Out for the day
Day Trips from Konya: 8 Places Worth the Ride
The best day trips from Konya are Hadrian's Gate, Perge, and Alanya Castle. They are 154 to 241 km away: out after breakfast, back in time for dinner.
1Historic & Cultural · Antalya
Hadrian's Gate
240 km away · about 3.5 hours each way
Hadrian's Gate is a memorial gate located in Antalya, Turkey, which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 130 CE. It was later incorporated in the walls that surround the city and harbor, of which it is the only remaining entrance gate today.
2Historic & Cultural · Antalya
Perge
220 km away · about 3 hours each way
Perga or Perge was originally an ancient Lycian settlement that later became a Greek city in Pamphylia. It was the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia Secunda, now located in Antalya Province on the southwestern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Today its ruins lie 15 kilometres east of Antalya.
Also thereSillyon
3Historic & Cultural · Antalya
Alanya Castle
195 km away · about 3 hours each way
Alanya Castle is a medieval castle in the southern Turkish city of Alanya.
4Nature & Adventure · Ankara
Polatlı
241 km away · about 3.5 hours each way
Polatlı is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,618 km2, and its population is 128,378. It is 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, on the road to Eskişehir.
5Historic & Cultural · Antalya
Aspendos
196 km away · about 3 hours each way
Aspendos or Aspendus was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Antalya province of Turkey. The site is located 40 km east of the modern city of Antalya. It was situated on the Eurymedon River about 16 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea; it shared a border with, and was hostile to, the ancient city of Side.
Also thereEurymedon Bridge
6Historic & Cultural · Isparta
Antioch of Pisidia
154 km away · about 2 hours each way
Antioch in Pisidia – alternatively Antiochia in Pisidia or Pisidian Antioch and in Roman Empire, Latin: Antiochia Caesareia or Antiochia Colonia Caesarea – was a city in the Turkish Lakes Region, which was at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Aegean and Central Anatolian regions, and formerly on the border of Pisidia and Phrygia, hence also known as Antiochia in Phrygia. The site lies approximately 1 km northeast of Yalvaç, a modern town in Isparta Province. The city was on a hill with its highest point of 1236 m in the north.
7Historic & Cultural · Afyonkarahisar
Amorium
206 km away · about 3 hours each way
Amorium, also known as Amorion, was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. It was situated on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilicia. Its ruins and höyük are located under and around the modern village of Hisarköy, 13 kilometers east of the district center, Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.
8Historic & Cultural · Burdur
Sagalassos
219 km away · about 3 hours each way
Sagalassos, also known as Selgessos and Sagallesos, is an archaeological site in southwestern Turkey, about 100 km north of Antalya and 30 km from Burdur and Isparta. The ancient ruins of Sagalassos are 7 km from Ağlasun in the province of Burdur, on Mount Akdağ, in the Western Taurus Mountains range, at an altitude of 1450–1700 metres. In Roman Imperial times, the town was known as the "first city of Pisidia", a region in the western Taurus Mountains, currently known as the Turkish Lakes Region.
Good to know
What is the best day trip from Konya?
Hadrian's Gate is the best-known: 240 km away · about 3.5 hours each way.
What is the closest day trip from Konya?
Antioch of Pisidia: 154 km away · about 2 hours each way.
Do we need a tour for day trips from Konya?
Not necessarily. Most of these places can be reached on our own by bus, train or car; a guided tour simply saves the planning.
Distances and times are road estimates from coordinates; actual travel time depends on traffic and the way we travel.