Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's 'oldest' and most splendid mosque has been a place of Islamic worship since 743 AD, and although though the current version dates mostly from a 2009–13 rebuild, it incorporates powerful stone columns that are a century older. The interior's turquoise-mosaic mihrab is especially impressive.
Shoes should be removed, bags left with the guard and women must cover their hair (scarves available).
20.47 MILES
Lahıc’s pedestrianised main street is unevenly paved with smooth pale river-stones and lined with older houses built traditionally with interleaving stone…
20.84 MILES
This spindly suspension footbridge was designed to help villagers reach the hamlet of Zərnava but these days its users are mostly selfie-snapping tourists…
15.25 MILES
This stylishly designed, relatively well-endowed little museum, opened in August 2018, attractively displays several antique grave sites and finds from…
10.97 MILES
Azerbaijan's world-class observatory, founded in 1966, currently has six large telescopes beneath archetypal silver domes, most now automated. By paying a…
20.37 MILES
This quaint little one-room collection of cultural artefacts is housed in a 1902 former mosque next door to the tourist office. Posted opening times are…
10.97 MILES
Azerbaijan's world-class observatory, founded in 1966, currently has six large telescopes beneath archetypal silver domes, most now automated. By paying a…
15.25 MILES
This stylishly designed, relatively well-endowed little museum, opened in August 2018, attractively displays several antique grave sites and finds from…
20.37 MILES
This quaint little one-room collection of cultural artefacts is housed in a 1902 former mosque next door to the tourist office. Posted opening times are…
20.47 MILES
Lahıc’s pedestrianised main street is unevenly paved with smooth pale river-stones and lined with older houses built traditionally with interleaving stone…
20.84 MILES
This spindly suspension footbridge was designed to help villagers reach the hamlet of Zərnava but these days its users are mostly selfie-snapping tourists…