Places of Interest
- Hasan Dağı – a 3,000m volcano between Aksaray and Niğde, visible from the city.
- Aşıklı Höyük – a burial mound 25 km (16 mi) east of the city of Aksaray.
- Acemhöyük – an early Bronze Age settlement, 18 km (11 mi) north-west of the city of Aksaray.
- The ancient Roman and Byzantine city of Nora, in the village of Helvadere near the city of Aksaray.
- Ihlara – a canyon, 40 km (25 mi) from the city of Aksaray, contains ancient churches, (9th century and earlier) carved into the valley walls and decorated with frescoes.
- Ervah cemetery in the city contains the tombs of 14th century Islamic leader Somuncu Baba and the scholar Cemaleddin'i Aksaray.
- Zincirye Medresi, a Koranic school with a typical Seljuk portal, built by the bey of Karaman in 1345
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