Lәnkәran Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Lənkəran’s airport is under reconstruction. Laş-bound minibuses pass by.

Ləvəngi bus station (Lənkəran bypass), 3km northwest of the centre, handles long-distance bus services. Baku-bound services leave at least hourly until 6pm, stopping near Masallı en route. There’s a Lerik minibus at 7.30am.

Local buses depart from around the bazaar. Take Laş buses for the airport, Liman buses for Ləvəngi bus station (20q, last around 4pm). Marshrutkas to Astara (AZN1) leave from Sabir küç, one block north. For Lerik, shared jeeps (AZN3) and charter taxis (AZN10 each way) depart from the Talysh taxi park (Koroğlu küç) west of the bazaar. Or flag down passing transport near the airport.

Two trains run to Baku, the seat-only ‘express’ at 4.59pm (AZN2.80, doesn’t run Mondays) and the sleeper at 9.17pm (AZN2.60 platskart, AZN3.60 kupe, 8½ hours) arriving early next morning. Trains to Astara at 7.23am and 2.23pm (60q, one hour) offer a pleasant way to gaze at the Caspian.