Must see attractions in Azerbaijan

Quba is famous for its handmade carpets and this workshop is one accessible place where visitors can see the process in action.

Zaqatala's biggest new mosque has a distinctively Turkish design.

Elegant new stone building with colonnaded pseudo-Greek frontage.

A coven of museum ladies beckon unsuspecting tourists into this unusual building, a circular former church. A sign claims it dates from the 7th century or…

The sturdy shell of this 1887 stone church remains disused for lack of Armenians, a reminder of the brutal cultural divide that remains as the fallout of…

Restored in 2018, this 19th-century brick hamman building has a distinctive beehive dome and lies on a street that has several patches of archetypal old…

Worth a 20-second stop if you're passing, this residential home has been transformed into a quirky artwork using hundreds of glass beer, champagne and…

Vank is unlike any other village in Karabakh – if not the world – thanks to the patronage of native son Levon Hairapetian. The Moscow-based lumber baron…

Tigranakert is one of the four cities founded by Tigran the Great, but the only one known to historians today. It was founded in the 1st century BC, and…

Founded by St Gregory the Illuminator and completed by his grandson, Bishop Grigoris, the Amaras Monastery dates from the 5th century. It's a hugely…

The extraordinary Azokh cave, not far from the village of Azokh, is 14km south of Karmir Shuka (also known as Krasny Bazar). About 200m before the village…

Just before the village of Karmir Shuka (also known as Krasny Bazar) if you're coming from Stepanakert, follow the signs uphill to the home of a 2000-year…

The wonderfully named village of Ghshlagh houses this unique museum, which honours the life of the leader of the Dashnaks, a late-19th-century left-wing…

This attractive 7th-century church is perched on a hillside high above Tigranakert and affords wonderful views of the otherworldly landscape in the area…

Just outside the town of Askeran, 14km north of Stepanakert, is the impressive ruin of Mayraberd Fortess. Built by Panah Khan in the 18th century, it once…