Elik’s guidebook
Sightseeing
Gabaland is the largest theme park in the open air in Azerbaijan and in the region, and favorite destination both for foreign guests coming to Gabala and local people. Entertainment and leisure park is intended both for adults and children.
The park is located in one of the most beautiful areas of Gabala and is open all the year round. In the entertainment centre Gabaland there are interesting attractions for all age categories – from small children (4 years) to adults. Over 50 attractions are functioning in the entertainment centre.
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Gabaland
1 İsmayıl bəy QutqaşınlıGabaland is the largest theme park in the open air in Azerbaijan and in the region, and favorite destination both for foreign guests coming to Gabala and local people. Entertainment and leisure park is intended both for adults and children.
The park is located in one of the most beautiful areas of Gabala and is open all the year round. In the entertainment centre Gabaland there are interesting attractions for all age categories – from small children (4 years) to adults. Over 50 attractions are functioning in the entertainment centre.
Tufandag Mountain Resort offers its visitors a natural scenery of incomparable beauty and harmony. Set like a jewel in the crown of mountains that surround it, Tufandag Mountain Resort is a must see place for nature lovers and sports enthusiasts.
The most well known place in Qabala The only place has cable car takes you to the top of the mountain and have the chance to see the beautiful Qabala from top. The restaurant there steak house is the best international one in Qabala.
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Tufandag Mountain Resort
Duruca kəndiTufandag Mountain Resort offers its visitors a natural scenery of incomparable beauty and harmony. Set like a jewel in the crown of mountains that surround it, Tufandag Mountain Resort is a must see place for nature lovers and sports enthusiasts.
The most well known place in Qabala The only place has cable car takes you to the top of the mountain and have the chance to see the beautiful Qabala from top. The restaurant there steak house is the best international one in Qabala.
Gabala Shooting Club is part of the Gabala Sport Club, a world-class facility that prepares the athletes for the national teams of Azerbaijan in shooting, boxing, karate, taekwondo, soccer, and judo.
The reason behind building the GSC was to develop a multi-purpose and world-class shooting facility in Azerbaijan that can serve both as a recreational and entertainment center, and as a training place for the national shooting team and international professionals, as well as to promote the shooting as a sport in national level.
An archery range in addition to the 10 m and 25 m shooting ranges for pistol and air rifles. The prices are reasonable and the staff friendly.
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Gabala Shooting Club
Gabala Shooting Club is part of the Gabala Sport Club, a world-class facility that prepares the athletes for the national teams of Azerbaijan in shooting, boxing, karate, taekwondo, soccer, and judo.
The reason behind building the GSC was to develop a multi-purpose and world-class shooting facility in Azerbaijan that can serve both as a recreational and entertainment center, and as a training place for the national shooting team and international professionals, as well as to promote the shooting as a sport in national level.
An archery range in addition to the 10 m and 25 m shooting ranges for pistol and air rifles. The prices are reasonable and the staff friendly.
This mountainous waterfall flowing from the highest peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and locates in Vandam village of Gabala. The name of the Seven Beauties (Yeddi Gozal) Waterfall originates from the name of the 7 mountain roads that should pass to reach the waterfall.
As the waterfall is completely frozen in the winter, it gets harder to get here. But in spring and summer, tea houses are available on every mountain road, where the guests are offered a tea set with traditional types of Gabala jam.
At the highest point of the waterfall there is a tea house with a special wooden mattress where you can drink tea with the pleasant sound and scenery of the waterfall in the background. The water of the tea is taken from the waterfall and gives a unique taste to it.
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Yeddi Gozel Waterfall
This mountainous waterfall flowing from the highest peaks of the Caucasus Mountains and locates in Vandam village of Gabala. The name of the Seven Beauties (Yeddi Gozal) Waterfall originates from the name of the 7 mountain roads that should pass to reach the waterfall.
As the waterfall is completely frozen in the winter, it gets harder to get here. But in spring and summer, tea houses are available on every mountain road, where the guests are offered a tea set with traditional types of Gabala jam.
At the highest point of the waterfall there is a tea house with a special wooden mattress where you can drink tea with the pleasant sound and scenery of the waterfall in the background. The water of the tea is taken from the waterfall and gives a unique taste to it.
Good for people who are interested in museum and history stuff.
Archaeological Excavations - Ancient Caucasian Albania
Good for people who are interested in museum and history stuff.
Wine tasting tour to Savalan Winery
Savalan Winery is a large winery with its own wineyards and plant where the most advanced Italian technologies are used to create unique wines in the best traditions of Italian quality. During a wine tasting tour you can see whole components of wine making such as large areas of grape trees, the very process of wine making with latest technology, wine warehouse where they have used original barrels made of tree for storing wine.
Savalan
Wine tasting tour to Savalan Winery
Savalan Winery is a large winery with its own wineyards and plant where the most advanced Italian technologies are used to create unique wines in the best traditions of Italian quality. During a wine tasting tour you can see whole components of wine making such as large areas of grape trees, the very process of wine making with latest technology, wine warehouse where they have used original barrels made of tree for storing wine.
Eye-catching Lake Nohur with the magnificent view to Caucasus Mountains, fresh air and water is one of the most picturesque places of Gabala.
The visitors are amazed by the beauty of Lake Nohur. The quiet atmosphere and bird sounds create an ideal relaxation environment to escape from the noise of the city. Although swimming in the lake is prohibited (the lake is also used as a reservoir and provides drinking water for Gabala and surrounding regions), it is a perfect place for fishing.
You can also take a boat and catamaran ride and enjoy the surrounding landscape. Gabala Chenot Hotel is located on the northern coast of the lake.
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Nohur Lake
Eye-catching Lake Nohur with the magnificent view to Caucasus Mountains, fresh air and water is one of the most picturesque places of Gabala.
The visitors are amazed by the beauty of Lake Nohur. The quiet atmosphere and bird sounds create an ideal relaxation environment to escape from the noise of the city. Although swimming in the lake is prohibited (the lake is also used as a reservoir and provides drinking water for Gabala and surrounding regions), it is a perfect place for fishing.
You can also take a boat and catamaran ride and enjoy the surrounding landscape. Gabala Chenot Hotel is located on the northern coast of the lake.
Laza village is situated at a distance of 8 km from the center of the resort town of Gabala in the coast of Demiraparan river at an altitude of 1300-1400 meters above sea level.
There are approximately 140-150 homes in the village. The population is mainly engaged in agriculture. There is a stone board before the entry in the village that welcomes the guests.
Another feature of Laza is that it is located on the way to one of the highest waterfalls of Azerbaijan- Mujug.
Laza
Laza village is situated at a distance of 8 km from the center of the resort town of Gabala in the coast of Demiraparan river at an altitude of 1300-1400 meters above sea level.
There are approximately 140-150 homes in the village. The population is mainly engaged in agriculture. There is a stone board before the entry in the village that welcomes the guests.
Another feature of Laza is that it is located on the way to one of the highest waterfalls of Azerbaijan- Mujug.
The village of Nij, located forty kilometers south west of Gabala, Azerbaijan is the world's only settlement of Udi people. It has a population of 5,700.
he forefathers of the Udi people were members of one of the twenty six Caucasian Albanian tribes who played an important role in the creation of the state of Caucasian Albania. Ancient Udi was the principal language of Caucasian Albania.
Nij
The village of Nij, located forty kilometers south west of Gabala, Azerbaijan is the world's only settlement of Udi people. It has a population of 5,700.
he forefathers of the Udi people were members of one of the twenty six Caucasian Albanian tribes who played an important role in the creation of the state of Caucasian Albania. Ancient Udi was the principal language of Caucasian Albania.
Food scene
There is a bazaar in which here the unit of measure is not scales on the road, but bucket (vedra) where all the products are sold in a bucket (vedra) or by unit. Bazaar is situated on the Baku-Gabala-Baku road. Local people sell their fruits, vegetables and other products gathered from their gardens and fields.
It is possible to find special seasonings for winter supply, healing herbs gathered from the mountains, home-made marinade fruits and vegetables, dried fruits and many rarely found products in this colourful bazaar. These glass containers put on the wooden shelves attract the attention of passers-by.
It is possible to buy some of the most unusual kinds of jams such as walnut jam, canker bloom jam, rose jam, as well as, juice of barberry, doshab, bakmaz, natural honey from the Caucasus Mountains etc. in order to use in the treatment of many diseases naturally
Bazar
Qaraməryəm-İsmayıllı-Şəki yoluThere is a bazaar in which here the unit of measure is not scales on the road, but bucket (vedra) where all the products are sold in a bucket (vedra) or by unit. Bazaar is situated on the Baku-Gabala-Baku road. Local people sell their fruits, vegetables and other products gathered from their gardens and fields.
It is possible to find special seasonings for winter supply, healing herbs gathered from the mountains, home-made marinade fruits and vegetables, dried fruits and many rarely found products in this colourful bazaar. These glass containers put on the wooden shelves attract the attention of passers-by.
It is possible to buy some of the most unusual kinds of jams such as walnut jam, canker bloom jam, rose jam, as well as, juice of barberry, doshab, bakmaz, natural honey from the Caucasus Mountains etc. in order to use in the treatment of many diseases naturally