Bayburt

Bayburt

Popular places to visit in Bayburt;

First Day

You can start your first day by visiting Bayburt Castle, which is the symbol of the city and attracts the most attention, as well as watching Bayburt from the top and watching the unique view of the whole city. Then you can go to the Great Mosque, which carries the traces of the Anatolian Seljuk period, and then you can go to the Clock Tower, one of the most important landmarks of the city, which can be seen from almost every point of the city. You can then visit Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum, a local cultural complex, with an indoor and outdoor museum that contains the traces of rural life. You can take a break by taking photos of the beautiful view of Çoruh River, which divides Bayburt into two, and by tasting the unique dishes of the city in the restaurants on both sides of the river. Afterwards, if your visit coincides with the winter season, you can go skiing at Kop Mountain Winter and Ski Center and complete your night by staying in the surrounding hotels.

Second Day

On the second day of your visit to Bayburt, you should definitely visit the rooms created at a depth of 2 to 5 meters from the earth without using any building materials and wide spaces opened from the rooms in Aydıntepe Underground City, and Baksı Museum where contemporary traditional handicrafts are exhibited. You can then visit Dede Korkut Cupola, which is known by the locals as “Ali Baba” or “Korkut Ata” Cupola, and is thought to belong to the wise Dede Korkut in the epics of the Oğuz Turks. Before completing your day, you can visit Yakup Abdal Natural Park, one of the important natural park areas of Bayburt, and visit with your loved ones, have a picnic and have enjoyable times in the beautiful nature.