TheEverywhereList’s exploration of magical Baku, Azerbaijan, a mesmerizing melange of ancient and modern on the historic Silk Road.
Daytrip from Baku – Gobustan, Mud Volcanoes and Fire Temple
As fascinating as we found Baku with contrasting quaint streets and shiny modern architecture, we were excited to take a city break to the outskirts of the capital. Because Tauni & I made a pact not to drive on this trip (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia roads–it’s a jungle out there), we once again signed up for …
Tbilisi
We stayed six nights in Tbilisi during our two weeks in the Caucasus Region. Tbilisi and the Moxy hotel served as our home base as we went out on tours, flew to Azerbaijan and back, and drove into Armenia and back. Tbilisi was welcoming and friendly and we were happy to make it our home …
Kakheti Wine Tour
Georgia is a wine region. Georgians proudly proclaim that they are the originator of wine – whether that is true or not, they certainly take a lot of pride in their wine, and it still made in the traditional way in clay jugs called qvevri. If you see the statue of the Mother of Georgia …
Armenia
All we really knew about Armenia was that Armenia and Azerbaijan did not get along, and we had to proceed to Armenia via Georgia. I found a 2-day tour into Armenia from Georgia which seemed like an ideal way to see some of the key sites in Armenia including Yerevan – and having a guide …
Tsalka Canyon and the Hanging Diamond Cafe
A month before our trip to Georgia, we saw an article about a new diamond-shaped glass cafe hanging 900 feet above Tsalka Canyon in Georgia. It looked magical and we knew we had to get there. We looked for more information about it, and saw several articles describing the cafe, but none of them had …
Kazbegi
If you’ve seen pictures of Georgia, you’ve probably seen pictures of Mt. Kazbegi, with the iconic church atop a hill in front of it. That is the image of Georgia we wanted to see, and that was the first tour we went on in Georgia. We went with Select Georgia tours on a private tour. …
Food in the Caucasus
As Tauni is a vegetarian and Michele might be called a flexitarian with limited meat consumption, having vegetarian options is critical for us. In each of the 3 countries [Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia] we found a good variety of vegetarian food to choose from. o Appetizers – we often found apps like hummus, or dips …
HOW to Plan Your Itinerary for the Caucasus
There were a lot of moving parts in our 2 week visit to the Caucasus. Here is what we learned about laying out and executing our tour plan. Travel between each country – Travel between Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia was a bit of a puzzle we had to piece together. I (Michele) had hoped to …