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Its old town, with the Palace of the Shaki Khans, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.\r\n\r\nThe palace, built in the eighteenth century, is famous for its shebeke windows, stained glass set in wooden lattices made without a single nail or drop of glue. The Upper Caravanserai, where merchants once stayed, still takes guests.\r\n\r\nSheki is also known for silk, halva and piti, a lamb stew cooked in clay pots. Two days is right.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting there | Shared taxi or bus from Baku, 5\u20136 hours, or overnight train\r\nGetting around | On foot\r\nLanguage | Azerbaijani. Russian widely spoken\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants\r\nTap water | Most drink bottled\r\nHow long to stay | Two days","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Stay in the old town, the upper part of Sheki near the palace and the Upper Caravanserai, where guesthouses fill traditional houses with gardens. The lower town, around the bazaar, has more shops and transport.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"1","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old town | First-timers | By the palace and caravanserai. | 41.2030 | 47.1940 |  | \nLower town | Transport | Around the bazaar. | 41.1950 | 47.1700 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would take, in the order we would take them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Sheki","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Sheki, at the foot of the Greater Caucasus, was a stop on the Silk Road and the seat of a khanate; its historic centre, with the Khan's palace, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.\r\n\r\nVisit the Palace of the Shaki Khans, completed in 1797, a two-storey summer palace whose walls are covered in paintings of flowers, hunting scenes and battles, and whose windows are made of shebeke, thousands of pieces of coloured glass set in a wooden lattice fixed without nails or glue. Photography is not allowed inside.\r\n\r\nStay a night, or have tea in the courtyard, at the Upper Caravanserai, an eighteenth-century merchants' inn built around a large courtyard.\r\n\r\nWalk to Kish, a village a few kilometres up the valley, to see a small Caucasian Albanian church, one of the oldest in the region. Walk through the old town and the bazaar, and watch the shebeke craftsmen at work in their workshops.\r\n\r\nGabala, an hour away, has a cable car into the mountains, and Nohur Lake.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Khan's palace | Painted walls and shebeke windows\r\nUpper Caravanserai | Tea in the courtyard\r\nKish | An ancient church\r\nShebeke workshops | Craftsmen at work","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Sheki","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Sheki","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Walking the old town and the bazaar is free, and so is watching the shebeke craftsmen in their workshops.\r\n\r\nThe walk to Kish through the valley is free, though the church charges a small fee. Having tea in the caravanserai's courtyard costs very little.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Old town | Free\r\nBazaar | Free\r\nWorkshops | Free to watch\r\nWalk to Kish | Free","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Sheki","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Sheki","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Sheki is famous for piti, a stew of lamb, chickpeas and saffron cooked in an individual clay pot; you eat the broth first with bread, then the meat and chickpeas. Sheki halva, layers of rice-flour lattice filled with nuts and soaked in syrup, is sold all over town.\r\n\r\nTea with jam and sweets is served everywhere. A meal is \u20ac4 to \u20ac10.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Piti | Lamb stew in a clay pot\r\nSheki halva | Lattice and nuts\r\nTea | With jam\r\nA meal | \u20ac4\u201310","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Sheki","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Sheki","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Sheki is quiet at night. Evenings are for dinner in a guesthouse garden or a tea house, and a few restaurants serve beer.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Quiet | At night\r\nGuesthouse gardens | Dinner\r\nTea houses | The evening\r\nA beer | \u20ac1.50\u20133","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Sheki","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Sheki","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The old town is walkable. Shared taxis and buses reach Baku in five to six hours, and there is an overnight train.\r\n\r\nGabala and its cable car are about an hour away. The Georgian border is close, but Azerbaijan's land borders have been closed for entry since 2020, so plan to fly into Baku; the Tbilisi\u2013Baku train, which resumed in May 2026, is the one overland exception.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"To Baku | 5\u20136 h by shared taxi\r\nOvernight train | To Baku\r\nTo Gabala | About 1 hour\r\nGeorgian border | Closed for entry","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Sheki","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Sheki costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Sheki is cheap. A careful day is \u20ac20 to \u20ac30.\r\n\r\nThe Khan's palace charges a few euros, and a night at the Upper Caravanserai is good value. A piti costs \u20ac4 to \u20ac6.\r\n\r\nThe currency is the manat (AZN), at roughly 1.9 manat to the euro; prices here are euro equivalents. Cards work widely in Baku; carry cash in the regions, where small guesthouses and taxis are cash only.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"A day | \u20ac20\u201330\r\nPalace | A few euros\r\nPiti | \u20ac4\u20136\r\nCash | Needed","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Sheki","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Sheki","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Sheki is very safe.\r\n\r\nRespect the no-photography rule inside the Khan's palace.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112, or 102 police and 103 ambulance.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Very safe | Yes\r\nPalace | No photos inside\r\nRoads | Winding\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Sheki","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Sheki","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"An ancient church, a mountain cable car and a lake.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Gabala | About 1 hour | Shared taxi | A cable car into the mountains. |  | 1305400\nNohur Lake | About 1 hour | Taxi | A lake near Gabala. |  | 1305397","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Sheki","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to October is best, with green hills and mild weather.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 6 | 1 | Cold\r\nFebruary | 8 | 1 | Quiet\r\nMarch | 12 | 3 | Novruz\r\nApril | 18 | 3 | Spring\r\nMay | 23 | 4 | Green\r\nJune | 27 | 4 | Good\r\nJuly | 30 | 3 | Hot\r\nAugust | 29 | 3 | Hot\r\nSeptember | 25 | 4 | Good\r\nOctober | 18 | 3 | Autumn\r\nNovember | 12 | 1 | Quiet\r\nDecember | 8 | 1 | Cold","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"The spring festival is the big one.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Sheki","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/asia\/azerbaijan\/sheki\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Novruz | Around 21 March | Sheki | The spring new year. |  | \nSilk Road season | May to October | Sheki | The best months to visit. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. 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