Guide
The Sulusaray spring, also known as Çermikönü or Ilıca, rises among the ruins of the ancient city of Sebastopolis, 750 m above sea level. It emerges from a fault line at 32–44.3 °C, and was in use through the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. The water, classed among the cool and lukewarm salt springs, contains sodium chloride, sulphate and bicarbonate.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Tokat as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2 °C in January to 22.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (59 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
