The ancient city of Magarsus lies in the district of Karataş, forty-nine kilometres from Adana. Its important remains are the amphitheatre and the temples of Athena, which belong to the Hellenistic period. Two Ottoman buildings also stand here, one a han and the other a post station.
Besides the ancient site, the bird sanctuary on Akyatan lake is worth seeing. Akyatan is a lagoon, and both the loggerhead turtle and the green turtle are found there.
The district also has the Tuzla and Karataş fish weirs, where a variety of fish are caught.
Minibuses run to Karataş from the centre of Adana.
Getting there
- Access
- Dolmuş run from central Adana to Karataş.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
