Are you exciting to book tour of Azerbaijan, but you don’t know what resort you should choose for your vacation? We advise you to have a closer look at the town of Gusar. There have beautiful nature, variety of architectural […]
Are you exciting to book tour of Azerbaijan, but you don’t know what resort you should choose for your vacation? We advise you to have a closer look at the town of Gusar. There have beautiful nature, variety of architectural and historical monuments as well as a famous ski resort ‘Shahdag’ will be there for you.
Why is it worth having a vacation in Gusar?
Gusar, one of the most beautiful towns of Azerbaijan, is located at the foot of the Large Caucasus. The city is located at the distance of 183 km from Baku. One of the highlights of Gusar is beautiful nature: rivers, mountains, blueberry, briar grow are there. If you are lucky enough, while having a walk along the forest paths, you will come across a mountain goat or an owl. There also live wild boars, wolves, bears.
Gusar-Laza. Within the tour you will visit a historical village located in the vicinity, you will have a chance to see samples of folk art (some of them are even on sale). The peaks of the Gusar raion are a real finding for mountaineers and alpinists. Winter competitions of ice rock climbers also take place here — on frozen waterfalls. And the town is located at the distance of just 32 km from the ski resort ‘Shahdag’, which attracts tourists from the whole world in winter & summer season.
Currently, the ski resort has 19 runs of different complexity level and four cable ropeways. The Shahdag Mountain Ski Resort near Qusar was the first winter sports resort in Azerbaijan. Shahdag Mountain Resort Complex was open to the public in 2012. Besides, in the territory of the ‘Shahdag’ resort there functions the school of mountain skiing. In Shahdagh learn to ski as well as to snowboard. At the rental store you may rent any outfit for going in for your favourite sports.