Hınıs Kanyonu is a trough-shaped canyon between the Bahçe and Kayabaşı neighbourhoods of Hınıs, the gorge that separates Bahçe and Sarılı from the district centre. Inside it stands Hınıs Ulu Cami, also called Dere Cami, built in 1734 by Alaaddin Bey, one of the beys of Muş.
Getting there
Hınıs is 150 km from Erzurum.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Erzurum as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -9.1 °C in January to 19.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in July and August; rainfall is heaviest in May (73 mm) and lightest in August (18 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
