Today we spent half the day driving West from Baku to the mountain resort town of Şeki (pronounced Sheki). Appart from its beautiful mountain location this town is famous for the Palace of Shaki Khans which is renowned for being constructed (in 1762) without a single nail and for the colored glass windows which are constructed without nails or glue.

In the village below the Palace there is a fine example of a stone Caravansary which has been modernized somewhat and converted to a hotel. Never the less the nature of the old caravansary can still be seen in the stonework and the adjacent garden which was originally housing for the animals of Silkroad travellers.

Many of the shops and restauraunts in the town are housed in converted historic buildings and with the owners permission it is possible to stroll around and see the grandeur of the past.