Places to visit in Gaziantep Sahinbey

There are many places to visit when you come to Gaziantep, one of the places where civilization was first established and the first settlement was established in Anatolia.   

First of all, you should go to Zeugma Ancient City. This place was also included in the World Heritage list by UNESCO. The city has managed to carry the remains of the Roman, Byzantine and Hellenistic Periods to the present day. After the archaeological excavations, a villa thought to belong to a Roman rich man was found and mosaics depicting the wedding scene of Dionysus were revealed on the floor of the guest room.    

You can visit Dülük Ancient City. In the village, which is about 10 kilometers away from the center, tools thought to belong to people living in the 6th millennium BC were found in a cave in the ancient city located on the Historical Silk Road.    

You can see the Karkamış Ruins in Karkamış district on the Syrian border. It is estimated that the region was a center during the Neolithic Period. The artifacts excavated from here are now on display at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.   

You can visit Gaziantep Castle, which is the symbol of the city. You can visit Zegma Mosaic Museum, Yesemek Open Air Museum, Gaziantep Heroism Panorama Museum, Bayazhan City Museum, Emine Göğüş Kitchen Museum and Gaziantep Mevlevihanesi Foundation Museum. You can see Gaziantep Archeology Museum and Hasan Süzer Ethnography Museum.

You can visit historical mosques, inns, baths and madrasahs from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods. You can see historical churches such as Kendirli Church and Nizip Fevkani Church. You can walk around the streets of Gaziantep and take photos. You can tour Gaziantep Bazaar, shop and chat with shopkeepers.   

You can visit the historical Gaziantep Houses. You can see the monumental tombs near Hisar Village.

For accommodation suggestions, you can check our Gaziantep Şahinbey Hotels page.