İncesu Mağarası is a natural cave 1,356 metres long, on the eastern slopes above the İncesu stream, nine kilometres south of the town of Taşkale in the central district of Karaman.
Inside are a great many stalactites, stalagmites and travertine pools, which make it rich to look at.
In the rock shelters nearby there are traces of a small settlement of the Roman period.
The cave is also said to be good for such complaints as asthma and heart failure. A feasibility study was carried out by the directorate general of mineral research, and with lighting, a walkway inside and an asphalt approach road it now serves health tourism.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
