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1. History · Samandağ

   Walk through the Titus Tunnel (Samandağ)

   Titus Tunnel formed part of a system diverting a stream to protect Seleucia Pieria's harbour from flood-borne sediment. An inscription at the first tunnel entrance names Vespasianus and Titus. From the open, permitted visitor route, photograph the inscription or a rock-cut section of channel; record how redirecting water helped protect a harbour.

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2. Food · Antakya

   Regional cuisine tour in the Long Bazaar

   Tray kebab, oruk, baba ghanoush, hummus — taste Antakya's multicultural cuisine straight from the bazaar — and photograph it.

3. Food · Antakya

   Eat real künefe in Antakya

   Eating Antakya's cheese-filled, true tray-style künefe in its birthplace is a different thing — and photograph it.

4. History · Antakya

   Go to the Church of St. Peter

   One of the world's first cave churches — the place where Christianity was first called 'Antiochene.' — and photograph it.

5. History · Antakya

   Hatay Archaeology Museum mosaics in Antakya

   Tour one of the world's richest Roman mosaic collections, hall by hall — and photograph it.

6. Culture & art · Samandağ

   Visit Turkey's only Armenian village in Vakıflı

   Taste organic products, see the church, and trace multicultural Hatay in the village at the foot of Musa Dağı — and photograph it.