Gabala
Azerbaijan · 750 m
Description
Gabala (Qəbələ) was the capital of Caucasian Albania two thousand years ago and is now the mountain resort Azerbaijan has spent heavily on, with a cable car up to nineteen hundred metres, a ski slope, a shooting complex and a summer music festival. The forested foothills of the Greater Caucasus behind it hold the Yeddi Gozel waterfalls and Nohur lake, and the ruins of the ancient city sit on a plateau between two river gorges outside town. Hazelnut orchards cover most of the district.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 4 days (optimal 2 days)
Travel season
Best time to visit: May – October
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- Aug
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- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Highlights
- Tufandag cable car and its summit station
- Yeddi Gozel seven waterfalls
- Nohur Lake and its boats
- Ancient Gabala archaeological site
- Tufandag ski slopes (December - March)
- Gabala hazelnut orchards and the harvest (August - September)
- Gabala International Music Festival (approx. July - August)
- Forest hiking in the Greater Caucasus foothills
- Gabala Archaeological Centre museum
- Nij and the Udi Albanian church(Day trip)
Getting there
- Airports:
- GBB