Overnight stay is provided in Sheki city. The next day in Sheki, we will visit the Sheki Khans Palace with luxurious wall paintings and openwork windows, located in a stone citadel. We will visit the ashagi (lower) and yukhari (upper) caravanserais. Usually, caravanserais were built in the form of castles with one gate, the closure of which, in case of danger, turned them into an impregnable fortress. We will see the medieval baths. The underground hamam (bathhouse) preserved in Sheki was built in the 19th century. It is located in a semi-basement, which is why it got its name "underground". For a long time it was abandoned, now it is being reconstructed. In Sheki, still grooms, continuing age-old traditions, come to wash in an old bath the day before the wedding. Museum of Folk and Applied Arts. The factory of the famous Sheki silk. We will have lunch in Sheki with a special local dish piti - a rich soup that is best prepared in this region. Piti is prepared in clay pots, which should be simmering in the oven for at least 8 hours. Next, we will have a tasting of Sheki honey baklava and the opportunity to purchase it in local family pastry shops. We will also visit a Christian church in the village of Kish. An ancient Albanian temple, a unique monument of antiquity, created in the 1st century AD. It is assumed that the temple was founded by the Apostle Elisha, who brought Christianity to Albania (Caucasian Albania is a state that existed on the territory of Azerbaijan from the 1st century BC to the 5th century). And also the remains of the impregnable fortress Gelersen-Gerersen ("You come and see" Vlll - lX century).
Presumably, the foundation of the fortress was laid in the 12th century. Currently, its picturesque ruins can be seen on the banks of the Kish River, which is 4 kilometers from Sheki. The fortress is located on the top of Mount Garatepe. For many years, she faithfully guarded the approaches to the city from foreign invaders.