Azerbaijan

Three Baku Museums: Folds, Rolls, and Minis

As befits a city with a long history and a wealthy present, Baku is filled with museums celebrating its past culture and its future.

Dec 29, 2024

Baku: Beyond the Old City

Newer Baku also dazzles. The fresh-looking, century-old buildings are complemented by eye-catching modern architecture...plus tributes to fire and…

Dec 22, 2024

Baku: Everything Old is New Again

Oddly, the capital's walled Old City – where the Shahs ruled from their palace between the 9th and 16th century – is that it seems newer than the new…

Dec 16, 2024

High and Holy Places of the North

Driving northward to the west of Azerbaijan’s Caucasus Mountains, we found high places and holy places, stony greys and vivid colors.

Dec 14, 2024

Time travel: Living Long in the South

We found in southern Azerbaijan, at the edge of Iran, a timeless forest surviving from ice ages past and a people who might have the key to a very long…

Dec 14, 2024

Eye Candy in Azerbaijan’s Caucasian Peaks

We feasted on two remarkable experiences to the east of the Lower Caucasian Mountains of Azerbaijan – the Candy Canes and the road from Quba to Xinaliq.

Dec 7, 2024

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