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Adana, Turkey's 4th
largest city, is a fast-growing
agricultural and industrial boom
town, the commercial
capital of the eastern Mediterranean
coast (map).
Adana (AH-dah-nah, pop. 2 million)
is hardly a tourist mecca: high
heat and humidity, swirling traffic,
and limited sights keep it that way
even though it has a good selection
of hotels (mostly for business
travelers).
It is an important transport point,
however, and if you find yourself spending
the night, visit the 16th-century Ulu
Cami (Great Mosque), the Ethnography
Museum set up in a sweet little Crusader
church, the Regional Museum with
lots of good Roman artifacts,
and the Tas Köprü (Stone
Bridge) over the Seyhan River built
by Roman emperor Hadrian (117-38 AD).
Incirlik (EEN-jeer-leek) Air
Base is the big joint Turkish-US
military facility a few kilometers
east of the center of Adana.
Adana's Sakirpasa Airport (ADA),
4 km (2.5 miles) west of the city center,
normally has at least 3 daily flights
to Ankara and
4 or 5 to Istanbul. Gaziantep's Oguzeli
Airport (GZT) is the nearest alternative.
The Erciyes Express train connects
Adana and Kayseri (6.5
hours) daily; the Çukurova
Mavi Tren goes farther, to Ankara (12
hours). The Toros
Express connects Adana with Istanbul 3
days per week (20 hours), but all these
trains are slower than the intercity
buses.
The Toros
Express arriving in Adana on
Friday from Istanbul continues to Aleppo (Halab,
Halep) and Damascus (Sam)
in Syria.
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here for maps of Adana & Mediterranean
Turkey.
Distances & Travel Times
Adiyaman: 370
km (230 miles) NE, 6 hours
Alanya: 440
km (273 miles) W, 8 hours
Anamur: 315
km (196 miles) W, 5.5 hours
Ankara: 490
km (305 miles) NW, 9 hours
Antakya: 190
km (118 miles) SE, 3 hours
Gaziantep: 220
km (137 miles) E, 3 hours
Incirlik
Air Base: 2 km (1.2 miles)
E, 10 minutes
Iskenderun: 122
km (76 miles) SE, 2.5 hours
Istanbul: 940
km (584 miles) NW, 15 hours
Karaman: 303 km (188 miles)
W, 6 hours
Kayseri: 335
km (208 miles) N, 6 hours
Konya: 350
km (218 miles) W, 6.5 hours
Kahramanmaras: 190
km (118 miles) NE, 3 hours
Malatya: 391
km (243 miles) NE, 7 hours
Mersin: 55
km (34 miles) W, 50 minutes
Nevsehir: 285
km (177 miles) N, 5 hours
Nigde: 205
km (127 miles) N, 4 hours
Osmaniye: 75 km (47 miles)
E, 1 hour
Sanliurfa: 345
km (214 miles) E, 4.75 hours
Silifke: 155
km (96 miles) W, 2.25 hours
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