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Adana

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Introduction

Adana is a city in the Adana Province in the eastern part of Mediterranean Turkey and in south central Anatolia. Adana is Turkey's fourth largest city with about 1.6 million inhabitants, and southeast Anatolia's trading center. The town lies in southeastern Turkey about 30 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. The area has some interesting sights. The most fascinating thing about city is the old town at the Seyhan River's left bank. A walk here is like traveling back in time. The old mosque, Uma Cami from 1507, which is located here, shows an interesting mix of styles.

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Sights and Activities

Bazar - In the old town is a covered bazaar where there are being traded extensively.
archaeological museum - Adana has an interesting archaeological museum with findings from the Bronze Age and Greek/Roman times.
Ethnological museum - The ethnological museum displays Islamic folk art, rugs and weapons.

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Weather

Adana has a typical Mediterranean climate and winters are mild and wet and summers are hot and dry. Average highs range from around 15 °C in January to 34 °C in July in August, though the record stands much higher at 44 °C. Lows are between 5 °C and 24 °C respectively, though temperatures at night in winter can drop below zero as well. Almost all of the city's precipitation falls from November to April.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg Max	14.7 °C	15.9 °C	19.1 °C	23.5 °C	28.2 °C	31.7 °C	33.8 °C	34.6 °C	33.1 °C	29 °C	22.5 °C	16.7 °C
Avg Min	5 °C	5.8 °C	7.9 °C	11.6 °C	15.5 °C	19.4 °C	22.5 °C	22.9 °C	19.7 °C	15.4 °C	10.6 °C	6.8 °C
Rainfall	110.3 mm	90.1 mm	65.6 mm	52.7 mm	46.6 mm	21.6 mm	6.3 mm	4.8 mm	15.2 mm	43.7 mm	73.1 mm	120.9 mm
Rain Days	10.8	10.4	10	9	6.3	3.1	1	0.8	2.6	5.5	7.1	10.6

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Getting There

By Plane

Adana Şakirpaşa Airport (IATA: ADA, ICAO: LTAF) in located near Adana. Airlines flying into the airport include Blue Wings (Düsseldorf; Stuttgart), Onur Air (Antalya, Ercan, Istanbul-Atatürk, Izmir), Pegasus Airlines (Antalya, Berlin-Tegel, Düsseldorf, Ercan, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Trabzon) and Turkish Airlines (Ankara, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Venice).

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Adana Madi Hotel	Doseme mah. Seyhan belediyesi karsisi	Hotel	-
Kristal Hotel	Ozler Caddesi No 5 Kucuksaat	Hotel	-

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Post

PTT is the national post service. Services are generally moderately fast but quite reliable. Sending a standard letter or postcard costs €0.65 within Turkey and €0.80 (letters) or €0.85 (postcards) internationally. There is an extended price list on the PTT website. For sending packages one might also use international companies such as DHL and UPS and local companies such as Yurtici Kargo. Post offices bear the distinctive yellow PTT sign and are generally open between 9:00am to 12:00 noon and 1:30pm to 5:00pm from Monday to Friday.

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