Azerbaijan Holidays

The capital, Baku, surrounds a wide bay on the Caspian Sea. Behind it, on the hillsides, are some impressive stone houses and mansions that reflect a latter day oil wealth and prosperity that has once again returned to this city.

Although the nearby Absheron Peninsula is covered in oil wells, a visit will also reveal a much older link to the Zoroastrians, for whom fire is an important symbol, erected temples around burning gas vents in the ground. A small number also live in the northern area around Guba, known for its fragrant gardens, virgin forests and alpine meadows while Lenkoran lies in a sub-tropical zone where rice and tea are cultivated.

There are also several national parks in the area. Gobustan is in a volcanic desert southwest of Baku where the mountainside of outcrops and caves is covered in rock paintings from the early stone age, more than 10,000 years old.








Combines well with Georgia