Our compilation for Kahramanmaraş, not an official route.
The city centre carries the densest part of the list, and it is all within a short walk. The castle stands on an artificial mound in the middle of town; Katip Han, its foundations going back to the Dulkadirids and its present form to a rebuilding after the fire of 1780, sits beside the historic markets; the Taş Medrese, built at the end of the fifteenth century as a small complex of medrese, masjid and tomb, stands next to the Great Mosque; and two konaks — the Dedeoğlu house and the Mahmut Arif Paşa mansion, once the governor's residence — show how Maraş houses were built, masonry below and timber framing above. The Germanicia mosaics, fourth- and fifth-century floors of hillside villas, are shown as an open-air museum in the same district.
Kapıçam, on the Gaziantep road, is close enough to the city to add to that group; it holds a botanical garden and, beside it, a separate picnic ground.
The rest is spread across the province and each piece stands alone: Başkonuş, a flat clearing ringed by forested slopes north-west of the city, used for camping and festivals; the Döngele springs west of it, left under water by the Sir dam and brought back into use; the Geben valley, made a national park in 2025, on the Anatolian Diagonal and rich in endemic plants; and the Yeşilgöz sinkhole in the Tekir valley on the Kayseri road. One entry cannot be visited at all — Körçoban is open only to scientific research and only with ministry permission, which is worth knowing before it is planned into a day.
