Region guide · Türkiye

Manisa Province

553 places catalogued in Manisa Province so far.

553 Places
1Cities
114Top things to see

Practical information

Language spoken
Turkish
The official language of the Republic of Turkiye
Dialling code
+90
The international dialling code for Turkiye
Currency
Turkish lira (₺, TRY)
The official currency; one lira is divided into 100 kurus
Emergency number
112
One number for ambulance, fire and police
Plug type
European two-pin · 220 V
The national living guide records 220 V and European-style two-pin plugs
Tap water
Not recorded
No verified national source in the dataset

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Bin Tepe Bin Tepe
    02 1 hr 30 min

    Bin Tepe

    Bin Tepe is the royal burial ground of ancient Lydia, a field of more than a hundred earthen tumuli spread across a low limestone ridge on the southern shore of Marmara Gölü, several kilometres north of Sardis across the Gediz…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  2. Mount Sipylus Mount Sipylus
    03 4 hours

    Mount Sipylus

    Spil Dağı

    Mount Sipylus — Spil Dağı in Turkish — is the 1,513 m limestone massif standing immediately south of Manisa, the highest point on the city's skyline and the reason the city sits where it does.

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  3. Kula Volcanic Geopark Kula Volcanic Geopark
    04 4 hours

    Kula Volcanic Geopark

    Kula Volkanik Jeoparkı

    Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global Geopark, signed locally as Kula Volkanik Jeoparkı, is a 2,320 square kilometre protected volcanic landscape spanning the Kula and Salihli districts of Manisa Province, roughly 100 km east of Manisa city.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  4. Manisa Museum Manisa Museum
    05 2 hours

    Manisa Museum

    Manisa Müzesi

    The Manisa Museum is the archaeological and ethnographic collection of the province, and as of 17 May 2025 it no longer stands where earlier guides to Manisa describe it.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  5. Mount Spil National Park Mount Spil National Park
    06 4 hours

    Mount Spil National Park

    Spil Dağı Millî Parkı

    Spil Dağı Milli Parkı is the protected forest on the mountain behind Manisa, opened to the public on 22 April 1968.

    • Must see
    • Nature site
  6. Tumulus of Alyattes Tumulus of Alyattes
    08 25 min

    Tumulus of Alyattes

    Alyattes'in Tümülüsü

    The Tumulus of Alyattes — Alyattes'in Tümülüsü on local maps — is the largest of the Bin Tepe mounds and one of the largest burial tumuli known anywhere, traditionally identified with the Lydian king Alyattes, father of Croesus, who died…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  7. Sultan Mosque Sultan Mosque
    09 30 min

    Sultan Mosque

    Sultan Camii

    The Sultan Mosque is the centrepiece of Manisa and the reason the city has a festival.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  8. Muradiye Complex Muradiye Complex
    10 2 hours

    Muradiye Complex

    Muradiye Külliyesi

    The Muradiye Külliyesi is the walled compound Sultan Murad III endowed in Manisa, and it is the reason three of the city's sights sit within a few steps of each other.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  9. Weeping Rock of Niobe Weeping Rock of Niobe
    11 35 min

    Weeping Rock of Niobe

    Niobe Ağlayan Kaya

    The Weeping Rock of Niobe — Ağlayan Kaya on the roadside marker — is a natural cliff formation on the northern flank of Mount Sipylus above Manisa, in Dere Mahallesi — formerly Karaköy — at Çaybaşı, along the stream of…

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  10. Kula Fairy Chimneys Viewing Terrace Kula Fairy Chimneys Viewing Terrace
    12 30 min

    Kula Fairy Chimneys Viewing Terrace

    Kula Perbacaları seyir terası

    Kuladokya is a fairy-chimney viewing terrace and 1.2 kilometre walking trail inside the Kula-Salihli UNESCO Global Geopark, near Yurtbaşı village on the İzmir-Ankara highway, about 16 km from Kula town.

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  11. Grand Mosque of Manisa Grand Mosque of Manisa
    13 30 min

    Grand Mosque of Manisa

    Ulu Camii

    The Ulu Camii is the oldest important mosque in Manisa and the one that predates the Ottomans here.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  12. Thyatira Thyatira
    14 35 min

    Thyatira

    Tepemezarı

    Thyatira is the ancient city underneath part of modern Akhisar, in Manisa province, and one of the seven churches addressed in the Book of Revelation.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  13. Aigai Aigai
    15 2 hr 30 min

    Aigai

    Aigai is an ancient Greek city on top of Mount Gün, in the Yunt range north of Manisa, near the village of Yuntdağı Köseler. It is the most substantial classical site in Manisa province and almost nobody goes.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  14. Sandıkkale Citadel Sandıkkale Citadel
    16 1 hour

    Sandıkkale Citadel

    Sandikkale

    Sandıkkale is the inner citadel of the Byzantine-era Manisa Kalesi, on the north slope of Spil Dağı immediately above Manisa city centre, in the Turgutalp neighbourhood.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  15. Basilica of St John Basilica of St John
    17 15 min

    Basilica of St John

    The Basilica of St John stands in the middle of modern Alaşehir, on the ground of ancient Philadelphia, one of the seven cities addressed directly in the Book of Revelation.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  16. Sardis Acropolis Sardis Acropolis
    18 4 hours

    Sardis Acropolis

    Sart Kalesi

    Sardis Acropolis — Sart Kalesi on the road signs and local maps — is the fortified hilltop above Sardis, the citadel the Lydian capital was built around and the last stronghold the city ever held.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  17. Tumulus of Gyges Tumulus of Gyges
    19 20 min

    Tumulus of Gyges

    Giges Tümülüsü

    The Tumulus of Gyges — Giges Tümülüsü on local maps, and known archaeologically as Karnıyarık Tepe — is the second-largest of the more than a hundred royal Lydian mounds gathered in the Bin Tepe field north of Sart, in Salihli…

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  18. Kula volcano Kula volcano
    20 1 hour

    Kula volcano

    Kula

    Kula Volcano is an extinct cinder cone in the Kula volcanic field, the feature that gives the field and the surrounding Kula-Salihli Geopark their name.

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  19. Divlit Volcano Divlit Volcano
    21 2 hr 30 min

    Divlit Volcano

    Divlit Yanardağı

    Divlit Yanardağı, known locally as Çakallar Tepesi or Divlittepe, is a cinder cone on the shore of the Demirköprü Reservoir in Kula district, at roughly 750 m above sea level.

    • Must see
    • Viewpoint
  20. Hatuniye Mosque Hatuniye Mosque
    22 20 min

    Hatuniye Mosque

    Hatuniye Cami

    The Hatuniye Camii was built in 1490–91 by Şehzade Şehinşah, a son of Bayezid II, in honour of his mother Hüsnüşah Hatun.

    • Must see
    • Place of worship
  21. Alaşehir grape festival
    23 2 hours

    Alaşehir grape festival

    Alaşehir throws its festival at the one moment of the year when the whole district smells of drying fruit.

    • Must see
    • Activity
  22. Manisa Mevlevi Lodge Museum Manisa Mevlevi Lodge Museum
    24 25 min

    Manisa Mevlevi Lodge Museum

    Manisa Mevevihane Müzesi

    The Manisa Mevlevihane is a Mevlevi dervish lodge built in 1368-69 by İshak Çelebi, grandson of the Saruhanoğlu ruler Saruhan Bey, on a slope at the foot of Spil Mountain.

    • Must see
    • Museum
  23. Tomb of Saruhan Bey Tomb of Saruhan Bey
    25 15 min

    Tomb of Saruhan Bey

    Saruhan Bey Türbesi

    The tomb of Saruhan Bey is the oldest dated monument in Manisa's historic quarter, built in 1345 by his grandson İshak Çelebi.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·

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