An Underground City at the Silk Road Crossroads

Artova, where the railway line passes through our country, which is woven with iron nets, is a very cute settlement. The district, which has undergone a multicultural process throughout history as it is one of the Silk Road junctions, still continues to be a very lively district thanks to the trains that stop at the station due to the Sivas-Samsun railway. Artova is a place we can recommend you to come, even if you do not plan a trip to Tokat. We think that especially history and nature lovers will return here very pleased with different memories.

Artova History

Before the Kingdom of Pontus invaded the region, its history goes back to BC. The district, which emerged as an important settlement of the Cappadocia Kingdom dating back to the 500s, passed under the banner of the Romans with the attacks of the Roman Empire. Timur, who organized raids in the region, almost destroyed the city while taking this place from the Romans. The district, which we see as "Artukova" in written sources, took this name because it was conquered by Artuk Bey under the administration of Great Seljuk commander Alpaslan Sultan. It is also known in the literature that Artuk Bey chose this region as his living space, but there was a conquest process starting from Central Anatolia and extending to the ruins of Marmara.

Timur was not the only one who destroyed the city. The big earthquake that took place in the district in 1923, which exactly coincided with the foundation year of the Republic, made the center and many villages next to it almost uninhabitable. Artukova, which received a lot of support during the reconstruction period, started to be seen as Artova, with the transfer of the train station, without being specifically mentioned in the records.

Artova Hotels

Although you cannot find many luxurious hotels in this district with a population of approximately ten thousand, you have the opportunity to select the most suitable facility for your budget by searching in detail on hotelforex.com for many Artova hotels, boutique hotels, motels and pensions that offer accommodation in Artova. Within the scope of the Artova trip plan, if you have determined the places to visit and the date of your visit, we would like to direct you to our Artova hotels page, where you can reach all of them on our hotelforex.com site. Our page, which is arranged in such a way that you can negotiate one-to-one with the facilities you choose and even negotiate the price, offers you the opportunity to get the best quality service at the best price.

Artova Attractions List

Many artifacts belonging to the Chalcolithic Age were not revealed by official archaeological studies, so many remains were plundered by treasure hunters. Later, it was registered and protected as Artova site.

Uzunpınar Underground City: The underground city, which is 500 meters to the north from the Yakapınar Village of the district center, is thought to have been designed as a refuge in the early Christian period. In 1995, Tokat Museum carried out cleaning works in order to open this underground city to visit and to provide tourism resources to the district. Although there is no written source about it, the local people narrate that this place was an Armenian village in the past and they call the cave as Horun Cave. There are halls, rooms and a temple connected to three main corridors in the structure, which consists of three floors downwards. Since the lighting is not very good, we recommend that you take a flashlight with you. Although the mouth of the cave is narrow because it was built for shelter, the inside is not that narrow. Although a ventilation system was not built, there is air flow, which we think was a work of architectural intelligence at the time when the underground city was built.

Artova Train Station: If you come by train, you will be amazed by the cuteness of this two-storey building that awaits you with all its simplicity.

Hyacinth Dam Pond: It offers a recreation area where you can spend a nice day with your friends or family. Don't forget to photograph your most fun moments.