Introducing Quba
Famous for carpets and apple orchards, the low-key town of Quba sits on a cliff top overlooking the Qudiyalçay River. It was founded in the 18th century as the new capital of local potentate Fatali Khan but rapidly became a quiet provincial backwater once the khanate had been absorbed into the Russian Empire (1806). A fair scattering of modestly historic buildings remain from that period and today Quba’s wooded hinterland is becoming a popular spot for Baku weekenders, thanks to its distant horizon of snow-topped mountains and a comparatively cool summer climate.
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Last updated: Mar 24, 2009
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RE: Gəncə, Azerbaijan day-trip from Georgia
by BrianTravel 24 July 2011
Giora - Gəncə IS the closest town after crossing from Georgia. :-) Other towns of Lənkəran, Qəbələ, Qax, Quba are too far for a day-trip.…
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Re: Bus from Baku to Tbilisi
by julamarie 12 March 2011
Hey! When will you leave for Tbilisi? Because I'm in Azerbaijan at the moment as well and leaving for Georgia about the 18th. Between,…
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RE: Quba, Xinaliq & Laza.
by williamjiraiya 05 December 2010
rowk25, you have somehow managed to not answer a single one of our questions whilst dropping a lot of information on us. Assuming you…
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