Boğazkale
Base town · Çorum province
Boğazkale
A village inside the walls of the Hittite capital. Yazılıkaya is a short drive away, and Alacahöyük half an hour north.
What to see from here
Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
- in townHattusa (Hattuşa)
Capital of the Hittite empire in the second millennium BC, its walls running for kilometres over the hills, with the Lion Gate and the Sphinx Gate. Allow about half a day.
- 3 kmYazılıkaya
The Hittites’ open-air rock sanctuary just outside Hattusa: a procession of gods and goddesses carved into two limestone chambers, and King Tudhaliya IV held in the arm of his god. Allow about 1 hour.
- 25 kmAlacahöyük
A town older than Hattusa, entered through a Sphinx Gate. Allow about 1–2 hours.
Museums in Çorum
- museumAlacahöyük Museum
- museumBoğazköy Museum
Hattusa sphinxes, tablets
- museumÇorum Museum
Hittite finds