Azerbaijan is already a country that is somewhat disregarded as a travel destination from what I've heard, even though it's full of amazing landscapes and wonderful places of all kind - ruins of ancient castles, rebuilt fire temples from a religion one usually doesn't hear about and also tons of good food. But Nakhchivan is the actual highlight. Seperated from the rest of the country by Armenia and thus being an exclave, the autonomous republic does up the level yet again. With at least nine mausoleums, that are all fantastic from an architectural viewpoint, to a rebuilt castleground that looks similar to Machu Picchu in a way, the area is filled with places you wouldn't even imagine. Add some amazing mountains and lakes and you get a place, that should be visited a lot more often.

The regular way of getting there would be by airplane from Baku, which only costs about 35€ and goes very regularly. Since I love to inspire people to travel, I'd happily answer any questions you might have (also about traveling Azerbaijan itself). We do have a Travel Vlog up for all of it, but since this is not meant to be self-promo, I'm not leaving a link on this post.