48 hours
in Kütahya
First Day
You can start your first day in Kütahya with a local Aegean breakfast featuring luscious flavours. After breakfast, hit the road for the Temple of Zeus and Aizanoi Ancient City, which has an important place in history along with its contemporaries, the Ephesus, Bergama and Side Ancient Cities. After you finish your tour, return to the city centre and visit the Tiled Mosque, the Dönenler Mosque and the Grand Mosque. After the Grand Mosque, take a lunch break and sample Kütahya's famous pita with poppy seeds (Haşhaşlı pide). When you’ve finished lunch, visit Tile Museum to see some of the outstanding pieces of Kütahya, which is famous for its tiles, and go to Germiyan Street to see examples of traditional dress and handicrafts and buy souvenirs for your loved ones.
Second Day
You can start your second day in Kütahya with a pleasant breakfast in one of the Kütahya mansions. Then, you can visit Archaeology Museum, where pieces belonging to Palaeolithic since the Late Miocene period, and the Chalcolithic, Old Bronze, Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods are exhibited. You can stop by Kütahya Castle, a city landmark, before setting off to the Phrygian Valley, a 30-minute drive from the city. Discover the ruins in the valley, an ancient volcano covered with volcanic rock from the Turkmen mountain and inhabited by the Phrygians between BCE 900-600. You can take a revitalizing rest amid nature by camping in Domaniç Forests.