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Things to do in Mersin
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Sightlore has 105 places to explore in Mersin, and 105 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.
Mersin'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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Cennet and Cehennem
Cennet and Cehennem (heaven and hell in Turkish) are the names of two large sinkholes in the Taurus Mountains, in Mersin Province, Turkey. The sinkholes are among the tourist attractions of the province.
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Elaiussa Sebaste
Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km (34 mi) from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern coast of Anatolia (in the modern-day town of Ayaş, Erdemli District in Turkey).
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Temple of Jupiter
The Temple of Jupiter is a ruined Roman temple in Silifke, Turkey. It was built in the 2nd century, and presently one column still stands. Silifke is an ilçe (district) in Mersin Province.
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Corycus
Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi (formerly Ghorgos), Mersin Province, Turkey.
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Narlıkuyu Museum
Narlıkuyu Mosaic Museum is a small museum in Narlıkuyu, Turkey that encompasses a Roman bath with mosaic tile floor. The mosaic depicts the Three Graces.
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Kızkalesi
Kızkalesi is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey.
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Tekir ambarı
Tekfur ambarı (a.k.a. Tekir ambarı, literally "lord's storehouse") is a large cistern in Silifke ( Seleukeia) ilçe district center of Mersin Province, Turkey.
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Saint Paul's Well
Saint Paul's Well is a water well in Tarsus, Turkey, claimed to have belonged to Paul the Apostle (then named Saul) when he lived there.
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Silifke Castle
Silifke Castle is a medieval castle in Turkey.
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Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus
Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. This church was built on the birthplace (of Saul of Tarsus), to commemorate him as a key figure in Christianity.
Discovery routes in Mersin
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Heart of Tarsus
2,000 years of history within a few hundred metres in the city where Saint Paul was born: a church, a well, a bazaar and mosques.
Mersin City Walk
Historic mosques, churches and the seafront park: explore Mersin's multicultural centre on foot.
Treasures of Silifke
From the hilltop castle to the Roman temple, from the stone bridge over the Göksu to Hagia Thecla: in the footsteps of ancient Seleucia.
Kızkalesi Coast
A castle in the sea, ancient cities, rock reliefs and giant sinkholes: a one-day drive along the coast.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Kırkkaşık Bedesten
Kırkkaşık Bedesten is a bedesten (covered market) in Tarsus, Turkey. There are figures of lotus carved on the pediment of the bedesten.
Saint Paul's Well
Saint Paul's Well is a water well in Tarsus, Turkey, claimed to have belonged to Paul the Apostle (then named Saul) when he lived there.
Silifke Castle
Silifke Castle is a medieval castle in Turkey.
Tekir ambarı
Tekfur ambarı (a.k.a. Tekir ambarı, literally "lord's storehouse") is a large cistern in Silifke ( Seleukeia) ilçe district center of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Temple of Jupiter
The Temple of Jupiter is a ruined Roman temple in Silifke, Turkey. It was built in the 2nd century, and presently one column still stands. Silifke is an ilçe (district) in Mersin Province.
Taşköprü
The Stone Bridge or Silifke Bridge is a historical bridge in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Kızkalesi
Kızkalesi is an island castle situated on a small island in Mersin Province of Turkey.
Corycus
Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea, Anatolia, located at the mouth of the valley called Şeytan deresi; the site is now occupied by the town of Kızkalesi (formerly Ghorgos), Mersin Province, Turkey.
Elaiussa Sebaste
Elaiussa Sebaste or Elaeousa Sebaste was an ancient Roman town located 55 km (34 mi) from Mersin in the direction of Silifke in Cilicia on the southern coast of Anatolia (in the modern-day town of Ayaş, Erdemli District in Turkey).
Adamkayalar
Adamkayalar (literally "man-rocks") is a location in Mersin Province, Turkey famous for its eponymous ancient rock-carved figures.
Akkale
Akkale (literally "white castle") is the popular name given to ruins of a building complex in Kumkuyu town of Erdemli district, Mersin Province, Turkey
Alaköprü Dam
Alaköprü Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Anamur (Dragon) Creek in Anamur district of Mersin Province, southern Turkey. The development is backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).
Altından geçme
Altından geçme 'underpass' is a gate in the city wall of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, originally part of a Roman bath.
Anamur Lighthouse
Anamur Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey. The lighthouse is located in a headland at the southernmost point of Anatolian Peninsula.
Anemurium
Anemurium, also called Animurium, is an ancient city whose ruins, now called Eski Anamur or Anemuryum, are close to the modern Turkish city of Anamur.
Baç Bridge
Baç Bridge is a bridge in Tarsus in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Belenkeşlik Castle
Belenkeşlik Castle is a medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey. It is situated to the north of Soğucak belde (town) of Mersin. Its distance to Mersin centreum is about 20 kilometres (12 mi).
Cemilli Castle
Cemilli Castle is a medieval castle (or an observation tower) in the rural area of Mersin in southern Turkey.
Çanakçı rock tombs
The Çanakçı Rock Tombs are a group of rock-carved tombs in ancient Cilicia, and in modern Mersin Province, Turkey, right beside Kanlıdivane.
Çandır Castle
Çandır Castle the medieval Armenian site of Paperon, is a fortification in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Çatıören
Çatıören is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Dağlı Castle
Dağlı Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Donuktaş
Donuktaş is a Roman temple in Tarsus ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Emirzeli
Emirzeli (İmirzeli) is a group of ruins in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Tower of Gömeç
The Tower of Gömeç (Gömeç Kalesi) is a Roman watch tower in Cilicia, present-day Mersin Province in southern Turkey.
Gözne Castle
Gözne Castle is a medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Gülek Castle
Gülek Castle is a medieval castle in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Hançerkale
Hançerkale (literally "dagger castle") is the popular name given to a Byzantine observation tower ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Işıkkale
Işıkkale (meaning the "castle of light") is an ancient settlement in Turkey. Işıkkale is located in the rural area of Silifke ilçe (district) of Mersin Province. Işıkkale was established in the Taurus Mountains.
Kabaçam
Kabaçam, a.k.a. Kabaşam, is an archaeological site of a historic settlement in Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Anchiale
Anchiale or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey. It was inhabited during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.
Karakabaklı
Karakabaklı is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Kelenderis
Kelenderis is an ancient city in Rough Cilicia, in today's Aydıncık district of Mersin.
Cyprus Memorial Cemetery in Silifke
The Cyprus Memorial Forest, a.k.a.
Roman road in Cilicia
The Roman road in Cilicia is a part of a Roman road in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Kilise Tepe
Kilise Tepe is a mound in Mersin Province, Turkey, just west of the Göksu River, lying 20 kilometers from Mut and 145 kilometers from Mersin.
Mamure Castle
Mamure Castle is a medieval castle in the Bozdoğan village, Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Mancınık Castle
Mancınık Castle is a Hellenistic castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. Its original name is unknown.
Mersin Halkevi
Mersin Halkevi is a building in Mersin, Turkey originally built within the scope of the project Halkevleri, but currently used as a cultural center and opera house.
Mersin Interfaith Cemetery
Mersin Interfaith Cemetery, is a burial ground in Mersin, Turkey. It is notable for being a common cemetery of all religions and includes graves of Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
Meydancık Castle
Meydancık Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. The original name was Kirshu and the name of the ruin during Ottoman times was Beydili Kale.
Mezgitkale
Mezgitkale is a 2nd- or 3rd-century mausoleum in Mersin Province of Turkey.
Mut Castle
Mut Castle is a castle in Mut, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Lampron
Lampron is a castle near the town of Çamlıyayla in Mersin Province, Turkey. While part of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia in the Middle Ages, the castle was known as Lampron and was the ancestral home of the Armenian Hethumid princes.
Olba
Olba or Olbe was an ancient city and bishopric in the Roman province of Isauria, in present-day southern Turkey. It is included in the Catholic Church's list of Latin titular sees.
Öküzlü ruins
Öküzlü is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Paşa Türbesi
Paşa Türbesi (literally "The mausoleum of pasha") is a tomb in the Mersin Province, Turkey
Nagidos
Nagidos was an ancient city of Cilicia. In ancient times it was located between Anemurion to the west and Arsinoe to the east.
Sinap Castle
Sinap Castle is a medieval Armenian fortification in Çamlıyayla ilçe (district) of Mersin Province in southern Turkey.
Sinekkale
Sinekkale (literally "The castle of flies") is an archaeological site where the architectural remains of a large villa rustica have been identified in Turkey. The original name is unknown.
Softa Castle
Softa Castle is a ruined castle in Bozyazı ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Soli
Soli, often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis, was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day Turkey.
Tapureli ruins
Tapureli ruins are in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Tece Castle
Tece Castle is a ruined castle in Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Tekkadın
Tekkadın ruins are a group of ruins in Mersin Province, Turkey. The name of the ruins is a local name meaning "single woman". The original name is not known.
Tırmıl
Tırmıl (also Tırmıl Höyük) is a tumulus in Mersin, Turkey.
Tokmar Castle
Tokmar Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey
Uzuncaburç (Diokaesareia)
Uzuncaburç is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey, containing the remnants of the ancient city of Diokaisareia or Diocaesarea.
Üçayaklı ruins
The Üçayaklı ruins are a Byzantine-era archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Yaka Castle
Yaka Castle (also known as Güdübeş Castle) is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. Although its name is Güdübeş, it is popularly known as Yaka referring to a former village to the east of the castle.
Yanıkhan
Yanıkhan is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Limonlu town. It is to the east of Limonlu-Esenpınar road and west of Limonlu River at about.
Yeniyurt Castle
Yeniyurt Castle is a castle ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. The ancient name of the castle is not known. Yeniyurt is the name of a nearby village.
Yumuktepe
Yumuktepe, also known as Yümüktepe, is a tell (ruin mound) within the city borders of Mersin, Turkey.
Museums
Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus
Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. This church was built on the birthplace (of Saul of Tarsus), to commemorate him as a key figure in Christianity.
Mersin Urban History Museum
Mersin Urban History Museum is a private museum in Mersin, Turkey.
Silifke Museum
Silifke Museum is in Silifke district of Mersin Province, Turkey.
Cennet and Cehennem
Cennet and Cehennem (heaven and hell in Turkish) are the names of two large sinkholes in the Taurus Mountains, in Mersin Province, Turkey. The sinkholes are among the tourist attractions of the province.
Narlıkuyu Museum
Narlıkuyu Mosaic Museum is a small museum in Narlıkuyu, Turkey that encompasses a Roman bath with mosaic tile floor. The mosaic depicts the Three Graces.
Atatürk Museum, Mersin
The Atatürk Museum in Mersin is a two-storey house in Mersin, which hosted the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his wife in 1925.
Mersin Naval Museum
Mersin Naval Museum is a naval museum in Mersin, Turkey.
Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum
Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum is a museum in Mersin, Turkey. The museum is in the centrum. It is in a neighborhood known for galleries and Art Club of İçel.
Mersin Water Museum
Mersin Water Museum is a museum in Mersin, Turkey. In 2016 it was awarded by the Association of Turkish Historical Cities.
Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum
Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum is a museum in Turkey. The main exhibition of the museum is Nusret minelayer. The museum is free of charge.
Silifke Atatürk Museum
Silifke Atatürk Museum is a two-storey house in Silifke which hosted the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and his wife in 1925.
Tarsus Museum
Tarsus Museum is an archaeology and ethnography museum in Tarsus, Mersin Province, in southern Turkey. The present location of the museum is in the city's cultural complex known as "75th Anniversary Culture Complex".
Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum
Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum, also known as Taşucu Amphora Museum, is a maritime archaeology museum dedicated to amphora in Taşucu, Southern Turkey.
Taşucu Atatürk Museum
Taşucu Atatürk Museum is a house museum in Turkey. The museum is in Taşucu town of Silifke ilçe (district), Mersin Province.
Places of worship
Grand Mosque of Tarsus
Tarsus Grand Mosque is a mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.
Old Mosque, Tarsus
The Church Mosque or Old Mosque is a mosque converted from a historic church that was built in 1102. It is located in Tarsus ilçe of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Mausoleum of Danyal
The Mousoleum of Danyal is a small complex in Tarsus, Turkey, consisting of a mosque and a tomb, which is believed to be that of the biblical figure Daniel.
Mufti-Jami Mosque
Müftü Mosque is a historic mosque in Mersin, Turkey. The mosque is to the east of Efrenk River, also known as Müftü River referring to the mosque.
Mersin Orthodox Church
Mersin Orthodox Church is a church in Mersin, Turkey.
Old Mosque, Mersin
Old Mosque is mosque in Mersin, Turkey.
Mersin Catholic Church
The Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua also St. Anthony Latin Catholic Church of Mersin is a church in Mersin, Turkey.
Aya Tekla Church
Ayia Thekla Church, also known as Aya Thecla or Aya Thekla, is a ruined historic church of the Byzantine period in Turkey. It was a popular pilgrimage site, and still attracts visitors today.
Alahan Monastery
Alahan Monastery is a complex of fifth-century buildings located in the mountains of Isauria in southern Asia Minor (Mersin province in modern day Turkey).
Bilal-i Habeşi Masjid
Bilal-i Habeşi Masjid is a historical small mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. The masjid is located in Tarsus ilçe (district) of Mersin Province between Grand Mosque of Tarsus and Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus.
Cambazlı Church
Cambazlı is an archaeological site in Mersin Province, Turkey
Güzeloluk mosque
The Güzeloluk Mosque is a 19th-century mosque in Güzeloluk village of Mersin Province, Turkey
Hasanaliler Church
Hasanaliler Church is a church ruin in Mersin Province, Turkey. Hasanaliler is the name of a village which is now a neighborhood of Narlıkuyu in Silifke ilçe (district). The church ruin is in the village north of the mosque.
Laal Pasha Mosque
Laal Pasha Mosque is a Medieval mosque in Mut in Mersin Province, Turkey. (Names such as Lal Pasha, Lael Pasha and Lala Agha are also used.)
Grand Mosque of Mersin
Mersin Grand Mosque is a Grand Mosque in Mersin, Turkey.
Muğdat Mosque
Muğdat Mosque is a mosque in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Miqdad ibn Aswad, one of the early Muslims.
Monuments
Frederick Barbarossa Memorial
Frederick Barbarossa Memorial is a monument dedicated to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I located in Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Monument
The Gazi Mustafa Kemal Monument stands on Republic Square in Silifke and is dedicated to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Mersin Martyrs' Memorial
Mersin Martyrs' Memorial, also known as the Monument of the Refah Martyrs, is a monument in Mersin, Turkey.
Athena relief of Sömek
The Athena relief of Sömek is a Greco-Roman rock relief, located some two kilometres north of the village of Sömek in Silifke district of Mersin province in Turkey, near the valley of the Limonlu river, the ancient Lamos.
Nature
Atatürk Park
Atatürk Park is a public park in Mersin, Turkey.
Akhayat sinkhole
Akhayat (also known as Aşağı Dünya Obruğu) is a sinkhole in Mersin Province, Turkey. The Akhayat Sinkhole is located in a rural area of the Silifke ilçe (district), to the north of Atayurt town.
Gilindire Cave
Gilindire Cave, also known as Aynalıgöl Cave, is a cave in Aydıncık, Mersin, southern Turkey.
Mersin Aquapark
Mersin Aquapark is a waterpark in Mersin, Turkey.
Tarsus Waterfall
Tarsus Waterfall is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Tarsus, not far from the motorway O.51, in southern Turkey.
Cave of the Seven Sleepers
Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, also known as Ashab-ı Kehf Cave or Seven Sleepers' Cave, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe (district) in Mersin Province, Turkey.
Yerköprü Waterfall
Yerköprü Waterfall is a waterfall in Mersin Province, southern Turkey. It is a registered natural monument.
Other
Mersin Marina
Mersin Marina on the Yenişehir seafront combines a yacht harbour with a shopping centre, cafés and restaurants and is one of the city's favourite meeting points. The seaside promenade runs from the marina to the Culture Park.
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