Mesmerising and intoxicating as we watched the ritual on process. Meditative and deliberate in their movements, the whirling dervishes moved towards their ‘trance’ and whirled around for some time. Their clothing spread out an£ it was a beauty to behold.

Fortunately in high peak seasons, we got the HST ticket from Ankara. Arrival in Konya on time, spend time by walking from Konya Tren Garı to Zafer Meydanı passing great Park, Atatürk Statue. Buy Konya City Transportation Card for 20TL filled with enough deposit for explore the Konya point of interest until getting main destination Mevlana Cultural Center. After take lunch with baked potato (Kumpir) and Künefe, walking around to Museum Stone and Wood (unfortunately closed, is being renovated), try pasing Alladin Hill, go to Karatay Madrasah, Alladin Mosque. Riding city tram to get to Mevlana. Take Noon prayer (combined with Ashar prayer for travellers) p at Sultan Selim Mosque. A great time ti explore the Mevlana Museum at free entry fee. Since have time until 7pm for watching Mevlana Whirling Dervishes, back to Hükümet Meydanı and passing Şerafettin Mosque until Alladin Tram Station. Take tram and finally getting off at Mevlana Cultural Center. The Mevlana Whirling Dervishes start on time at 7pm until 8pm. The show was great performance with various age of performer from children ages to old men. After performance completely done, riding tram back to Zafer Meydanı and catch last HST train leaving for Ankara, and get off at Eryaman HST station. Very happy and enjoy traveling to Konya.

The experience and venue : great. If you're traveling with someone without an attention span, leave them at the hotel. You kind of need to be into this to enjoy it.we went in late November and there was zero problem just getting a ticket at the door. Some things that could definitely be improved: If there are guides or recordings for other language, some signage should be around for that. Signage reminding people to silence phones, not talk during the ceremony, not climb into the arena for their photos, etc. Wherever there are people, there will be people acting dumb! At any rate, thanks to the Cultural center for their work in preserving and sharing their heritage!

Mesmerizing. Walked over from our lovely, traditional Konak Hotel, Konya Dervish Hotel. To the Mevlana Cultural Center. Bought affordable tickets at the door, no problem, no reservation. The center was not full so plenty of choices for seating. Can pretty much see show from any seat. Was a beautiful show even with not having any explanation of anything in English. Lovely to just watch and enjoy.

This is a "must see" activity to add to your itenerary. We saw it in a local Caravanserai and it was a very intimate area where the ceremony was perfomed. Three Whirling Dervishes performing with one other passing amongst them as they performed. The whirling was mesmorising at times as they built up from slow to more quickly. It wasn't a whizzing around like you often see in films but a more measured whirling, stately like. After the full performance they did a short session where photos were allowed.

An incredible cultural performance; the Whirling Dervish were simply amazing to watch. Tickets were only 100 Turkish lira, the performance lasted an hour and there were ample seats available. I recommend reading up on the history before you go to really understand this experience :)