Azerbaijan: With excursions to Georgia - Mark Elliott

In 1999 the first edition of this book put Azerbaijan on the travel map. Packed with practical, cultural and culinary information as well as scores of maps it helped visitors and residents alike to make the most of this beautiful, varied and much under-estimated country. This guide provides practical information for all visitors and foreign residents on visas, getting to Azerbaijan, hotel and restaurant reviews, language and cultural tips, comprehensive information for motorists, landmarks at key turnings, gas stations, four-wheel drive routes, city transit plus bus and train services. This expanded, thoroughly-updated second edition includes ever wilder excursions into mystical mountains and reveals quaint old Pensar mosques, little-known 6th century church ruins, more bubbling mud volcanoes and bizarre natural flares in the land where even water catches fire. Find a field full of rusting soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles near Puta, take idyllic Caucasian hikes form the timeless village of Xinaliq, explore four-wheel drive routes to remote Allar and secret Sim. Even more off-beat curiosities are pinpointed including the Perigala "fairy castle", the hand tree in Goychay, a cowpie pyramid near Agdash and a grand disemboweled Lenin statue at Yevlax. You will find 182 maps and 176 diagrams, revised spellings better reflect the current Azerbaijani transliteration system plus excursion to neighboring Georgia.Elliott, Mark is the author of 'Azerbaijan: With excursions to Georgia - Mark Elliott' with ISBN 9781873756492 and ISBN 1873756496.