- Azerbaijan: where is “Land of Lights” located?
- How to get to Azerbaijan?
- Rest in Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan beaches
- Souvenirs from Azerbaijan
Not every vacationer knows where Azerbaijan is - a country whose high season covers the period from June to September. Summer is suitable for visiting the Gabala Music Festival, recreation in the mountains, forests and on the shores of the Caspian Sea, autumn - for enjoying the taste of watermelons, quince, figs, dogwood, participating in the celebration of the Baku Jazz Festival and the Pomegranate Festival, visiting healing streams and forest lands, winter - for exploring the mountains in Guba and Gusar regions, and spending time at the Shahdag ski resort, spring - to participate in festive events in honor of the Flower Festival, Novruz, the World of Mugam festival.
Azerbaijan: where is “Land of Lights” located?
Azerbaijan, with its capital in Baku, is located in the Middle East and Western Asia. The area of the state is 86,600 sq. Km. It has land borders with Iran, Russia, Armenia and Georgia. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijani exclave) is bordered by Iran on the southwest side, Turkey on the northwest, and Armenia on the northeast.
The northern part of Azerbaijan, which has access to the Caspian Sea, is occupied by the Caucasian ridge, the southeastern part is occupied by the Lankaran lowland and the Talysh mountains, and the central part is occupied by the Kura-Arak lowland.
Azerbaijan (the highest point is the 4400-meter mountain Bazarduzu) consists of Naftalan, Khankendi, Naftalan, Nakhichevan, Mingechevir and other cities of republican subordination (there are 12 in total), as well as Adzhigabul, Agstafa, Beylangan, Gakh, Guba, Dashkesan, Zagatala, Imishli, Salyan, Tovuz, Khachmaz, Shamkir and other regions (there are 66 of them). The large islands include Pirallakhi (formerly Artem) and Chilov (another name is Zhiloy), and the peninsulas include the Kura spit, Sarah and the Apsheron peninsula.
How to get to Azerbaijan?
In the direction of Moscow - the Azerbaijani capital, passengers fly for 3 hours on board Aeroflot aircraft. Those who decided to stop for a rest at the Astana airport will have a trip lasting 9.5 hours, the Bulgarian capital - 12 hours, Budapest - 11.5 hours, Istanbul - 10.5 hours.
Those who set off on the Moscow - Nakhichevan flight will spend 3 hours and 15 minutes on the flight, but the trip will last up to 15 hours, if on the way make a stop in Istanbul and Ankara or for 7.5 hours - only in Istanbul. A 2.5-hour flight awaits those who are going to reach Gabala, but if passengers stop to rest in Istanbul, they will spend at least 9 hours on the road.
You can also get to Baku by train, but you will have to spend 60 hours on the way (departure - Kursk railway station).
Rest in Azerbaijan
Vacationers in Azerbaijan will be interested in Baku (famous for the Maiden Tower, Carpet Museum, Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Flame Towers, Juma Mosque, Primorsky Boulevard, Sahil Park), Gusar (there is a mountaineering club at guests' service, offering everyone to conquer the Caucasus mountains, as well as winter -year complex, 30 km away from the resort), Shahdag National Park (those who want to meet the East Caucasian tour, brown bear, chamois, red deer, long-eared bat, Caucasian snowcock and other representatives of the Red Book flock here).
Azerbaijan beaches
- beaches in Novkhany: vacationers will find restaurants, teahouses, cafes there. For $ 4-7, tables and chairs are rented on the beaches.
- beaches in Mardakan: there you can swim, sunbathe and ride rented catamarans and water scooters (a 10-minute ride will cost $ 13).
Souvenirs from Azerbaijan
It is recommended to bring Shemakhi Cahors from Azerbaijan, tea, semi-sweet wine "Sevgilim", carpets with unique patterns, copper dishes, chiraq (oil lamp), cherry jam, women's clothing, capes and tablecloths with almond-shaped buta pattern (stylized image of flames), national footwear (charykh), kalagai (silk scarf), national daggers.
