Tufandağ Hotel

Azerbaijan


An excellent base if you're skiing, Tufandağ is Qәbәlә's most tastefully upmarket property (other than the absurdly exclusive Chenot Palace) and provides one of the best breakfast buffets in Azerbaijan. It's 2km up the road towards Duruca from the Qafqaz Resort Hotel, whose extensive sports facilities guests here can use without charge.

You can alternatively get here across the mountain from Riverside by a pair of cable-car rides.


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