Gәncә Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Gəncə’s airport, 8km northwest of the centre, was rebuilt in 2006. Turan Air (562800; Xatai küç) flies twice weekly to Istanbul (from US$144).

To Moscow-Domodedovo both Turan and Moskovia (www.ak3r.ru) fly thrice weekly (US$190). AZAL (Atatürk pr; 9am-6pm) has three scheduled weekly flights to Naxçivan (US$50) and Baku (US$50), though these tend to be cancelled when planes are needed for the busy Naxçivan–Baku run.

Gəncə has two bus stations. The main Yevlax Avtovağuzal (Nizami küç) handles most major destinations. The smaller Şəmkir Avtovağzal (Nizami küç) serves towns west of Gəncə including Qazax and Krasny Most (Qırmızı Körpü) for the Georgian border (three hours).

Marshrutkas to Xanlar (50q, 25 minutes) leave when full from a point 200m south down Nərimanov küç.

The train station is 4km north of the centre by marshrutka 1. Several trains run overnight to Baku (from AZN3.10, eight hours), plus one poorly timed daytime ‘express’ at 4pm (not on Thursdays).