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Travel to Divrigi, visa requirements / By air / Buses to Divrigi / By train / Get around / Divrigi attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Divrigi souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Divrigi nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Contact / Get outDivrigi is a town in northeastern part of Central Anatolia, on the edge of Eastern Anatolia.
Travel to Divrigi - Visa Requirements
By air
Nearest airport is located in Sivas, about 180 km or 3 hours away by road.
Buses to Divrigi
- Divrigi Nazar Seyahat, Esenler Otogar no:34(main bus station of Istanbul), ☎ +90 212 658 22 58 (Istanbul), +90 312 224 10 58 (Ankara), [1]. Company providing direct buses to Divrigi from Istanbul and Ankara.
- Divriği Özlem Tur and Divriği Birlik provide minibuses from Sivas every hour.
By train
Divrigi has a train station. Daily trains from Istanbul's Haydarpaşa station (Doğu Express, departing 8:35AM and arriving at Divrigi 9:30AM next morning, 32.50 TL/seat, 26 TL/seat for students) and Ankara (Doğu Express, departing from Ankara 6:08PM, 20 TL/seat, 16 TL/seat for students; and Erzurum Express, departing from Ankara 1:30PM and arriving at Divrigi 3:45AM, 22.50 TL/seat, 18 TL/seat for students) are available. Sleeper cars are available at Doğu Express. For more info, see Turkish State Railways webpage [2].
Tours and Getting around Divrigi
Divrigi tourist attractions and sightseeing
- Great Mosque (Ulu Cami) and adjoining medieval hospital (Darüşşifa) are outstanding examples of Seljuk architecture and are both in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1985 [3].
Divrigi city tours
Divrigi souvenirs and shopping
Divrigi Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Divrigi nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Divrigi cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
- Divrigi Belediyesi Oteli, ☎ +90 346 418 18 25. Hotel run by the town council. Clean rooms with en-suite bathrooms and balcony. No breakfast served.20 TL.
Contact
The telephone code of the town is (+90) 346.
Get out
It's possible to move on further east to Erzincan, Erzurum, and Kars by daily trains.
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