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Karataş Adaları

Just offshore from the little Mediterranean port town of Karataş in Adana Province lie two small rocky islets — the Karataş Adaları, or Karataş Islets — that have watched over this stretch of coast since antiquity. Barely a kilometre from the mainland and little more than a pair of low, weather-worn masses of stone, they carry an outsized sense of history: the local municipality identifies them with the ancient 'Didimae', and the ruins ringing them are read as the footprint of an old stronghold once built upon the rock. Today the islets are uninhabited, with no documented landing facilities or visitor services, so the honest way to enjoy them is as a seascape viewed from the shore: low stone islands crowned by a small lighthouse, framed against one of Turkey's longest sandy coastlines. Pair a visit with the headland, the harbour and the wide beaches of Karataş, and the islets become the natural focal point of a quiet day on the Adana coast.