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BrakiWorldTraveler
Beograd, Serbia17 646 bidrag
okt. 2022
Visiting the Harran ruins is a very interesting excursion from Urfa. It's less than an hour drive south from Urfa towards the Syrian border (border is only 20 km away).
We had our rented car all the time during our 7 days southeastern Turkey tour, so we drove down on our own.
As you enter the town of Harran you'll come upon a square. At the square locals on motorbikes will approach you offering their guide services - decline. They're pretty persisting, two of them followed us, just ignore them.
The new town is to the left but there's nothing to do there. 45' to the right you'll see an old town gate within the ruined walls - that's the entrance to the old Harran historic area, drive through it.
Now, you're in a vast desert space which belonged to once an important town. It occupied a big circular area with four gates like the one you've entered. Gates were named towards the cities they were oriented to - Baghdad, Al Raqqah, Damascus. Here, you're a bit confused where to go.
Drive the main road slightly uphill and when on top you'll see where to drive further (you'll spot the beehive houses, the University tower, etc..).
Beware, roads are not paved, but dust, however we managed with a small Hyundai, just be careful.
The beehive houses are the main attraction. There're hundreds of them, but you must spot a difference.
The better looking are for tourists - they are original, but with much makeup to attract you and no one lives there (there are some 4-5 complexes of such all over the site).
Here, another guide awaits you - if you want to enter you must pay for a tour. We accepted.
First, they give you a tour of the complex - some 7-8 houses in a row one by another. Explanations were really interesting and we had luck having a good guide - both, as a person and with good knowledge presented in good English. Houses inside are very picturesque, though with some tourist decorations like Istanbul tapestry obviously not belonging there, as the houses date back to 17-18c built by Iraqi immigrants. Yet, the architecture is authentic and interesting to see.
After that the guide who's also Iraqi, took us to the "oldest University" site some 10 min walk OW. Here's not much left - you see the old University ruins with the astronomic tower, but I was shocked with present day building on site to "renovate" the site in order to look how it was. That mixture of old and new is unacceptable on such an ancient site and I wonder how the Turkish government allowed that.
The tour concludes at the Harran castle (opposite direction from the University) which is not open to public yet, so you see it only from outside.
Our tour lasted around an hour and we didn't negotiate the price beforehand.
At the end we gave him 200 TL (around 12$). He wasn't completely satisfied with that, but we said we have no more so he accepted. This is to give you a clue how much to pay (we were a party of two).
After the tour we drove around the site for almost another hour.
This was maybe even more interesting as we saw original (not fancy makeup) beehives with real people living there (cannot enter, of course). As others said, children run after you asking for money - you can give them 1 TL coins (it's nothing) or candies if you have. Just take special care if driving as many of them run all around you.
We had our rented car all the time during our 7 days southeastern Turkey tour, so we drove down on our own.
As you enter the town of Harran you'll come upon a square. At the square locals on motorbikes will approach you offering their guide services - decline. They're pretty persisting, two of them followed us, just ignore them.
The new town is to the left but there's nothing to do there. 45' to the right you'll see an old town gate within the ruined walls - that's the entrance to the old Harran historic area, drive through it.
Now, you're in a vast desert space which belonged to once an important town. It occupied a big circular area with four gates like the one you've entered. Gates were named towards the cities they were oriented to - Baghdad, Al Raqqah, Damascus. Here, you're a bit confused where to go.
Drive the main road slightly uphill and when on top you'll see where to drive further (you'll spot the beehive houses, the University tower, etc..).
Beware, roads are not paved, but dust, however we managed with a small Hyundai, just be careful.
The beehive houses are the main attraction. There're hundreds of them, but you must spot a difference.
The better looking are for tourists - they are original, but with much makeup to attract you and no one lives there (there are some 4-5 complexes of such all over the site).
Here, another guide awaits you - if you want to enter you must pay for a tour. We accepted.
First, they give you a tour of the complex - some 7-8 houses in a row one by another. Explanations were really interesting and we had luck having a good guide - both, as a person and with good knowledge presented in good English. Houses inside are very picturesque, though with some tourist decorations like Istanbul tapestry obviously not belonging there, as the houses date back to 17-18c built by Iraqi immigrants. Yet, the architecture is authentic and interesting to see.
After that the guide who's also Iraqi, took us to the "oldest University" site some 10 min walk OW. Here's not much left - you see the old University ruins with the astronomic tower, but I was shocked with present day building on site to "renovate" the site in order to look how it was. That mixture of old and new is unacceptable on such an ancient site and I wonder how the Turkish government allowed that.
The tour concludes at the Harran castle (opposite direction from the University) which is not open to public yet, so you see it only from outside.
Our tour lasted around an hour and we didn't negotiate the price beforehand.
At the end we gave him 200 TL (around 12$). He wasn't completely satisfied with that, but we said we have no more so he accepted. This is to give you a clue how much to pay (we were a party of two).
After the tour we drove around the site for almost another hour.
This was maybe even more interesting as we saw original (not fancy makeup) beehives with real people living there (cannot enter, of course). As others said, children run after you asking for money - you can give them 1 TL coins (it's nothing) or candies if you have. Just take special care if driving as many of them run all around you.
Skrevet 1. november 2022
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meb v
Vancouver, Canada12 bidrag
aug. 2022 • Par
We were invaded by local guides...felt so intimidated that we shot out of the area ASAP. If you want tourism back....you will have to do something about this....as I am not the only one.For me there won't be a next time .....what a waste !
Skrevet 31. august 2022
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wrmomxg
Florida338 bidrag
aug. 2022
Long drive to get to this location and very close to Syria. These beehive homes are interesting and some are in live in condition and some are not "so much". It is worth the trip and to note the harsh living conditions in the area and the ingenuity of the people to get on with life.
Skrevet 2. august 2022
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lotfi b
24 bidrag
sep. 2021 • Par
it a nice place to visit but you get bothered by local called guides and try to intimidate you. you have to push them away, don't stop for them you can go inside the site through the village or the paved road
Skrevet 30. september 2021
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Torasan
40 bidrag
sep. 2021
As soon as you arrive to Harran, usually a guy will approach you wanting to be your guide. Be careful, at end of tour, he will demand outrageous fee. He will even drive you to ATM if you say you don’t have any more money. Harran is predominately Arabic. I get the feeling of greedy money hungry culture here, different from Urfa, Mardin or Antep. Harran is very easy to tour yourself. Sights are castle, mosque ruin, beehive houses. For 1 hour of tour, guide will demand 400 to 500TB. So just stay away from them.
Skrevet 19. september 2021
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Ebrar D
1 bidrag
jul. 2021 • Venner
Çok güzel bir yer insanları çok cana yakın sade kahvesi mükemmel kesinlikle gelin için tavsiye ederim
Skrevet 9. juli 2021
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FiKidd
Haddington, UK69 bidrag
mai 2021 • Par
Sadly we felt coerced from the minute we arrived in Harran. We have a large overlander that stands out, and it was our own fault for following the locals who harangued us into following them, but the price charged for the guided tour we hadn’t asked for or wanted was extortionate. We’ve had nothing but positive meetings in our 7 weeks in Turkey and it’s people and want to make sure no one else has this negative experience.
Skrevet 2. juni 2021
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島田裕夏
3 bidrag
apr. 2021 • Familie
People are very bad here.
I traveled all over Turkey.
But it was the worst places for me.
The guide charges a high amount of money. Children hear 1 tl 1 tl.
"I have no money. "
I said.
, "CORONA virus" They said.
The location is great, but unfortunate.
I think some one give educate them.
I traveled all over Turkey.
But it was the worst places for me.
The guide charges a high amount of money. Children hear 1 tl 1 tl.
"I have no money. "
I said.
, "CORONA virus" They said.
The location is great, but unfortunate.
I think some one give educate them.
Skrevet 10. april 2021
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Nebojsa D
Bijeljina, Bosnia-Hercegovina282 bidrag
nov. 2020
Град је поприлично мали и налази се у непосредној близини сирјске границе. Помиње се и у Библији. Иако има више различитих историјских локалитета (римске зидине, бунар пророка Јакова, рушевине једног од најстаријих исламских универзитета и многе друге) туристичку славу је стекао кружним кућама, које су се још ту задржале. Из Урфе можете стићи вео повољно (10 ТЛ) минибусом.
Skrevet 13. desember 2020
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Free Traveller
2 bidrag
okt. 2020 • Par
Kale maalesef kapalı ancak kale yakınarındaki harran evleri görülmeye kesinlikle değer. Bölgenin kültürünü tanımak adına kritik öneme sahipler. Gördüğüm en ilginç mimariye sahipler. Bunaltıcı sıcak havada nasıl bu kadar serinlik sağladıkları konusu büyük merak oluşturuyor. Girdiğiniz evlerde ev sahiplerine gönlünüzden ne koparsa 5-10 tl de bahşiş bırakın bir zahmet. Kendilerine ait evleri müzeye çevirmişler sonuçta. Evet gezerken sokakta yaşları 5-10 arası değişen çocuklar yanınıza gelip hal hatır sorup etrafı gezdirmek ve rehberlik yapmak istiyorlar. Çocuklar çok tatlı ve çok cana yakınlar. İstemiyorum deyince peşinizi bırakıyorlar. Önceki yorumlardaki gibi korkulacak çekinilecek bir durum asla yok. Gezdiği bölgenin kültüründen bi haber, çocuğun dünyanın neresinde olursa olsun çocuk olduğunun bilincinde olmayan, kendileriyle iletişime geçen çocuklara öcü muamelesi yapan insanların yorumlarına aldanarak bu güzel bölgeyi gezmeyi atlamayın. Bu çocukları mutlu etmek için gelmeden önce gofret çikolata vs almadığıma çok üzüldüm. Cebimde ne kadar bozukluk varsa verdim bu çocuklara, keşke daha çok bozuk para olsaydı dedim. Çocukların yüzlerinde beliren mutluluğa tanıklık etmek paha biçilemez.
Not: Ankaradan geldim, Urfaya ilk ziyaretim.
Not: Ankaradan geldim, Urfaya ilk ziyaretim.
Skrevet 31. oktober 2020
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Ian G
Darlington, UK135 bidrag
Can you tell me if any of the sites of Harlan are closed on Mondays.
My time is very limited and it is the only day I can visit, otherwise I have managed to avoid all other “ closed Monday” sites in Turkey.
Thank you
AndPancho
Brisbane, Australia1 458 bidrag
Sites in the town of Harran such as the Castle (no entry possible - see from outside only), the city walls, the university ruins, are all open all the time. Not sure about the hours for 'beehive houses' which are open for tourists. There are beehive houses that you could see from the outside near the castle. Just be aware that the begging from the locals around here can be fairly aggressive.
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