A day trip through three regions: the Juma Mosque in Shamakhi, the Zarnava suspension bridge in Ismailli, the Seven Beauties Waterfall and the Tufandag resort in Gabala.
Leaving Baku, the landscape turns into rolling green hills on the way to Shamakhi. The first stop is the Juma Mosque, a work of Islamic architecture founded in 743. You see its prayer halls and quiet courtyard, and hear why this Silk Road t…