FAMOUS PLACES OF ADANA

Adana Merkez Park

The Adana Merkez Park is a huge urban park, spreaded over an area of 82 acres on both banks of Seyhan River which makes it the largest park of Turkey. More than 400,000 plants and trees of 67 species are habited in this park. There are 12 beautiful ponds in the park and also a 5.4-acre playground for the children. For the youngsters, the park includes mini amphitheatre, ground chess and a scatting yard. A 3km cycling track along with a running track for joggers is an important feature of this park. Merkez Park has a rowing club in it, which offers rowing in the Sehyan River. Several concerts are hosted in 2100 seated amphitheatre. Visitors from all over the world visit this Merkez Park in Adana and admire its beauty.

Taşköprü

Tas Kopru is an ancient Roman stone bridge built over the Seyhan River in the 2nd century AD. This bridge is associated with the huge historical importance, as it was considered as the main link of ancient trade and business pathways from the Mediterranean Sea to Anatolia and Persia. This bridge is known as the oldest stone bridge, which was opened for the traffic and later in 2007 only pedestrians and cycles were allowed instead of motor vehicles. Many social and cultural events are hosted on this bridge. Spectacular views of beautiful central mosque enhance the delights of the walk on this bridge. It is one of top most attracted place for the tourists in Adana.

Historical Adana Houses – Sıra Mansions

You will see the Historical Adana Houses lined up side by side on the back street of Zübeyde Hanım Park. The five mansions, which were built as adjacent to each other, were also known as Seyhan Mansions since they were located on the banks of the Seyhan River at the time they were built. The mansion, which belongs to the Balkan immigrant Bosnian Salih Efendi, the first of the mansions, serves as a boutique hotel today. The mansion adjacent to it was the house where our world-famous cartoonist Turhan Selçuk and his brother, journalist writer İlhan Selçuk stayed when they lived in Adana, it is planned to be restored and opened as the Turhan and İlhan Selçuk Culture House, it is not open to visitors yet. The mansion at the far end serves as the Cinema Museum today, and we will talk about it separately. Next to the Cinema Museum, Suphi Pasha Mansion (Ramazanoğlu), built in 1882 independently of Sıra Konaklar, is used as the Atatürk House Museum.

Great Clock Tower

The 32-meter-high Big Clock Tower, which shows that you are about to enter the busiest streets of old Adana. The construction of the tower began in 1881 and was completed in 1882. At the time the tower was built, it was the highest clock tower within the borders of the Ottoman Empire.

Gazi Pasha, Ziya Pasha and Ataturk Streets 

Adana has three parallel streets and boulevards. These streets are the streets where the heart of the new Adana beats. I mentioned Atatürk Street above, it was the street where the Municipality Building and Atatürk Park are located. The right parallel of Atatürk Street is Gazi Pasha, and the left parallel is Ziya Pasha streets. Cafes, restaurants and shops are spread over these three streets.

ADANA TRAIN STATION

At the end of Ziya Pasha Boulevard is Adana Train Station, which connects Adana to Anatolia. The train station, which was put into service in 1912, is the starting point of the Adana – Mersin Railway and Adana – Kurtalan Railway. If you ask why there is a train station in the travel guide, the architectural and historical features of this station are interesting;

One of the first railway projects of the Ottoman Empire was the Adana-Mersin railway. This 67-kilometer-long railway line was established by the British in 1886. Its strategic importance is that it connects with the Istanbul-Baghdad railway coming from Konya.

Adana Train station; train station (passenger lounge), social facilities, lodgings and maintenance-repair buildings. its architecture; It is a good example of the First National Architecture Movement that dominated from the beginning of the 20th century until the end of the 1930s and adds beauty to the city.

Map of Places to Visit in Adana City Center

Places to visit in Adana city center Google Maps  You can find it below as marked on the app. By clicking on the image, you can easily access the online version of the map and determine the places you want to go.

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