"biblical and holy city....with a touch of orient" Top 5 Page for this destination Sanliurfa by cbeaujean

Sanliurfa Travel Guide: 61 reviews and 144 photos

kind anarchy... - Sanliurfa
kind anarchy...
don't imagine you are the first to visit the town!

one of the oldest cities over world and history!
abraham,job,st george stayed here.

later "edesse" was occupied by seleucides,byzantines,persians,turks,arabs,crusaders

moreover, a holy city,where turks come in pilgrimage.

urfa,became sanliurfa,(sanli means "brave") for resisting to french army after 1st world war.

nowadays,huge ataturk dam ,irrigating mesopotamia,is changing and improving its economic life!

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:compared to others cities,a very clean one
  • Cons:traffic jams and sultry weather (in summer,of course!)
  • In a nutshell:city heritage showed to advantage
  • Last visit to Sanliurfa: Oct 2004
  • Intro Updated Nov 25, 2004
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Reviews (5)

citadel,harran - Sanliurfa harran,inhabited uninterruptedly since... Off The Beaten Path (1)

48km SE from urfa:take road to aksakale on 35km,then turn left to harran. see my harran page more travel advice

sanliurfa, - Sanliurfa the bazaar,last one of its kind,in... Things to Do (3)

a must see,even if you are blase people speak turkish,arabic,kurdish....many craftsmen working:noise,atmosphere....we... more travel advice

ulu cami fountain - Sanliurfa great mosque,ulu cami,1170-1175 Things to Do (3)

syrian style (looks as alep mosques) more travel advice

golbasi basin - Sanliurfa golbasi garden...and a basin full of ... Things to Do (3)

under stronghold,clean and nice garden with many shadowed tea rooms:pilgrims don't drink beer! carps are considered as... more travel advice

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    MalenaN's Profile Photo
    Nov 25, 2004 at 10:08 AM

    I don't have any photos from the bazaar either. Sanliurfa is a lovely city!

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