Journey into the Bronze Age on a history-focused day trip to Hattuşa, capital of the Hittites. The current tour page explains that the Hittites were an Indo-Germanic, partly European people who arrived through the Black Sea region to northern Anatolia at the beginning of the 18th century BC, where they encountered the local Hatti people. Their civilization ruled between the 18th and 12th centuries BC, and the period is also known as the Bronze Age.
The Hittites were skilled in the use of horse-drawn chariots as vehicles of war. They fought Ramses II and the Egyptians before concluding a peace treaty recorded on clay. The current page describes this as the first peace treaty in which women participated and states that two women signed it.
After hotel pickup in the Cappadocia region at 8:30 AM, travel via Yozgat for approximately three hours to Hattuşa. Visit Yazılıkaya, the remains of an open-air Hittite temple featuring rock carvings of Hittite gods and goddesses.
Continue into Hattuşa to see the Great Temple, the city ruins, the Lion Gate, the King’s Gate and the Hittite summer palace. Travel onward to Alacahöyük, described as the first capital of the Hittite and Hatti civilizations. Return to the hotel at approximately 7:00–8:00 PM.
Itinerary at a glance
- Cappadocia hotel pickup at 8:30 AM
- Approximately three-hour drive via Yozgat
- Yazılıkaya open-air temple and rock carvings
- Hattuşa Great Temple and city ruins
- Lion Gate and King’s Gate
- Hittite summer palace
- Alacahöyük
- Hotel return at approximately 7:00–8:00 PM
Optional arrangement
This tour can also be arranged from or to Ankara and Kayseri.
