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1. Food · Merkez

   Crispy bread, honey and Afyon clotted cream

   Try Afyon's famous thick clotted cream with honey and bread at an early-morning breakfast — and photograph it.

2. Food · Merkez

   Taste Afyon sausage from the producer

   Do a sucuk-pastrami tasting across several classic brands — and photograph it.

3. City discovery · Sandıklı

   Spend 2 nights at the Afyon thermal hotels

   A weekend wellness break at Sandıklı, Gazlıgöl or Ömer Termal — and photograph it.

4. History · Merkez

   Stand beneath a wooden roof held by forty pillars

   Forty wooden pillars in five rows support Afyonkarahisar's Ulu Mosque, explaining its name ‘Forty Pillars’. Visit when appropriate, look along the rows and notice their depth. Photograph a wooden detail if photography is permitted.

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5. History · İhsaniye

   Find a dome carved into a cliff's outer face

   Ayazini's church was carved into tuff rock. Its makers also shaped apses and a dome on the exterior, rather than only hollowing out the interior. From the visitor path near the village entrance, photograph the natural rock and carved façade together.

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6. City discovery · Dinar

   Listen to the water behind a flute legend

   In a legend told in Dinar, Marsyas finds his flute near Suçıkan and becomes Apollo's musical rival. This is mythology. Listen to the water in the park and photograph the rocks associated with the tale from the walking area.

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7. Culture & art

   Soak in Afyonkarahisar thermal baths

   The water here comes up hot and heavily mineralised, which is why the town built its economy on it rather than on the view. Sit long enough for the smell to stop registering. Photograph the steam coming off the surface in cold weather.