Azerbaijan.. The land of fire is not only the land fueled by oil

Arabiaweather.com - Ismail Qasimi - Few people know a lot about Azerbaijan, and less of them are those who have visited it or think about it, but this country, with its strategic location between Europe and Asia, where the Silk Road intersects and Turkish, Russian and Persian influences, today opens up more to tourism .

Azerbaijan is located between Russia and Iran, and its mentality looks like features that resemble the two countries. For centuries, it was an important station on the famous trade route "Silk Road", but the stereotype about this country today is that it is "the land fueled by oil", and this is the reality, as its economy has grown thanks to oil and exploitation of natural gas.

Azerbaijan, whose name means "Land of Fire" and its capital, Baku, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, looks more civilized and modern, while you can still enjoy a lot of things, as Azerbaijan enjoys a mixture of Persian history and Russian and Turkish influences spread among the mountains of the Caucasus or along the coast of the Caspian Sea.

Strange, wonderful, amazing and charming.. This is how Azerbaijan is and it is not just a land where everything revolves around oil and the thriving city of Baku, the rich reserves in its culture, history, people and among the mountains of the Caucasus will all remain when the oil reserves are depleted.

Outside Baku, you can still witness traditional ways of life, meet artisans in mountain villages, and trek among the great Caucasus Mountains to admire surreal mud volcanoes and one of the world's most ancient and unusual petroglyphs.