Area: 15.853 km² , Population: 1.651.400
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mersin that an important harbour city at the East Mediterranean shore, offers every possible activities to travellers with streets overshadowed by palms, city park, modern hotels, ruins near the city, numberless beaches. Moreover, the city remembered in history with the name of Saint Paul (he is from Tarsus) and with areas between Alanya and Mersin that was given from Mark Antuanious as a marriage gift to cleopatra.
Nearly 108 kilometre lengths of Mersin shores composed from naturel beaches. These beaches preferred because of their thin sands and cleanness, and their suitability for underwater hunting. Kulakköy, Taşucu, Susanoğlu, Kuruçay, Lamas, Yemişkumu, Kız Kalesi, Çeşmeli, Ören, Balıkova, İskele, Yenikaş, Ovacık, Büyük Ecelive and Anamur Beaches are some of that beaches. For whom fond of history and archaeology there is Viranşehir (Pomeipolis) which city built on area that area was continuous settlement place since Neolithic Age, and city is an roman city built at Rome Period.
City was Papacy in Christianity Period, than destroyed by an earthquake in 525. Necropolis (graveyard), theatre, public baths, water canals, temple ruins are exist. Eski (old) Mosque is an important building remains from Ottoman Period (1870). It was restored at different times. Rome Public Bath hosts big amount of visitors with it's interesting mosaics.
HOW TO GET
Roadway: Province has connection to all cities by roads.
Railway: Mersin has connections with lots of provinces and international connections by railway.
Maritime way: City connected more than hundred harbours by sea with Mersin International Harbour. Harbour gives international quality harbour services.
Airway: Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is 69 kilometre away to city and 32 kilometre to Tarsus, and has periodical national and international air voyages.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
- Seeing Cennet - Cehennem Caves at Silifke,
- Seeing 'ta St. Paul Church and other historical values at Tarsus,
- Visiting Anamuryum Ruins at Abamur, Kanlıdivane Ruins at Erdemli,
- Rafting at Göksu, tracking at Boklar, diving ad bays,
- Swimming at beaches,
- Tasting famous cookie of province Cezerye, tasting special kebab variety tantuni.
ATATÜRK HOUSE
İçel Atatürk House exhibits lots of valuable items related to visit of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk to Mersin and founded items related to Atatürk, moreover it serves as museum.
CENNET PIT CAVE
The Cennet Pit Cave is formed as a result of various geological movements and by the corrosion of underground waters and is one of the most interesting and attractive natural formation of İçel.
The cave has formed by the collusion of the ceiling because of the erosion of an underground creek inside the Miocene period limestone layers. The cave has approximately 275x125 m. diameter and the deepest point is 135 meters from the edge. The Cennet Pit cave descends as an inclined shaft to the direction of south and obtains the shape of a cave at the end. The temporary lake is dry in summer but the lake appears at the period when the underground water level is high.
Cennet and Cehennem Pits are two shafts formed by the collusion of the upper level of a same underground system. Descend down the pit is possible via a stair track from Roman period. There are ruins of a Byzantium church at the west edge.
CEHENNEM PIT CAVE
The cave has formed by the collusion of the ceiling because of the erosion of an underground creek inside the Miocene period limestone layers. The cave is elliptical with the dimensions of 50x75 meters. It is steeper and more narrow when compared with the Cennet Pit. The debris massed at the floor of the pit caused by the collapsed ceiling descends towards west to east with an approximate slope of 30 degrees.
Cennet and Cehennem Pits are two shafts formed by the collusion of the upper level of a same underground system.
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