Sheki
- Sheki is over 2500 years old
- Sheki Кhans' summer palace built in 17th c.
- Hometown of famous writer Mirza Akhundov
- Ancient Albanian temple in Kish built in 5th c.
- Special dishes Piti & delicates sweet Halva
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- Take a day trip to the Gobustan National Park, known for its ancient rock carvings (petroglyphs) and mud volcanoes.
- Explore the Gobustan Museum to learn about the history and culture of the region.
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages.
The Gobustan National park has around 300 bubbling mud volcanoes. This makes around 30% of the entire volcanoes in the world. Thousands of tourists from all across the globe are attracted to this destination to see these sprawling field speckled with bubbling mud volcanoes, anthropological sites and sizzling lakes. Now you have another mesmerizing reason to visit the city of Baku. Also, don’t miss the opportunity to visit the Gobustan National museum to learn all about Mesolithic period.
