Dishes you should try in İhsaniye: Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Haşhaşlı Çörek (poppy seed pastry), Tandır Çorbası (tandır broth) and Bazlama (griddle flatbread). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what İhsaniye is famous for.
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Keşkek, prepared by long simmering and pounding of cracked wheat and meat, is the traditional dish of wedding and bayram feasts in İhsaniye. It is served with butter.
The poppy seed pastry, the signature flavour of the Afyonkarahisar region, is also prepared with a traditional recipe in İhsaniye's bakeries. The aroma of the poppy seeds gives the pastry a distinctive taste.
This soup is made from the liquid obtained by cooking lamb with its bones in a tandır oven, thickened with flour and yoghurt, and is indispensable on İhsaniye's winter tables.
This traditional bread, cooked on a griddle (sac), is an indispensable part of village tables in İhsaniye. It is eaten at breakfast with fresh butter and honey.
These dishes are known throughout Afyonkarahisar province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A thick, glossy white clotted cream, best when made from buffalo milk; it received a geographical indication on 10 July 2009. It is eaten at breakfast with honey or alongside desserts.
A sucuk with a geographical indication, made in the traditional way from minced meat enriched with red pepper, black pepper and garlic.
A döner made from sucuk, unique to Afyonkarahisar cuisine.
One of the products with a geographical indication, Afyon pastırma (cured beef) is part of the province's meat-product tradition alongside sucuk.
A dessert with a geographical indication, served by topping syrupy bread kadayıf with Afyon kaymak.
Afyon lokum is both an everyday treat and the most popular souvenir.
İhsaniye is the area with the most intensive remains of the Phrygian civilisation. Rock monuments, tumuli and cult structures are living witnesses of Phrygian culture of the 8th–6th centuries BC.
Rock-carved settlements in villages such as Ayazini and Döğer reflect a unique way of life that has come down from the Roman and Byzantine periods. Some rock dwellings were used until recent times.
The 506 km Phrygian Cultural Route is a long-distance walking trail passing through İhsaniye. The route attracts international walkers and history enthusiasts to the region and contributes to the development of cultural tourism.
İhsaniye is known for 4 local dishes, above all Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Haşhaşlı Çörek (poppy seed pastry), Tandır Çorbası (tandır broth) and Bazlama (griddle flatbread). Keşkek, prepared by long simmering and pounding of cracked wheat and meat, is the traditional dish of wedding and bayram feasts in İhsaniye. It is served with butter.
İhsaniye is known for Keşkek (wheat and meat porridge), Thermal Water Products and Phrygian Civilisation Heritage. Its best-known sights include Döğer Caravanserai and Emre Lake.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in İhsaniye include Thermal Water Products, Poppy and Cereal products.