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Tours to Azerbaijan will allow to enjoy the rest on the sea and wide excursion program. In the rich cultural heritage of the country the most strong imprint left the Islamic period

Azerbaijan is a state, located in the eastern part of the Caucasus on the south-west coast of the Caspian Sea. It shares borders with Russia and Georgia to the north, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. The exclave of Nakhichevan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east, Iran to the south and west. The Nagorno-Karabakh region - self-declared independent region in the southwest of the country is not recognized by any nation and considered to be a legal part of Azerbaijan. Baku is the capital of the country.Azerbaijan is situated at the crossroads of two continents - Europe and Asia, and it affects everything that one can see here. There is a great deal of historical monuments belonging to different epochs. Among them are: The Rock Engravings of Gobustan, dating from the XII-X millennium BC, monuments of the Scythian culture (III-II millennium BC), monuments of the Albanian culture (IV -XII cent. BC), and other numerous historical sites relating to Christian and Islamic periods. In Azerbaijan there are over 130 museums, galleries and its branches in all cities and regions of the republic. Unique ancient mausoleums: Momine-Khatun, Yousif mausoleum, towers of the Absheron peninsula. Occupying a relatively small territory, Azerbaijan has unique natural and climatic features: the territory of Azerbaijan presents 9 of 11 climate zones: from subtropics to high alpine meadows! There is a possibility to organize various tours across Azerbaijan and its regions - Holidays in the mountains or on the shore of the warm Caspian Sea, on the Khudat-Yalama beach, famous for its dense forests, or on the coast of the Absheron peninsula. Special tours are organized for lovers of history, ethnography, hiking and horseback trips. Tours can be both for groups and individuals. The most attractive for mountaineering and winter sports are Shamaha and Hussar areas. Gizilagach state reserve is very convenient for licensed hunting - more than one million two hundred species of migratory birds are accumulated there in the winter months! In Azerbaijan, there are a number of health resorts with mineral springs, most of resorts with mineral springs are also tourist centers. Nakhchivan is especially rich in mineral springs. The world's unique curative oil deposit is in Naftalan.

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