10 vibes for Bayburt

Bayburt Castle: It is not known who built this building, which is thought to have been built in the first centuries CE. Located in the north of the city, the castle offers a magnificent view with its steep walls on the rocks and tiles on the walls.

Aydıntepe Underground City: Aydıntepe Underground City is a worth-to-see asset consists of galleries and rooms carved without using any building materials into the bedrock, two to five meters below the surface, and larger spaces where these rooms are opened.

Baksı Museum: This extraordinary museum displays contemporary art and traditional handicrafts together under the same roof. The museum has exhibition halls, warehouse museum, workshops, conference hall, library, and guesthouse.

Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum; Kenan Yavuz Cultural House:  Cultural House, with its traditional village houses, mills, amphitheater, mansion, theater, cinema hall, library, local kitchen workshop, village coffee house, indoor and outdoor museum that contains the traces of rural life, has the appearance of a local cultural complex.

Bayburt Ulu Mosque: The mosque, which is accepted to have been built between 1282-1299, was rebuilt in the 1970s based on its original plan. It is one of the landmarks of the city.

Clock Tower: The Clock Tower, rising right in front of Bayburt Castle, can be seen from almost every point of the city center with its imposing architecture.

Kop Mountain Winter Sports and Ski Center The center starts holding snow in December and continues to offer quality snow until the end of May.Its clean air mixed with juniper wood and flower scents will motivate you for the life once again.

Dede Korkut Cupola: The Cupola is thought to belong to the wise person Dede Korkut, who is an important figure and who is sacralized in the epics of the Oğuz Turks, and it is said to have been built in the mid-ninth century.

Çımağıl Cave: The cave, which is about 35 km from the city center, is worth seeing with its small puddles, stalactites, stalagmites, cave pearls, cave flowers, organ-patterned walls, travertine steps and natural structure. In particular, the colors of these natural formations gain a distinct value to the cave.

Çoruh River and Basin Rising from Bayburt’s Mescit Mountains and being among the fastest flowing rivers in the world, the river passes right through the center of Bayburt and adds a natural beauty to Bayburt. You can’t get enough making rafting on Çoruh river.