Climate
There is a reason why otherwise tropical banana plants flourish in Anamurâin summers, it's an extremely hot and sticky place, where you will indeed be hard pressed to do anything which would require you to get out of shady areas, or even your air-con enclosure.
The temperatures never go as low as freezing point in Anamurâin fact, Anamur experiences only one day annually when temperature ever goes below +5°C/41°F on the averageâand as such, snowfall is virtually unknown in rainy winters.
Sunny and warm springs, especially around April, is by far the most comfortable time to visit Anamur. Although evenings around this time of the year tend to be windy the very word of Anamur derives from a Greek expression meaning "windy cape" after all, it is perfectly possible to walk around with just a t-shirt day and night during this season, although locals may think you should be crazy for not wearing a coat in such "cold" ! weather.
Understand
The city consists of two parts: The older town centre leaning against the mountain ranges and newer coastal neighbourhood with concrete blocks mainly used by families as summer houses and about two and a half kilometres separating each other.
This is one of Turkeyâs two banana-producing in a commercial scale regions, the other being Alanya. This fact is also apparent in that Anamur is usually a synonym for domestically-produced banana in Turkey.
The Pentadactylos/BeÅparmak mountain range of Cyprus, 40 miles off-shore, is visible from Anamur on clear days.