Settlement
Nijh
(Gabalah area)
HOW TO REACH
The
settlement Nijh is located in 40 km to the south
- West from the regional center of Gabalah. One
can reach Nijh from Gabalah by trip bus or by taxi
on a highway of Baku - Sheki till turn on the fortieth
kilometer, and then up to the road fork Sheki (to
the right), Nijh (on the left).
CHRONOMETRY
Route:
Gabalah - settlement Nijh,
Distance: 42 km, time taken: 40min.
Distance from Baku up to Gabalah: 315 km, time taken:
3 hours.
| ¹ |
Sites
of a route |
Distance
(km) |
Time
(min.) |
The
note |
| 1 |
Regional Center of Gabalah a fork on the line Gabalah -Agdash, on Sheki |
15 |
10 |
Turn to the right of the line Gabalah - Agdash aside lines on a Sheki, Zagatali |
| 2 |
Line Gabalah - Zakatali - road fork up to Nidzh |
27 |
30 |
Turn to the left from the road fork Nijh-Sheki. There is an index "Settlement Nidzh". From the road fork up to settlement Nijh is 2 km. |
| 3 |
Nijh - Gabalah |
15 |
30 |
On the line Sheki- Gabalah aside Gabalah as far as the turn to the right towards the settlement Mirza-Bejli, in front of the bridge across the Jhourluchaj. |
PROGRAM OF TWO-DAY ROUND TO BUDUG
Day
I
-
First half of a day: departure Baku; picnic-lunch
on the coast of lake Nohur on the way to Gabalah;
arrival at Gabalah and acquaintance with the town;
arrival at Nijh.
- Second half of a day: accommodation in rural houses;
dinner with local dishes; fluent excursion around
the settlement, acquaintance with a household life,
ethnography of the township; supper with local dishes.
Day
II
- First half of a day: breakfast; excursion in vicinities of the settlement; acquaintance with memorials - "Jhotary" (XVII century), "Bulun Kilse" (XIX), "Geyun Kilse" (XIX century).
- Second half of a day: dinner; excursion to ruins of an ancient capital of the Caucasian Albania - a site of ancient township Gabala; returning to Baku.
