Excursions in Azerbaijan enable tourists to explore places in and around the country. Excursions in Azerbaijan help tourists to have an unforgettable holiday in Azerbaijan.Excursions in Azerbaijan must include a visit to the medieval walled city of Icheri Sheher. The city has a distinctly mid-eastern atmosphere. The streets are lined with tea-houses. Its attractive narrow streets and stone buildings spread up from the waterfront. There are also a number of mosques located in the medieval city.
The Dzhuma Mosque, houses the Museum of Carpets and Applied Arts, with a fine display of Azeri carpets, as well as jewelry, embroidery, wood carving and metalwork. Beyond the Synyk Kalah Minaret which is the oldest building in the world, lies the 15th Century palace of the Shirvan Shahs. Equally distinctive are the opulent houses and public buildings built during the Baku oil boom at the turn of the 20th Century. There is a number of tourist sights near Baku fit for a day’s excursion. One such sight some 12 miles away from Baku is the Surakhany Temple. It was established by Parsee fire-worshippers. It remained a popular destination for Indian pilgrim for long. The pilgrims’ cells now house a wax museum which tends to teach the basics of fire worship to the uninitiated.
The Apsheron Peninsula, stretching out into the Caspian Sea is another good place for excursions. It has several 14th Century fortresses, built by the Shirvan shahs. The tip of the peninsula is a nature reserve. Another place of excursion is the village of Gobustan. It is about 70 kilometers south of Baku. The place has a unique array of rock paintings. Some of them are over 10,000 years old and spread over 100 square kilometers of rocks. The subject matter of the drawings includes hunting scenes, ritual dances, religious ceremonies, ships, animals and constellations.
From Azerbaijan one needs to visit the city of Shamakha. It lies 130 kilometers to the west of Azerbaijan. Though much of the city is in ruins, destroyed by invading armies, one can see a 10th Century mosque and a ruined fortress dating from the same period, the Seven Domes Royal Mausoleum and a modern carpet-weaving center where traditional techniques are demonstrated.Sheki which is 380 kilometers west of Baku is famed for its silk. The silk is still produced locally and an excursion here takes one to the heart of the silk land.
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