and Tomb.
The tour passes by the Şerafettin Türbesi.
The tour passes by Kapı Camii.
The tour passes by the Azizia Mosque.
The tour passes by the Sultan Selim Mosque.
The tour passes by Mevlana Museum.
The tour ends near Konya Kitchen.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
3.6
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Ratings come from 5 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Starts on the upper left side of Mevlana Street. Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- VoiceMap Audio Tours
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Konya
- Its from-price is 94% below the median of the 23 experiences we list in Konya.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 14 of 23.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Konya
Konya, on Turkey's Anatolian plateau, is the city of the poet Rumi and the whirling dervishes, with a turquoise-domed shrine and Seljuk mosques.
Konya lies on the dry Anatolian plateau at about 1,000 metres and was the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, known as Mevlana, settled here and died in 1273. His tomb, under a fluted turquoise dome, lies within the Mevlana Museum, a place of pilgrimage that also holds the hall of the dervishes. The Mevlevi order's whirling ceremony is still performed in the city, and Rumi's death is commemorated each December.
Top-ranked sights in Konya: Mevlana Museum (Mevlana Muzesi), Konya Panorama Museum, Tuz Golu (Pink Salt Lake).
