Harran
An ancient city on the plain near the Syrian border, with conical beehive houses, the ruins of one of the oldest mosques in Anatolia and a tradition linking it to Abraham.
Plan your visit
For a first visit at an easy pace.
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Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.
Its place in history
Read the chapter before you go.
From here
Şanlıurfa
39 km. Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and the beehive houses of Harran.
Nemrut Dağ
About 127 km as the crow flies. On a summit about 2,150 m high, King Antiochus I of Commagene raised his tomb mound between colossal statues of gods and of himself; their heads now sit on the ground.
Where it began
5 days, 9 places, Gaziantep to Mardin.
Also nearby
- 35 kmKarahan Tepe
Neolithic sanctuary, Pre-Pottery Neolithic
- 38 kmEdessa (Şanlıurfa)
City, Hellenistic–Islamic
- museumHaleplibahçe Mosaic Museum
Amazon queens mosaic
- museumŞanlıurfa Archaeology Museum
Urfa Man, Neolithic finds
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