Experience Azerbaijan’s food, culture and nature in pocket-friendly travel budget

By Nivi Shrivastava “Salam! Welcome to Baku, is it your first time in Azerbaijan?” greeted our curious guide Chinara, a mild-mannered Azeri with bright eyes and thick eyebrows, who had come to receive us at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport with her colleague Leila, a slender light-haired representative from the Tourism Board. Our gracious, 28-year-old…

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A food trail in Azerbaijan

By Nivi Shrivastava Famous for its transcontinental geography and exotic landscape, Azerbaijan is as versatile as it gets. With vivid food customs and warm hospitality, the country offers a cultural mélange of cooking traditions that were introduced by neighbouring countries of Turkey, Russia, Iran,  Armenia and Georgia. The unique cuisine of Azerbaijan might remind of you familiar tastes from home with the usage…

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