Tarsus

Worth seeing in and around Tarsus

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.

1. 01
   Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus

   Saint Paul's Church is a former church in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. This church was built on the birthplace, to commemorate him as a key figure in Christianity.

   400 m · church in Tarsus (Turkey) · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Grand Mosque of Tarsus

   Tarsus Grand Mosque is a mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey.

   200 m · mosque in Turkey · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Old Mosque, Tarsus

   The Church Mosque or Old Mosque is a mosque converted from a historic church that was built in 1102. It is located in Tarsus ilçe of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.

   300 m · mosque converted from a church · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tarsus University

   Tarsus University is a public university in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was established on 18 May 2018 as a separate university in Tarsus district with academic units affiliated to Mersin University and new academic units.

   5.9 km · state university in Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Berdan Dam

   Berdan Dam is an embankment dam on the Berdan River in Mersin Province, Turkey. It was built between 1975 and 1984.

   5.5 km · dam · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Baç Bridge

   Baç Bridge is a bridge in Tarsus in Mersin Province, Turkey.

   2.2 km · bridge in Turkey · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Cave of the Seven Sleepers

   Eshab-ı Kehf Cave, also known as Ashab-ı Kehf Cave or Seven Sleepers' Cave, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an ilçe in Mersin Province, Turkey. The cave is named after the Persian word اصحاب کهف itself from the Arabic "aṣḥāb al-kahf", "people of the cave", for the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, a belief in Christian and Islamic tradition.

   9.9 km · cave in Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bilal-i Habeşi Masjid

   Bilal-i Habeşi Masjid is a historical small mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. The masjid is located in Tarsus ilçe of Mersin Province between Grand Mosque of Tarsus and Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus.

   200 m · historical small mosque in Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Tarsus Zoo

   Tarsus Zoo is a zoo in Tarsus ilçe of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 110 decares.

   5.6 km · zoo in Tarsus ilçe, Mersin Province, Turkey · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Altından geçme

    Altından geçme 'underpass' is a gate in the city wall of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey, originally part of a Roman bath.

    400 m · Roman archaeological site in Tarsus, Turkey · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tarsus

Airports

Çukurova (COV), 16 km · Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV), 209 km · Kayseri Erkilet (ASR), 213 km

Stations

Tarsus railway station, 1 km · Huzurkent railway station, 7.6 km

• Nevşehir → Tarsus

  191 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · ₺425–560
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• Kayseri → Tarsus

  208 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · ₺510–680
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• Gaziantep → Tarsus

  222 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · ₺485–650
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