Șarapsa Han

Şarapsa Hanı, Alanya's 15 kilometers west on the intercity highway, on the bank of the Serapsu stream, is a structure dating from the 13th century.

Between 1236 and 1246 it was built as a caravanserai on the historic Silk Road by II. Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev, the Seljuk Sultan of Turkey and son of Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat. The walls of the building, erected on a plot of land close to a square, are made of large cut stones.

One of the important medieval accommodation centers, the caravanserai is today leased by the General Directorate of Foundations and is used as a restaurant and entertainment center.

Key facts

Type: caravanserai, historic site
Architectural style: Anatolian Seljuk architecture
Located in: Mediterranean Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 36.588194, 31.871111Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Şarapsa Hanı (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 7 March 2026

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.