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• Practise being Grand Master at several outdoor chess-playing areas (where Gary Kasparov reputedly practised as a boy) throughout Azerbaijan.
• Go to Shamakha, a modern carpet-weaving centre, where traditional techniques are demonstrated.
• Watch for water buffaloes near the village of Vandam.
• Climb the multiple spiral staircase inside Maiden's Tower, which overlooks the Caspian in the old city centre of Baku, and be privy to a stunning 360-degree view of the city.
• Go to the caravanserai in the old city centre of Baku, which was once a Silk Road route stopover, and bargain for any item amongst numerous splendid carpets, incense holders and other traditional Middle Eastern goods.
• Smell the fragrant scent of apple blossom in Quba, a gorgeous ancient town on the northeastern slopes of the Shahdag range, surrounded by verdant apple orchards.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Go to Shamakha, a modern carpet-weaving centre, where traditional techniques are demonstrated.
• Watch for water buffaloes near the village of Vandam.
• Climb the multiple spiral staircase inside Maiden's Tower, which overlooks the Caspian in the old city centre of Baku, and be privy to a stunning 360-degree view of the city.
• Go to the caravanserai in the old city centre of Baku, which was once a Silk Road route stopover, and bargain for any item amongst numerous splendid carpets, incense holders and other traditional Middle Eastern goods.
• Smell the fragrant scent of apple blossom in Quba, a gorgeous ancient town on the northeastern slopes of the Shahdag range, surrounded by verdant apple orchards.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
