Konya Gokart

In Konya, in the Selçuklu district, Konya Gokart offers an indoor karting track open to all, children included. The sheltered layout can be driven whatever the weather, an asset in this large city of the Anatolian plain with its hot summers and cold winters. People come as a family or with friends for a few timed laps, in a format that favours instant fun and friendly rivalry.

Karting stays open with no licence or experience: a briefing, a helmet, and you head off to find your best lap. The presence of karts suited to younger drivers makes it a venue families appreciate, while adults happily set up short races among friends. For opening times and prices, which can vary, it is best to check before coming. The mood stays relaxed, open to beginners and to more seasoned drivers working on their lines on the covered layout.

Konya is one of the great cities of central Anatolia, famous worldwide for the mausoleum of Mevlana and the tradition of the whirling dervishes, whose ritual dance is listed as heritage of humanity. The former capital of the Seljuk sultanate, the city keeps superb monuments from that era, mosques and medreses with carved portals. The vast cereal plain that surrounds it and the Taurus mountains to the south round out the setting. Konya is linked by motorway and high-speed train to Ankara and Istanbul, which makes it a major stop in the centre of the country.