Sivas an important commercial center stood, during the Middle Ages, at the junction of the caravan routes to Persia and Baghdad. There’s a number of Seljuk monuments to be visited in town. The city has also has a reputation for fine carpet weaving since ages.

SITES OF INTEREST: Fidanlık and Eğriçimen forest recreation areas, Sıcakçermik, Soğukçermik and Balıklıçermik hot springs, Divriği Castle, Sivas Grand Mosque, Divriği Grand Mosque and Hospital, İzzeddin Keykâvus Hospital, Gök Medrese (Sahibiye Medresesi), Buruciye Medresesi and Çifte Minareli Medrese (old theological schools), Meydan Kale (Sivas), Ali Ağa, Ali Baba and Kale (Divriği) mosques, Ahi Emir Ahmed, Kadı Burhaneddin, and Abdülvahap Gazi Mausoleums, Güdük Minare (Şeyh Hasan Bey Mausoleum), Sitte Melik and Kameriddin vault tombs, Boğazköprü, Eğriköprü, Kesikköprü and Şahruh Bridges, Behram Pasha inn, Meydan bath, Sivas Museum, Sivas 4 September Atatürk Museum.