The castle in the centre of İskilip sits on rock that falls away sheer on three sides; the only way up is from the north-west. It is dated to the Ottoman period.
At the foot of that rock are rock tombs of the Roman period. There are vehicles to İskilip from the Çorum bus station every hour.
Getting there
- Access
- Vehicles run hourly to İskilip from the Çorum coach station.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Çorum as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.2 °C in January to 21.4 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (62 mm) and lightest in August (15 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
