Iskenderun was created after the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians. There're nice little shops, side streets with mosques and minarets with the decor of the green mountains behind it.
People are friendly and it's easy to have a chat and a tea.
The nicest place is the Ataturk Bulvari, lined with palm trees and a memorial on the waterfront. Here we found tea gardens, small restaurants, some small boats, the port and the mountains in the distance. Sitting there, listening to the whispering of the waves, we watched beautiful sunsets. The fact that Iskendurun is lacking a big beach might be the reason that mass tourism has not discovered this unique coastline and spoiled it. It has fine beaches.