Travel · Azerbaijan

• 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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• CityGabalaThe ancient capital of Caucasian Albania, today a mountain resort known for the Tufandag cable cars and its forests.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 →
• 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 →
• VillageLahijA mountain settlement in Ismayilli with cobbled streets. Its copper craftsmanship has been on UNESCO's intangible heritage list since 2015.Read more →
• MonumentMomine Khatun MausoleumA ten-sided tomb tower built in Nakhchivan in 1186 by the architect Ajami Nakhchivani — a masterpiece of Atabeg architecture.Read more →

• 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 →
• 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 →
• NatureHyrcanian ForestsRelict forests in the Lankaran region surviving from millions of years ago, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2023.Read more →

• 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 →
• ShrineJuma Mosque of ShamakhiFounded in 743, one of the oldest mosques in the Caucasus.Read more →
• 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 →
• ShrineChurch of KishA Christian church near Shaki from the era of Caucasian Albania, now a museum.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 →
• 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 →
• Leisure centreShahdagAzerbaijan's largest ski resort, in the mountains of Gusar: skiing in winter, hiking in summer.Read more →
• Leisure centreTufandagA year-round mountain resort in Gabala: cable cars, ski runs and views of forested mountains.Read more →
• Leisure centreNabranA summer holiday area on the Caspian where the forest runs down to the sea.Read more →
• Leisure centreBaku BoulevardThe Seaside National Park along the Caspian shore — a favourite promenade for locals and visitors since 1909.Read more →

Did you know?

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

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• Shusha used to be called "the conservatory of the Caucasus".

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• The palace's shebeke windows are assembled without nails or glue.

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