There are trains every hour or more frequently during the rush hours to and from Adana and Tarsus. There are trains to and from Istanbul, Eskisehir and Ankara.
There are flights to and from Istanbul and Ankara to the closest airport, Adana Sakirpasa Airport. There are shuttles from the airport to Mersin.
There is a bus station in eastern part of the city. There are city buses running between the city center and the bus station. Usually each bus company has its own shuttles running between city center, western (coastal part) and the bus station. From the bus station there are buses to almost every city in Turkey and to small cities and villages in Mersin Province.
'''Tantuni''' is one of the most famous food in this region. Don't leave the city without tasting it. In the center of the city, you will see several small local restaurants with this special fantastique food.
Inner organs are very common ingredients of the food in Cukurova. There are local dishes made with intestines, lung, liver, kidneys, stomach, brain. Even though there are restaurants serving this food all through out the day, usually this type of food can be found easily late at nights. Especially soups with inner organs are drank late at night after consumption of alcohol.
'''Cezerye''' is a must-try sweet and can only be found in this city. It has carrot and fig and contains different nuts depending on where you buy it from.
'''Kerebic''' is another dessert unique to Cukurova. It is a dough filled with pistachios and served with sweet-foam on top of it.
'''Salgam''' can be found on every street in Mersin even though it is a drink from Adana. Since the cities in Cukurova all have similar cuisines taste of Salgam doesn't differ that much.
In the past there were many '''Boyan''' (licorice drink) sellers in the city center. Such drink still exists but cannot be found easily.