Kavapçı Mesut

Eastern Mediterranean


If you fancy trying the local speciality Adana kebap (minced beef or lamb mixed with powdered red pepper grilled on a skewer) in style, head for this comfortable restaurant established in 1936. It's next to the Divan Hotel on the D400 and offers the full range of other grill, pide and lahmacun (Arabic-style pizza) as well.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Eastern Mediterranean attractions

1. Adana Belediyesi

0.14 MILES

Adana's vast and rather stern-looking belediye (municipality) council building is a useful landmark on Atatürk Caddesi.

2. Kuruköprü Memorial Museum

0.16 MILES

Just off İnönü Caddesi, what was until recently the city's ethnography museum has now reopened as an art gallery with some ethnographic exhibits,…

3. Yeni Cami

0.25 MILES

Built in 1724, the central Yeni Cami follows the general square plan of the city's Ulu Cami, with two rows of five domes.

4. St Paul's Catholic Church

0.32 MILES

Built in 1870 by the Armenian community, this church is still in service today as a Roman Catholic place of worship.

5. Atatürk Statue

0.4 MILES

Adana's monument to modern Turkey's founder presides over the busy centre of the city.

6. Sabancı Central Mosque

0.56 MILES

The most imposing mosque in Adana is the six-minaret Sabancı Merkez Camii, rising gracefully from the left bank of the Seyhan River. The largest mosque…

7. Yağ Camii

0.59 MILES

The Yağ Camii, with its imposing portal and typical Seljuk-style architecture, started life as a Crusader church dedicated to St James but was converted…

8. Adana Museum

0.61 MILES

Now housed in an enormous purpose-built complex on the site of a former textile factory about 4km west of the centre, Turkey's largest museum might also…