Adıyaman & Kahta constitutes a good base from which to visit Nemrut Dagi (Mt. Nemrut) National Park. On the summit of Nemrut Dağı, at 2,150 meters the highest mountain in Northern Mesopotamia, sits the gigantic funerary sanctuary flanked with terraces on which rest the colossal statues of Apollo, Zeus, Heracles, Tyche and Antiochus, erected in the first century B.C. Time has inflicted heavy damage on the sculptures – their torsos sit with their beautifully carved heads at their feet. The sight is especially breath taking at sunrise..

SITES OF INTEREST: Adıyaman, Kâhta and Besni castles, Adıyaman Museum, Cendere Bridge, Ruins at Mt.Nemrut, Karakuş Hill, Pirin (Perre) and Gümüşkaya caves, Gölbaşı Lakes.