Most beautiful places
Cities, monuments, nature and holy sites
CityBakuThe capital of Azerbaijan and the largest city on the Caspian. The ancient Old City and the Flame Towers stand side by side here.Read more →
ResortNaftalanA spa town famous for a healing oil found nowhere else in the world. This oil does not burn — people bathe in it.Read more →
ResortDuzdagAn ancient salt mine near Nakhchivan. Asthma and bronchitis are treated in its underground salt caves.Read more →
MonumentOld City of Baku, Maiden Tower and Shirvanshahs' PalaceBaku's walled historic core, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000.Read more →
MonumentGobustan Rock ArtThousands of images carved into rock over millennia, 60 km south of Baku. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.Read more →
ResortIstisuHot mineral springs in the mountains of Kalbajar. The famous Istisu water is once again bottled at its source.Read more →
ResortGalaaltiA spa resort with a mineral spring in the wooded hills below the ancient Chirag Gala fortress.Read more →
CityShaki and the Palace of the Shaki KhansAn old silk and craft town at the foot of the Greater Caucasus. Its historic centre with the Khan's Palace has been a UNESCO site since 2019.Read more →
Leisure centreShahdagAzerbaijan's largest ski resort, in the mountains of Gusar: skiing in winter, hiking in summer.Read more →
CityShushaThe crown of Karabakh and Azerbaijan's cultural capital. Founded in 1752, liberated on 8 November 2020, and Cultural Capital of the Turkic World in 2023.Read more →
CityGanjaAzerbaijan's second-largest city and the home of Nizami Ganjavi. In 1918 it was the first capital of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.Read more →
Leisure centreTufandagA year-round mountain resort in Gabala: cable cars, ski runs and views of forested mountains.Read more →
Why Azerbaijan?
Discover the culture
Instruments, dances, crafts and carpets
CarpetAzerbaijani carpetA weaving art thousands of years old, with the Guba, Shirvan, Baku, Ganja, Gazakh, Karabakh and Tabriz schools. UNESCO heritage since 2010.Read more →
Musical genreAzerbaijani mughamThe main genre of Azerbaijani classical music — an art of improvisation passed from master to pupil rather than written down. On UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2008.Read more →
Musical workLeyli and Majnun (opera)Uzeyir Hajibeyli's opera staged in Baku in 1908 — the first opera of the Muslim East.Read more →
InstrumentTarThe string instrument regarded as the symbol of Azerbaijani music. Its craftsmanship and performance have been on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2012.Read more →
DanceYalliAn ancient group dance performed hand in hand in a circle or chain; Nakhchivan's yalli dances have been on UNESCO's Urgent Safeguarding List since 2018.Read more →
Musical genreArt of the Azerbaijani ashiqA folk art combining poetry, music, dance and epic storytelling, on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2009.Read more →
InstrumentKamanchaA bowed string instrument and member of the mugham trio. The art of making and playing it became UNESCO heritage in 2017 through a joint Azerbaijani–Iranian nomination.Read more →
CraftKelaghayiWomen's silk headscarves block-printed with patterns, a UNESCO-listed craft since 2014.Read more →
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