Travel

• 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 →Azerbaijan
• CityIstanbulA city on two continents, split by the Bosphorus into a European and an Asian side. Capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1453 to 1922 and today Türkiye's largest city.Read more →Türkiye
• 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 →Azerbaijan
• 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 →Azerbaijan
• 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 →Azerbaijan
• CityGabalaThe ancient capital of Caucasian Albania, today a mountain resort known for the Tufandag cable cars and its forests.Read more →Azerbaijan
• CityAnkara and AnıtkabirTürkiye's capital since 1923. Its emblem is Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.Read more →Türkiye
• CityKonya and the Mevlana MausoleumCapital of the Anatolian Seljuks and the city of Rumi. The green-domed mausoleum welcomes millions of visitors every year.Read more →Türkiye

• MonumentHagia SophiaA vast domed building completed in 537: a church for nearly a thousand years, a mosque from 1453, a museum from 1934 and a mosque again since 2020.Read more →Türkiye
• MonumentOld City of Baku, Maiden Tower and Shirvanshahs' PalaceBaku's walled historic core, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2000.Read more →Azerbaijan
• MonumentGobustan Rock ArtThousands of images carved into rock over millennia, 60 km south of Baku. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.Read more →Azerbaijan
• MonumentTopkapı PalaceThe palace where Ottoman sultans lived and ruled for about 400 years; a museum since 1924.Read more →Türkiye
• MonumentEphesusAn ancient port city on the Aegean: the Library of Celsus, the great theatre and the site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders. A UNESCO site since 2015.Read more →Türkiye
• MonumentGöbekli TepeStone circles raised about 11,600 years ago — among the oldest known monumental structures in the world. A UNESCO site since 2018.Read more →Türkiye
• VillageKhinaligOne of the highest mountain villages in the Caucasus, home to an ancient community with its own language. Its cultural landscape and the Köç Yolu route have been a UNESCO site since 2023.Read more →Azerbaijan
• MonumentMount NemrutThe tomb-sanctuary of King Antiochus I of Commagene at 2,134 metres, with giant stone heads lined up on its terraces. A UNESCO site since 1987.Read more →Türkiye

• NatureCappadociaA land of "fairy chimneys" carved from volcanic tuff, rock-cut churches and underground cities. Göreme has been a UNESCO site since 1985.Read more →Türkiye
• NaturePamukkale and HierapolisWhite travertine terraces formed by hot mineral springs, with the ancient city of Hierapolis above them. A UNESCO site since 1988.Read more →Türkiye
• NatureYanar DagA hillside on the Absheron Peninsula where natural gas from underground burns without end — the living image of the "Land of Fire".Read more →Azerbaijan
• NatureLake GoygolA mountain lake at the foot of Mount Kapaz, formed after the earthquake of 1139 and the heart of Goygol National Park.Read more →Azerbaijan
• NatureHyrcanian ForestsRelict forests in the Lankaran region surviving from millions of years ago, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2023.Read more →Azerbaijan
• NatureIssyk-KulA saline lake 1,607 m up in the Tian Shan whose name means "warm lake", because it almost never freezes.Read more →Kyrgyzstan
• NatureCharyn CanyonA red-rock canyon more than 150 km long, about 200 km east of Almaty; its most famous stretch is the Valley of Castles.Read more →Kazakhstan
• NatureSong-KölA mountain lake at 3,016 m, Kyrgyzstan's largest freshwater lake, ringed in summer by herders' yurts.Read more →Kyrgyzstan

• ShrineAteshgah Fire TempleA fire temple at Surakhani, built over natural gas flames. In the 17th–18th centuries it was a place of worship for merchants and pilgrims from India.Read more →Azerbaijan
• ShrineSüleymaniye MosqueOne of Istanbul's largest mosque complexes, built by Mimar Sinan for Suleiman the Magnificent in 1550–1557.Read more →Türkiye
• ShrineSultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)A six-minaret mosque built in 1609–1617, its interior adorned with thousands of blue İznik tiles.Read more →Türkiye
• ShrineJuma Mosque of ShamakhiFounded in 743, one of the oldest mosques in the Caucasus.Read more →Azerbaijan
• ShrineBibi-Heybat MosqueA shrine on the Caspian shore south of Baku; its 13th-century mosque was destroyed in 1936 and rebuilt in the 1990s–2000s.Read more →Azerbaijan
• ShrineChurch of KishA Christian church near Shaki from the era of Caucasian Albania, now a museum.Read more →Azerbaijan
• ShrineTomb of Gül BabaThe tomb of the Bektashi dervish Gül Baba in Budapest — the northernmost Islamic pilgrimage site in the world.Read more →Hungary
• ShrineMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed YasawiA vast mausoleum built on Timur's orders at the end of the 14th century — one of the most revered shrines of the Turkic world. A UNESCO site since 2003.Read more →Kazakhstan

• ResortBurabayThe "Kazakh Switzerland" — a resort of pine forests, cliffs and lakes 250 km north of Astana.Read more →Kazakhstan
• Leisure centreMedeu skating rinkThe world's most famous high-altitude skating rink, at 1,691 metres — the "factory of records".Read more →Kazakhstan
• 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 →Azerbaijan
• ResortDuzdagAn ancient salt mine near Nakhchivan. Asthma and bronchitis are treated in its underground salt caves.Read more →Azerbaijan
• Leisure centreKhan ShatyrAn entertainment centre in Astana shaped like a giant transparent tent, with a tropical beach inside, designed by Norman Foster.Read more →Kazakhstan
• ResortShymbulakCentral Asia's best-known ski resort, in the Tien Shan just outside Almaty; it hosted events of the 2011 Asian Winter Games.Read more →Kazakhstan
• ResortIstisuHot mineral springs in the mountains of Kalbajar. The famous Istisu water is once again bottled at its source.Read more →Azerbaijan
• ResortGalaaltiA spa resort with a mineral spring in the wooded hills below the ancient Chirag Gala fortress.Read more →Azerbaijan

Did you know?

• Naftalan oil does not burn — it is meant for healing, not for fuel.

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• The Maiden Tower is 29 metres tall.

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• The kharibulbul flower grows only around Shusha and is the city's symbol.

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