Azerbaijan
One of the most dramatic stretches of the Quba–Xınalıq road starts when it enters a deep, narrow canyon at around Km 34.5. It emerges over 2km later at an uninhabited grassy picnic spot called Çaygoșan, where there are two seasonal tea places in an achingly beautiful valley. The best views are around Km 38.3.
A small bridge across the river at Km 37 leads 4km up a very rocky track to the entirely unspoilt clifftop village of Qrız.
9.91 MILES
Laza is a diffuse scattering of houses encircled by soaring mountains with grass-clad slopes and ribbon waterfalls cascading over perilous cliff edges. A…
Quba 1918 Genocide Memorial Complex
15.98 MILES
A startling pair of concrete spike-pyramids rise dramatically above a subterranean museum that very powerfully commemorates the massacres of April and May…
1.13 MILES
One of Northern Azerbaijan's most culturally intriguing villages, Qrız sits on the crag-top plateau that looks out across the cliffs above Çaygoşan. The…
16.92 MILES
Across the river from central Quba, Qırmızı Qəsəbə is a much-celebrated Jewish village with two active synagogues, including the Grand Synagogue. Its…
25.77 MILES
Lahıc’s pedestrianised main street is unevenly paved with smooth pale river-stones and lined with older houses built traditionally with interleaving stone…
22.71 MILES
This photogenic village was built for semi-nomadic shepherds whose families only live here during the summer. Get off the ropeway between the third and…
16.77 MILES
The most impressive of Qırmızı Qəsəbə's surviving synagogues is a two-storey brick structure dating from 1888, pimpled with six spired minidomes.
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This spindly suspension footbridge was designed to help villagers reach the hamlet of Zərnava but these days its users are mostly selfie-snapping tourists…
1.13 MILES
One of Northern Azerbaijan's most culturally intriguing villages, Qrız sits on the crag-top plateau that looks out across the cliffs above Çaygoşan. The…
1.75 MILES
The minuscule village of Cek (pronounced 'Jek') is just a handful of farmsteads around a rocky knob that protrudes from a sweep of grassy mountainside…
9.91 MILES
Laza is a diffuse scattering of houses encircled by soaring mountains with grass-clad slopes and ribbon waterfalls cascading over perilous cliff edges. A…
4. Quba 1918 Genocide Memorial Complex
15.98 MILES
A startling pair of concrete spike-pyramids rise dramatically above a subterranean museum that very powerfully commemorates the massacres of April and May…
16.5 MILES
Old chaps in flat caps sip tea and slap dominoes all day long beneath shady chestnut and plane trees on this attractive, tree-shaded square. There's an…
16.51 MILES
A facade like a stylised castle lures visitors to investigate this unusually professional regional museum, whose main appeal is the fine collection of…
16.56 MILES
Quba is famous for its handmade carpets and this workshop is one accessible place where visitors can see the process in action.
16.58 MILES
Restored in 2018, this 19th-century brick hamman building has a distinctive beehive dome and lies on a street that has several patches of archetypal old…