Mevlevi and Rumi Tour

09:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Mevlana Museum, Dervish Lodge & Selimiye Mosque

• Mevlana Museum and Tomb: Explore the historic lodge built over four elephant feet, expanded from $6,500\text{ m}^2$ to $18,000\text{ m}^2$ with the Rose Garden.

  • Kubbe-i Hadra (Green Dome): Learn how Gürcü Hatun commissioned Architect Bedreddini Tabrizi (1273 AD) for the original baldachin building, and how Karamanoğlu Alaeddin Ali Bey had Architect Ahmet Bin Abdullah Bin Asli construct the present 4-column dome in 1397 AD with Ayetel Kürsi written in dark blue tile.

  • Dervish Cells: See the cells built by Sultan Murad III in 1584 AD.

  • Historic Gates of the Lodge: Examine the Dervişan Gate (with gray marble jambs, chain hooks, marble sikke, Dedegân cells, Sultan Murad III inscription, and Sultan Mahmud II's Tughra), the Çelebiyan Gate (opening to Çelebi houses), the Hamuşan Gate ("Silenced" / "Garden of Souls" gate with sky-blue marble jambs and wooden porch overlooking Üçler Cemetery), and the Küstahan Gate (reopened in 1991 in the Rose Garden for disciplined dervishes).

  • Courtyard Features: View the tombs of Sinan Pasha, Fatma Hatun, Hasan Pasha, the Semahane, Masjid, the 1512 covered fountain built by Yavuz Sultan Selim, the Şeb-i Arûs pool, and the Selsebil fountain.

• Selimiye Mosque: Located right next to the Mevlana Museum. Started in 1558 during Sultan Selim II's governorship and completed in 1567, this classical Ottoman mosque resembles Istanbul's Fatih Mosque with its central dome, half-dome, seven domes, two minarets, and hand-drawn interior artwork.

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Panoramic History at Konyanüma

• Konya Nüma (Konyanüma): Visit this panoramic museum depicting 13th-century Konya during its 211-year run as the Seljuk capital. View masterwork panoramas featuring the Alaaddin Keykubad Mosque, Eflatun Monastery, Bedesten, mosques, and inns. Walk through the garden featuring 1:1 scale models of Mevlevi Dervish lodges from around Turkey and the world, as well as the indoor exhibition space.

12:30 PM – 01:30 PM | Shams-i Tabrizi, Meracel Bahrain & Lunch

• Shams-i Tabrizi Mosque and Tomb: Visit the spiritual sanctuary of Mevlana's mentor, Mevlana Muhammed (Shams-i Tabrizi). Originally built in the 13th century and renovated/expanded by Abdurrezzakoğlu Emir İshak Bey in 1510, it features a stone/drum body covered with a pyramidal cone on an octagonal drum, an iwan-style mausoleum with a wooden Bursa arch, and a historic mummy-making section under the sarcophagus.

• Meracel Bahrain: Visit the sacred site known as "where the two seas meet"—the historical location where Shams-i Tabrizi and Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi first encountered each other and ignited their spiritual bond.

• Lunch Break: Enjoy lunch in the historic district.

01:30 PM – 03:30 PM | Historic Sufi Scholars & Dervish Tombs

• Sadrettin Konevi Mosque and Tomb: Located in Sheikh Sadrettin parish; built in 1274 AD. Learn about Sadrettin Konevi (originally from Malatya), the senior representative of Muhyiddin Ibn-i Arabi and close friend of Mevlana. Examine Anatolia's only surviving open-type tomb—featuring marble base walls, an angular drum, and a wooden lattice cone built according to his modest final wishes.

• Ateşbaz-ı Veli Tomb: Visit the tomb of Yusuf, son of Izzeddin, who arrived from Khorasan/Karaman and served as the legendary chief cook (Atesbaz) of the lodge's Matbah-ı Şerif (kitchen). Learn the tradition of how food and hearts were prepared in submission, and the origin of the stance covering the left big toe with the right.

• Tavus Baba Tomb: Located in a stone and brick structure with a barrel (tonas) dome. Pay respects at the grave of Mehmet (Sheikh Tavus Mehmet-el Hindi), a Sufi sheikh from India who settled in Konya during the reigns of Seljuk Sultans Rukneddin Suleyman and Alaeddin Keykubat.

• Cemel Ali Dede Tomb: Located in the Meram vineyards (Turud Tomb & Masjid). Tour the barrel-vaulted Seljuk tomb and mosque of Cemel Ali Dede, who arrived from Transoxiana with Bahaeddin Veled's convoy and served as Mevlana's tutor (gaining his nickname Cemel for entertaining young Mevlana on camelback).

03:30 PM – 05:00 PM | Mevlevi Sema Ceremony Experience

• Mevlevi Sema Show: Attend the mystical Mevlevi Sema Ceremony developed through the traditions of Sultan Veled, Ulu Arif Çelebi, and Pir Adil Çelebi. Experience the integrated mystical sections—Naat, Ney Taksimi, Peşrev, Devr-i Veledî, and the Four Salutations (Selam)—performed alongside live traditional Mevlevi music in an authentic cultural venue.

05:00 PM | Return Journey

• Return transfer back to your hotel or original meeting point.