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Things to do in Adana
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Sightlore has 27 places to explore in Adana, and 27 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Adana's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Adana Archaeology Museum
Adana Archaeology Museum is a museum in Adana that houses the historical heritage of Cilicia.
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Sabancı Merkez Camii
Sabancı Merkez Mosque or Sabancı Central Mosque in Adana is the second largest mosque in Turkey.
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Yağ Camii
Yağ Cami or Oil Mosque is a historical mosque located in the old town of Adana, Turkey which was originally built as the Surp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church at the second half of the 13th century during the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
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Saint Paul Church
Saint Paul Church, alternatively known as the Bebekli Kilise, is a Roman Catholic Church in Adana. The church was built by the Jesuit Order in 1870, and served the Armenian and European Catholic communities.
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New Mosque (Adana)
The New Mosque (Yeni Camii) is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque in the old town of Adana, close to the Great Mosque and the covered bazaar.
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Misis Mosaic Museum
Misis Mosaic Museum exhibits the works that were excavated from Misis Tumulus, most notable are the mosaics that were on the floor of a 4th-century temple in the ancient city of Misis.
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Misis Bridge
Misis Bridge is a Roman bridge in Adana Province, Turkey. (Misis is the popular name of Yakapınar town, which is now included in Greater Adana)
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Taşköprü
Taşköprü, historically known as Ponte Sarus, is a Roman bridge spanning the Seyhan River in Adana that was probably built in the first half of the second century AD.
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Kuruköprü Monumental Church
Agios Nikolaos Church, is the former Greek Orthodox Church located in the Kuruköprü area of the city of Adana. The church temporarily hosts the Provincial Public Library until library's return to its original location.
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Kozan Castle
Kozan Castle is a castle in Kozan, Adana Province, Turkey. The castle is situated on a 400 metres (1,300 ft) high hill at 130 metres (430 ft) high Kozan city is just to the north of the castle.
Discovery routes in Adana
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Historic Adana
A walk from the Archaeology Museum through old Adana houses, the church-turned-mosque Yağ Camii and the Great Mosque to the Roman-era Stone Bridge.
Castles of Çukurova
A day trip by car: the Misis mosaics and Roman bridge, Yılankale on its crag, ancient Anazarbus with Anavarza Castle, and the castle of Sis (Kozan), capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Taşköprü
Taşköprü, historically known as Ponte Sarus, is a Roman bridge spanning the Seyhan River in Adana that was probably built in the first half of the second century AD.
Misis Bridge
Misis Bridge is a Roman bridge in Adana Province, Turkey. (Misis is the popular name of Yakapınar town, which is now included in Greater Adana)
Yılankale
Yılankale (lit. 'snake castle' in Turkish) is a late 12th–13th century Armenian castle in Adana Province of Turkey.
Anavarza Castle
Anvarza Castle is an ancient castle in Adana Province, Turkey.
Kozan Castle
Kozan Castle is a castle in Kozan, Adana Province, Turkey. The castle is situated on a 400 metres (1,300 ft) high hill at 130 metres (430 ft) high Kozan city is just to the north of the castle.
Çatalan Bridge
The Çatalan Bridge, also known as the West Bridge, is a 1,575 m (5,167 ft) long bridge crossing the Seyhan Dam Lake in Adana, Turkey. The bridge connects the city of Adana to the villages and vacation homes north of the lake.
Demirköprü
Demirköprü (literally iron bridge) is a railway bridge spanning the Seyhan River in Adana. Opened in 1912, it extends 530 meters between Reşatbey and Sinanpaşa neighborhoods.
Magarsa
Magarsa, or Magarsus or Magarsos, or Megarsus or Megarsos, was a town in the eastern part of ancient Cilicia, situated on a height close to the mouth of the river Pyramus.
Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia (Ancient Greek: Μοψουεστία and Μόψου ἑστία, romanized: Mopsou(h)estia and Μόψου Mopsou and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: Mamista, Manistra, Mampsista; Arabic: al-Maṣṣīṣah; Armenian: Msis, Mises, Mam(u)estia; modern Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia…
Sirkeli Höyük
Sirkeli Höyük is one of the largest tells (settlement mounds) of Cilicia with an area of approximately 80 ha.
Şekerpınarı Bridge
Şekerpınarı Bridge, also called Akköprü, is a Roman bridge in the Taurus Mountains, southern Turkey.
Varda Viaduct
The Varda Viaduct, aka Giaour Dere Viaduct, locally known as "Alman Köprüsü" or "Koca Köprü", is a railway viaduct situated at Hacıkırı (Kıralan) village in Karaisalı district of Adana Province in southern Turkey.
Museums
Adana Archaeology Museum
Adana Archaeology Museum is a museum in Adana that houses the historical heritage of Cilicia.
Adana Ethnography Museum
Adana Ethnography Museum, exhibits the ethnographic works, the inscriptions of Adana's landmarks and epitaph and gravestones of Adana's leading figures.
Adana Cinema Museum
Adana Cinema Museum is a museum in Adana, Turkey, dedicated to the cinema of Turkey, in particular in relation with cinema people like screenwriters, producers, directors and actors native to the city.
Misis Mosaic Museum
Misis Mosaic Museum exhibits the works that were excavated from Misis Tumulus, most notable are the mosaics that were on the floor of a 4th-century temple in the ancient city of Misis.
Atatürk Museum
Atatürk Museum exhibits history relevant to the Ottoman conquest of Adana which has been called the War of Independence after the Adana massacres. Atatürk stayed at this mansion during his trips to Adana.
Ilter Uzel Museum of Medicine and Dentistry
Ilter Uzel Museum of Medicine and Dentistry is a museum located in the Tepebağ neighborhood of Adana, which opened to visitors in 2020. It is Turkey's first dentistry museum.
Places of worship
Kuruköprü Monumental Church
Agios Nikolaos Church, is the former Greek Orthodox Church located in the Kuruköprü area of the city of Adana. The church temporarily hosts the Provincial Public Library until library's return to its original location.
New Mosque (Adana)
The New Mosque (Yeni Camii) is an 18th-century Ottoman mosque in the old town of Adana, close to the Great Mosque and the covered bazaar.
Saint Paul Church
Saint Paul Church, alternatively known as the Bebekli Kilise, is a Roman Catholic Church in Adana. The church was built by the Jesuit Order in 1870, and served the Armenian and European Catholic communities.
Yağ Camii
Yağ Cami or Oil Mosque is a historical mosque located in the old town of Adana, Turkey which was originally built as the Surp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church at the second half of the 13th century during the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Adana Mosque
The Great Mosque of Adana, also known as the Ramazanoglu Mosque, is a 16th century mosque in Adana, Turkey. It forms part of a complex (külliye) that includes a madrasah and a mausoleum (türbe).
Sabancı Merkez Camii
Sabancı Merkez Mosque or Sabancı Central Mosque in Adana is the second largest mosque in Turkey.
Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral
Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral, was the Armenian Apostolic cathedral of Adana, Cilicia, during the rule of Ottoman Empire. The cathedral was built in 1840 and had served the Armenian Apostolic community until 1922 and the Armenian genocide.
Grand Mosque of Kozan
The Grand Mosque of Kozan is a historic mosque in the centre of Kozan, Adana Province, at the foot of Kozan Castle. It dates from the Ramazanoğlu period and is one of the town's main landmarks.
Monuments
Relief of Hanyeri
The Hanyeri relief (or Gezbeli relief) is a Hittite rock relief near Hanyeri on the road from Tufanbeyli to Develi in Tufanbeyli district in Adana Province, about 80 km southeast of Kayseri, in Turkey.
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