Azerbaijan Quba Tours

Head into Quba's apple orchards and Caucasus foothills, gateway to Khinalug, on our tours of northern Azerbaijan.

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Quba makes a rewarding stop about three hours north of Baku, where the road climbs from the Caspian plain into orchard country. Tours of Quba usually mix the town's carpet-weaving workshops with time in the surrounding Greater Caucasus valleys.

Krasnaya Sloboda and Mountain Villages

Across the Qudyalchay river lies Krasnaya Sloboda, one of the last all-Jewish towns outside Israel, with synagogues and a small museum telling the story of the Mountain Jews. Farther upriver, the road threads a dramatic canyon toward Khinalug, a stone village at roughly 2,350 meters whose language is spoken nowhere else on earth.

Seasons and Local Flavors

Apple harvest colors the town in September and October, while spring fills the valleys with blossom. Try dushbara, the tiny local dumplings served in broth, and buy mountain honey from roadside stands before the drive back.