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Beypazarı · Place 1 · 699M
Historic Houses and Bazaar Streets
Streets around the bazaar lined with houses with timber upper floors.
Suggested time60 min
Elevation & effort699 m · Moderate slope
Best windowDaytime or early evening.
Walking noteShort lanes around Alaaddin Mosque, with some slopes.
PRACTICAL ACCESS & WALKING METHOD
Walk to the historic centre around Alaadin Sokağı; the pin marks the street route.
HISTORY & ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT
Most houses in the neighbourhoods surrounding the commercial centre date from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Look at projecting windows, narrow lanes and houses adapted to the slope from outside. Historic Beypazarı is on the World Heritage Tentative List, not the inscribed list.
Why visit
To see how traditional houses relate to the bazaar.
VISITOR TIP — WHAT NOT TO MISS
House doorways lead to private spaces; keep to the streets.
