Anchiale
Anchiale or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey.
Anchiale or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey. It was inhabited during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.
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Worth seeing in and around Anchiale
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mersin Arena
The Mersin Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Mersin, Turkey. Completed in 2013, it was the new home ground for Mersin İdman Yurdu, replacing the old Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium.
6.2 km · Multipurpose stadium, Mersin · Wikipedia - 02Muğdat Mosque
Muğdat Mosque is a mosque in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after Miqdad ibn Aswad, one of the early Muslims.
2.1 km · mosque in Turkey · Wikipedia - 03Mufti-Jami Mosque
Müftü Mosque is a historic mosque in Mersin, Turkey. The mosque is to the east of Efrenk River, also known as Müftü River referring to the mosque.
1.8 km · historic mosque in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia - 04Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium
Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium was a sports center in Mersin, located at Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It is the former home of Mersin İdmanyurdu.
2.1 km · Turkish football stadium · Wikipedia - 05Mersin Catholic Church
The Co-Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua also St.
2.7 km · church building in Mersin Province, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Old Mosque, Mersin
Old Mosque is mosque in Mersin, Turkey.
2.4 km · mosque in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Mersin University
Mersin University is a public university, built in 1992 in Mersin Province, Turkey. It has about 39,000 students, 1,813 academic staff, and a number of foreign and guest academic staff.
7.2 km · state university in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia - 08Atatürk Park
Atatürk Park is a public park in Mersin, Turkey.
2.4 km · park in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Grand Mosque of Mersin
Mersin Grand Mosque is a Grand Mosque in Mersin, Turkey.
2.3 km · mosque in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Mertim
Mertim, an acronym for Mersin Ticaret Merkezi, is a 176.8 m, 52-floor skyscraper in Mersin, Turkey. It was the tallest building in Turkey between 1990 and 2000, until the completion of the 181.2 m, 52-floor Isbank Tower 1 in Levent, Istanbul.
1.1 km · tallest building in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Anchiale
- Airports
- Çukurova (COV), 43 km · Ercan (ECN), 208 km · Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV), 219 km
- Stations
- Mersin railway station, 2.6 km · Tırmıl railway station, 7.4 km · Mersin Marina, 5.1 km
- Tarsus → AnchialeTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Nevşehir → AnchialeTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Konya → AnchialeTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
No local-transport research exists yet for Anchiale
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Anchiale. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTake a dolmuş downtown: this may be included in your bus fare, enquire when booking.
- Get inFrom Tarsus or Adana a dolmuş is slower than an inter-city coach but might bring you to city centre.
- Get inAkgunlerdenizcilik ferries sail daily from Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus.
- Get inThe "Feribot" is the year-round car ferry.
- Get inFerries no longer sail from Syria or Lebanon.
From Wikivoyage: Mersin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Anchiale
Anchiale is 3 km from Mersin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.