Historic sites
Icherisheher, Baku
Baku
Baku's walled old city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the 12th-century Maiden Tower, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, caravanserais and carpet sh…
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Historic sites
Gobustan Rock Art and Mud Volcanoes
Qobustan, Baku
More than 6,000 rock carvings of people, animals and boats dating back up to 40,000 years, in a rocky landscape south of Baku, a UNESCO World Heritag…
Historic sites
Khinalug
Quba
One of the highest and most remote villages in the Caucasus, at 2,350 m, whose people speak their own language, with stone houses stacked on a hillsi…
Historic sites
Sheki Khan's Palace
Sheki, Shaki
An 18th-century summer palace in the Caucasus foothills, famous for its walls of colourful frescoes and stained-glass windows (shebeke) made without …
Natural features
Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain)
Absheron
A hillside near Baku where natural gas seeping from the ground has been burning continuously for decades, a wall of flame 10 m long, most impressive …