🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Baku mixes flame-lit modernity with old Silk Road lanes; beyond it, mud volcanoes, mountain villages and Caspian beaches feel wonderfully unfrequented.
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🇦🇿 Azerbaijan at a glance
Baku mixes flame-lit modernity with old Silk Road lanes; beyond it, mud volcanoes, mountain villages and Caspian beaches feel wonderfully unfrequented.
Who it suits
Curious travellers mixing city design with Silk Road history.
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What the season feels like
April–June and September–October are mildest; Baku summers are hot and windy off the Caspian.
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What Azerbaijan is known for
- Flame Towers after dark
- Icherisheher old city lanes
- Mud volcanoes of Gobustan
- Sheki's painted caravanserai
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