The konak
A konakin the Çarşı
Süleyman Bey Konağı stands in Karaali, in the Çarşı — Safranbolu's old winter quarter. A stone-founded, timber-framed, whitewashed Safranbolu house, now a guesthouse licensed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
01A Safranbolu house
Every room
a home of its own
Safranbolu houses are mostly generous three-storey buildings with six to eight rooms. Each room was designed to meet all the needs of a family: built-in cupboards called yüklük, shelves, a hearth and low divans.
Stone below, timber and mudbrick above, traditional clay tiles on the roof. Projecting bays give the façades their rhythm, and the tall, narrow windows carry wooden lattices.
02What you'll see
The details,
one by one
A carved ceiling rosetteCarved wooden ceilings are the best-known feature of Safranbolu houses. The Deluxe room has a hand-carved rosette at the centre of its ceiling. 
Cupboards and a hearth nicheIn old houses each room was planned as a small home of its own: built-in cupboards where bedding was stowed by day, shelves and a hearth. 
A stone hearthThe pink room has a stone hearth set into the wall. 
The bay windowThe cumba, a bay window jutting out over the street, gives Safranbolu façades their rhythm. One of the konak's small rooms sits right inside it. Wooden shuttersWooden-shuttered windows in whitewashed walls, broad eaves and a roof of traditional clay tiles. 
The stone ground floorSafranbolu houses were built with stone below and timber and mudbrick above. The konak's stone-walled ground floor is home to Eski Kuşhane today.
03The courtyard
A garden
under the trees
In front of the konak lies a broad garden of lawn and trees, with stone terraces and wooden tables. In the evening the light from the windows falls across it — and your car waits in the konak's own car park.
04Facilities
What the konak
offers
- Breakfast included
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free parking
- Central heating
- En-suite bathrooms
- Check-in 14:00 · out 12:00