Where is alexandretta

İskenderun today has a population of about , people and is an industrialized city, surrounded by petrochemical plants and steelworks, although the city centre is still enjoyable with its lovely palm-lined promenade on the shore of the sea.

The national operator TCDD runs regional trains from Mersin via Adana twice daily, one morning and one late afternoon departure. The city is connected to the rest of Turkey by the motorway numbered O toll-road. The southward road towards Antakya and Syria is also well-paved but windy when crossing the mountain range in between.

The center of town is walkable, however to get from the town center to the bus station, you're best off taking a taxi, which should cost about TL. On the waterfront , there is a big globe surrounded by flags of Turkic countries, and a park with a number of interesting structures.

If you love forest and calmness. Shopping mall near the coast has great landscape. Once called Alexandretta, it was founded by Alexander the Great after his victory over the Persians. Iskenderun has an active, modern life with good hotels, restaurants and cafes among the palm trees by the Mediterranean sea, in a fine location on the shores of a deep bay and at the foot of high Amanos Mountains. The cuisine of Iskenderun is delicious, especially "Kunefe", a special dessert with cheese in it and eaten hot.

Make sure to taste it. When two of the knights left for Europe, they left behind two markers that led to the Grail's location, listing Alexandretta as the starting point. Indiana Jones visited Iskenderun at least once in his adventures. Brody and Sallah met up at the train station, but Brody was kidnapped by Nazi agents, who took the map. Days later, Sallah met up with Jones and his father in the town, and drove them out to the desert, where they spied Walter Donovan 's convoy and attempted a rescue.

The name of the city has been Iskenderun since the destruction of Principality of Antioch by Mamluks in The scenes featuring the Iskenderun train station were filmed in the Renfe de Guadix train station of Guadix , Province of Granada , Spain.