I spent a few days in Adana. I suppose after being in Cappadocia for four nights, I wanted some city-based creature comforts. Adana provided that. Adana had interesting restaurants, and it provided me a welcome break from typical Turkish fare. Heck, there was this one restaurant in Adana which served very tasty but otherwise typical Western food, but since I have been limited to typical Turkish staples until recently, I found it a very welcome change. In any case, as I was chilling out in Adana, I also explored the rest of the city, and one day, I wandered to the southern side of town, which is more traditional and chaotic.
Adana more or less is divided into a northern and a southern section. The northern section is relatively pretty, orderly, and modern. I was staying in the northern section. The nice hotels and restaurants are here. But in the southern section, this is the older part of the city, and so this is also where the Grand Mosque is, dating from the 16th-century.
It's a small place, yet the interior was splendid. I was visiting it between prayer times, and I was the only one there. It was a quiet place to retreat from the sun, as it was particularly hot that day.
