Journey to Bronze age Hittite heritage full-day tour

Free cancellation

Place: Cappadocia

Duration: 8 hours

Language: English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese

Mobile voucher accepted

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Entrance Fees Included

Guided Tour

Meal Included

Private Tour

Subject expert guide

e-Voucher

Hotel pick up

Transport included

Do this because

Explore Çapanoğlu mosque and local market in famous Yozgat town
Discover the popular ÇAMLIK National Park with an abundance of flora and fauna
Let the extraordinary trip of Hattuşaş bring you back to the Bronze age
Visit Alacahöyük and Hitties royal necropolis where 13 king tombs were buried

What to expect

Enjoy extraordinary Central Anatolian rural scenery and the landscape while traveling to YOZGAT, a pretty nice town famous for history and unique –traditional life style. After visiting the historical Ottoman mosque ‘Çapanoğlu mosque’ and the local bazaar, drive for ÇAMLIK National Park with richness of flora and fauna. It has a big diversity of plants such as; hundreds years old larch trees which are also called as caucasian pine tree, juniper trees, oak trees etc. You also can see red foxes, rabbits, golden eagles, squirrels jumping on the trees, crested lark birds or dove birds. Drive to the town center to taste the local cuisine for lunch.

Next stop is Hattuşaş, the capital city of Hittite Empire, which was the super-power of the Bronze Age, Start your extraordinary trip in Hattuşaş, which is accepted as World Heritage by Unesco in 1986, with the open air temple with a background of 4000 years. You can see 2 natural rock galleries where enchanting reliefs of most important Hittites gods and goddesses are depicted on the interior walls. Then have an unforgettable walk in the historical ruins which date back to Bronze Age and partly restored as faithfully. In order, visit the tremendous temple complex (together with the sacred green stone which is said to come to the earth from the space, rooms with Hittites hieroglyphs, warehouses, sacrificing rooms etc.), upper castle, southern castle, king gate, state temples, sphinx gate, lion gate, underground defense tunnels and Pyramid shaped city walls. Then visit a small local museum in Boğazköy where the unusual Bronze Age objects excavated from Hattuşaş are on exhibition.

Continue to visit the second biggest Hitties settlements, Alacahöyük (Alaca mound), which incudes 4 different cultural stages with 14 residential floors. Visit Hitties royal necropolis where 13 king tombs were buried in large pottery cubes together with their treasures in the position of Fetuc. Have a very short walk to Alacahöyük museum to see the Unique Hitties artifacts. Stop at the Hitties dam which is accepted as the first man made dam in Asia Minor before returning to your hotel.

The maximum number of participants is 9
Children age under 5 years old are free of charge

What’s included

Entrance fees

Lunch

Guided tour

Water

Snacks

Transportation in air-conditioned vehicle

Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Afternoon tea

On-site assistance

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Location

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Hotel pickup in Cappadocia is included. You will be asked to provide your hotel pick-up details and contact number at the check-out. Please contact the tour operator as the phone number included in the voucher at least 48 hours in advance for hotel pick-up service.