A Week in Sheki

This article is an itinerary.

An itinerary for a weeks stay in Sheki, Azerbaijan.

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Day One
  • Arrive in Sheki
  • Check into hotel/home stay
  • Go to the Caravan Saray
  • Eat lunch
  • Rest in the park by the town center
  • Go to the Juma Mosque
  • Eat dinner at Shirin Pivasi 3 blocks south of the New Bazaar
Day Two
  • Breakfast
  • Go to the silk factory
  • Lunch (Celebi Xan)
  • Tea with baklava and xalva
  • Eat dinner at Milli yemeklar (dolvga, dolma, bozbash, plov)
Day Three
  • Ride the minibus to the sports complex and play a game of tennis
  • Lunch at Sheki saray hotel (penne pesto)
  • Go to an internet cafe
  • Dinner
  • Hike to Gelersen Goresen
  • Supper at Cafe Miraj next to the bazaar (Beer, kotlet, piti)
Day Four
  • Breakfast tea with baklava
  • Go to the Albanian Ruins in Ortazeyzit
  • Have lunch at the M.F.Akhundov Park
  • Go to the Chingiz club and watch a movie
  • Eat supper in the Ayisigi restaurant (kabab, qazan kebab)
  • Watch a play at the drama theater
Day Five
  • Breakfast
  • Visit Azerpost Office
  • You may go Qax and its Ilisu regreation area
  • Visit the bus station
  • Dinner
  • Shop in the bazaar
  • Go to the Hadar Eliyev museum and learn about Azerbaijani history
  • Read one of Azerbaijan’s famous books in one of Sheki’s parks (Ali and Nino, etc.)
  • Supper at a tea house (sebzi mutton with greens, chicken kabob)
Day Six
  • Breakfast
  • Go to the Kish via number 15 bus
  • Go to the cold springs (near Markhal)
  • Hike in Marxal
  • Eat lunch in Marxan
  • See the history museum in Marxal
  • Go to the home of M.F.Axundov
  • Eat dinner (minced meat kabob,badimcan dolmasi and another)
Day Seven
  • Explore the main avenue of Sheki
  • Check out of your hotel/home stay
  • Lunch
  • Go to the ATM for the next leg of the trip
  • Reflect on your time in Sheki at a tea house with a bar of Russian chocolate
  • Supper at Milli Yemekler (grape leave dolma, spaghetti, xengal)
  • Catch the night train out of Sheki
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A Week in Sheki is based on A Week in Sheki by Bill Ellett, Peter Fitzgerald, Hotels Combined, Tim Sandell, Globe-trotter, iGuide and others. A Week in Sheki is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.