Azerbaijan
Even if you don鈥檛 stay here, do peep inside this historic caravanserai whose twin-level arcade of sturdy arches enclose a sizeable central courtyard. Stride through the imposing wooden gateway door and if questioned say you鈥檙e heading for the restaurant in the garden behind.
Groups are permitted to visit between 11am and 7pm.
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This ornate 1762 palace building features vivid murals and dazzling coloured light streaming through 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows), making it 艦蓹ki鈥檚鈥
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The brilliantly renovated round-towered 'temple' in pretty Ki艧 village has been lovingly converted into a very well-presented trilingual museum. It鈥檚 the鈥
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Two beautiful high-altitude valleys meet at charming little 陌lisu. Amazingly this diminutive village of photogenic old homes was once the capital of a鈥
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High above the city, a plateau of summer pastures known as Xan Yayla臒谋 offers truly superb viewpoints back over the valley and northwards towards high鈥
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This remarkable rural site comprises over a dozen close-packed grave excavations from the 2nd to 7th centuries BC, presented underground in the states鈥
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The 艦蓹ki Khans' little-publicised 'other' palace is a slightly smaller, older version of the Xan Saray谋 set in its own rose garden. While five of the six鈥
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The 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows) featured at Xan Saray谋 are laboriously made by slotting together hundreds of hand-carved wooden pieces to create鈥
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This engrossing little museum is wonderfully old-fashioned and has very little in English, but photos show regional historical places, there's a mockup of鈥
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The 艦蓹ki Khans' little-publicised 'other' palace is a slightly smaller, older version of the Xan Saray谋 set in its own rose garden. While five of the six鈥
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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鈥
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The 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows) featured at Xan Saray谋 are laboriously made by slotting together hundreds of hand-carved wooden pieces to create鈥
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This ornate 1762 palace building features vivid murals and dazzling coloured light streaming through 艧蓹b蓹k蓹 (stained-glass windows), making it 艦蓹ki鈥檚鈥
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This small, 19th-century mosque is a typical brick structure that fits harmoniously with the architecture of MF Axundzad蓹 pr, looking especially鈥
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Raised on a hillside high above the city, the WWII memorial is a vertical twist of concrete scroll fronted by a mourning woman with her head between her鈥
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There's nothing historic about this curious castle-like folly, an intriguing landmark on the ridge above town. It was designed to be a hotel but so poorly鈥
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艦訖ki's foremost mosque dates from the 18th century and sports a standalone 28m brick minaret with a metal tulip-shaped point.