Crafts House

Azerbaijan


Although the wide range of knick-knacks is mostly fairly corny tourist tat, this two-storey complex also includes a couple of genuine craft artists' workshops.

It is worth perusing en route to the tourist office, which is upstairs in the same historic brick building.


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