Sevimli Kalesi stands on a steep, peninsula-shaped hill in the valley of the Kura river, about 500 metres south of Sevimli village — also given as Vel — some 18 to 20 kilometres southeast of Hanak in Ardahan.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ardahan as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -11.2 °C in January to 16.1 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in June (92 mm) and lightest in January (20 mm). Long-term means for 1958-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
