Kastabala and Karatepe
A route from the rock-carved Hemite Hittite relief on the banks of the Ceyhan to Hierapolis-Kastabala with its colonnaded street and theater, the Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum with its bilingual inscriptions and carved orthostats, and the Kadirli Alacami, converted from a church into a mosque.
- Estimated duration
- ~5 h
- Straight-line distance (estimate)
- ~38 km
- Getting around
- By car
- Stops
- 4 stops
Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.
Route map
Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Stops
- 1
- 2
~8.2 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Ancient city
Hierapolis-Kastabala Ancient City
Merkez, Osmaniye
View place - 3
~15 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Museum
Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum
Kadirli, Osmaniye
View place - 4
~15 km from the previous stop (straight line)
Mosque
Kadirli Alacami
Kadirli, Osmaniye
View place
