Shamakhi

This is an exciting journey for those who do not like a long road. The distance from Baku to Shamakhi is 122 kilometers, or an hour and a half. We want to show you the Alpaca farm. These cute creatures appeared in Azerbaijan quite recently. Alpacas were brought to Azerbaijan on the initiative of Leyla Aliyeva. The new residents liked the nature of Shamakhi very much. Now alpacas are successfully bred in Azerbaijan. On the farm you can organize a photo session. In addition to the alpaca farm, we will stop near the mausoleum of Diri Baba, near Yeddi Gumbez, and also go to the Abgora wine restaurant, where you can have a delicious lunch. And then we will drop you at the meating point.

Diri Baba Mausoleum

The mausoleum stands in a square located on a glyptic cliff. The building is two-storeyed. There is a fragment of a ligature, indicating a date – the year 1402, and also a part of the architect’s name – “…the son of ustad Haji” – in one of the squinches. Many legends and myths are connected to this place. Diri Baba mausoleum was decorated with a mosaic and effective ligature by a calligraphist called “Dervish”.