Tarsus

Tarsus is a city in Mediterranean Turkey, located between Mersin and Adana.

Get in

By train

Fairly modern and very frequent trains from Adana and Mersin. The trunk line bypasses the city about a few km to the east. Yenice is the nearest trunk line station and has daily connections to main centres of the country such as Istanbul and Ankara.

See

Tarsus city tourist map

The roman causeway in Tarsus

Tarsus Grand Mosque and clock Tower

The city has lots to see from Roman and Biblical times, for instance, in a clockwise route starting from the west:

• the Roman causeway (Antik Yol - Ancient Road), a small but well preserved piece of roman road
• the Well of St Paulus (St. Paul Kuyusu)
• the old Tarsus houses (Tarsus Evleri), a small maze of old stone houses in different stages of preservation
• the Old Mosque (Eski Cami), a 14th century church transformed to mosque in the 15th century.
• the Roman Bath ruins (Roma Hamami), with a remarkable wall
• the Makam Mosque (Makam Camii) and the Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii) with its 19th century Clock Tower (Saat Kulesi)
• the Bazaar (Kirkkasik Bazaar) next door to the Grand Mosque
• the Cleopatra's Gate (Kleopatra Kapisi)

Buy

If you are wandering in the city, or if you somehow happen to be in the city, never ever forget to buy Cezerye: some kind of a Turkish delight that has a different texture and taste. You should for sure try shalgam too but you might not be able to see it due to it being a seasonal drink that is sour and bitter, refreshing though.

Get out

Routes through Tarsus

Antalya ← Mersin ←

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→ Adana → Gaziantep

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