Qobustan

Qobustan is a city in Azerbaijan's Baku Region.

Get in
From Baku - from the Old Town/Maiden's Tower/sea-front road take the number 120 or 88 bus to 20-Ci saha (Field of 20) bus stop, 0.20 manat; or bus 125 from Maiden's Tower to the end. Then take the 195 bound for Alat and get off in the town of Qobustan, 0.80 manat. Stop at the center of Gobustan village, just past the overhead pass (not at the entrance to the village where the driver may drop you and there are some taxis waiting). The museum is a 3.6 km walk in the opposite direction of the sea towards the hill with many rocks on, no shade, but flat to the entrance, if taking a taxi be sure to haggle for your fare. The Roman graffiti is on a rock in the middle of a road that branches off from the road at the base of the hill with the museum on it. The area around the museum is good for hiking, there are many dormant or extinct mud volcanoes that have been heavily eroded, making for spectacular scenery. The entry price for the park (includes the museum) is: adults 4 manat; children 0.20 manat, students 1 manat, parking 1 manat (Oct 2017). Plus, if you want, 6 manat for an English-speaking guide.

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Qobustan is best known for its rock petroglyphs (a UNESCO World Heritage site) and mud volcanoes.