The Anadolu Aslanı is not an antiquity but a viewing point: giant lion figures set on two hills on Amazon Island in Batipark, on the western side of the İlkadım district of Samsun, built to hold a cafe and a terrace.
Inside them are a projection show area, a cafeteria and a gift counter. Batipark is easy to reach by minibus from the centre of the city.
Getting there
- Access
- Inside Batıpark on the western side of the İlkadım district; city dolmuş reach it easily.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Samsun as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 7.2 °C in February to 23.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in November (83 mm) and lightest in July (35 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
