Hittite base camp Population: 1,500
Pretty little Boğazköy (also known as Boğazkale) is the closest settlement to the Hittite ruins of Hattuşa and Yazılıkaya and it’s well worth planning an overnight stay here to experience real rural tranquility, disturbed only by the sounds of honking geese and braying donkeys. You won’t find much to do in the evening, but you should go home completely refreshed and a whole lot wiser about a little-remembered slice of Anatolia’s ancient history.
A museum opened here in 2011. More finds from the local sites are on display in Çorum Museum and in Ankara’s Museum of Anatolian Civilisations.
Sleeping
Aşıkoğlu Hotel. Tel: 0364-452 2004
Başkent Hotel. Tel: 0364-452 2037
Hattuşas Pension/Hotel Baykal. Tel: 0364-452 2013
Kale Hotel. Tel: 0364-452 3126
Transport info
Dolmuşes run from the centre of Sungurlu on the Ankara-Çorum road to Boğazköy, which is within walking distance of Hattuşa and Yazılıkaya.
To get to Alaca Höyük you may need to hire a taxi.
Day trip destinations
