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Eastern Mediterranean

Includes  Why Go? ...... 384 This is ’s non-airbrushed slice of Mediterranean Anamur ...... 388 coastline. A handful of distinctly local-style beach resorts lie between the industrial port cities. Crumbling ruins sit Taşucu...... 390 among acres of intensely farmed countryside with nary a Silifke...... 391 tourist in sight. In the ancient towns of and , Kızkalesi...... 393 atmospheric old-town fragments cling on amid the modern Mersin (İçel). . . . .398 hubbub. Tarsus...... 399 Southern ’s fascinating melding of reli- gions, languages and foods is reason enough for many to lin- Adana...... 400 ger. For others, the wealth of important early Christian sites Antakya (Hatay). . . 405 is the eastern Med’s ace up its sleeve. The area’s historical riches encompass a dizzying timeline of kings and conquer- ors that stretches from ’s late-Hittite remnants, through Roman , to the clifftop castles of once- Best Places to Eat mighty . The stretch of the Mediterranean that most people miss is full of surprises for those that make the trip. ¨¨Hatay Sultan Sofrası (p408) ¨¨Deniz Kizi (p391) ¨¨Öz Asmaaltı (p402) When to Go ¨¨Çağlayan Restaurant Antakya (p408) °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm 40/104 5/125

30/86 4/100 20/68 Best Places 3/75 10/50 to Sleep 2/50 0/32 ¨ ¨Hotel Bosnalı (p402) 1/25 -10/14 ¨¨Centauera (p385) -20/-4 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Liwan Hotel (p406) ¨ ¨Hotel Esya (p389) Apr & May Munch Jul & Aug Ther- Oct Autumn is on Anamur’s mometers shoot ideal for exploring bananas and sky-high and Turk- Antakya’s old town strawberries ish families hit in between cafe during the spring Kızkalesi beach. stops for syrupy harvest glut. künefe.

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Exploring the beautiful, lonely lonely beautiful, the Exploring earning about Hittite history history Hittite about earning Eastern MediterraneL an Eastern Mediterranean Highlights 383

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Caves of Heaven & Hell & Heaven of Caves

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with grazing cows and sheep sheep and cows grazing with Kızkalesi Castle Kızkalesi Archaeology Hatay Tarsus Narlıkuyu (p393) (p393) (p399) Soaking Soaking (p399) Eating (p395) 2 1 7 5

Mediterranean Highlights Mediterranean Eastern

(25km)

Girne (Cyprus) Girne

30 miles 30 0

50 km 50 0

(AKDENÎZ)

Yayladaÿî SYRIA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA MEDITERRANEAN

Kîšlak

Samandaÿ

Anamur

(Daphne)

Bozyazî Anemurium

Çevlik

Harbiye

Ovacîk

D400

E24

(Hatay)

Dana Adasî Dana

Çubukkoyaÿî Aydîncîk

Hîdîrbey

Antakya

Tašucu

Reyhanlî

33-59 Göksu Delta Göksu Gazipaša

Serinyol

Gülnar 33-58 Olukbašî

Silifke

Demirtaš

Arsuz E91 Narlîkuyu

Canyon

Heaven & Hell & Heaven

Kîrîkhan Kîzkalesi

Sapadere

Caves of Caves

D400

D715 Kanlîdivane

Îskenderun

Karataš

Erdemli Alanya

(65km)

Dim Cave Dim

Uzuncaburç

Mut Körfezi Tuzla

Gölü Antalya

Elvanlî

Ermenek Göktepe

Îskenderun

Akyatan

Încekum (Îçel) Kîrobasî

(Yakacîk)

Mersin

Nehri

Payas

Alarahan

Köprülü

Kazanlî

Monastery Güzeloluk

Dörtyol

Alahan

Doÿankent

Kuzucubelen

400-18

D51

Göksu

Yenice Tarsus

Taškent Bucakkîšla Güzelsu

E90

Ceyhan Osmaniye

Yîlankale

Adana

Akseki

Hadîm

Toprakkale

Castabala D815

(Anavarza) Hierapolîs-

Anazarbus Karaman

Çatalan Karatepe

Ayšehoca

Seyhan Nehri Seyhan

D695

D817

Milli Parkî Milli

Kîlbasan

Castle

uyu Ayrancî Karatepe Aslantaš Karatepe

Kozan

îrs

Pozantî

Dam

Kozan ak (50km)

Ç Konya Aslantaš Çiftehan Ereÿli