Naip castle stands on a high hill four kilometres south-west of the Naip quarter in the Süleymanpaşa district of Tekirdağ, commanding the country around it. Its walls are built of small rubble stone and horasan mortar; two of its towers, six to seven metres high, are in sound condition.
The castle was built in the late Roman period and remained in use under the Byzantines. Woodland has grown up around it since. Getting there means taking a minibus from the centre of Süleymanpaşa to the Naip quarter and walking the rest.
Getting there
- Access
- Take a minibus from Suleymanpasa town centre to the Naip quarter; the castle is a walk from there.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Tekirdağ as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 23.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (79 mm) and lightest in August (15 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
