Rugs, woven with patterned, richly embroidered - Charykov you can buy for every taste! By the way, they are not only beautiful and exotic, but still very comfortable, so are perfect as a "front" house shoes. And you can buy a small Charykov souvenir, which hang on the wall and used as a needle bed or pocket for keys. Another item of national dress, from which will not give up, no fashionista - is Kurd: silk, velvet or mats tank tops, vests, embroidered with beads. Circulated in Azerbaijan and silk, so that the products of local silk is also worth noting. Shawls, scarves and shawls are plain or printed fabrics - these things are better not buy in stores, and from local masters. But the painted ware in batik to be found in art shops. As with any sunny country, at one time Azerbaijan is famous for wine.
The local wines are not inferior in quality Georgia's best, and, although available in the cis, to buy them is not so simple: the wine industry in Azerbaijan, just getting on its feet after the massive felling of vineyards in the late 1980's as part of the struggle with alcoholism in the ussr ". Of the gift options we can recommend a very high quality wines "Afsana" (semidry), "Sevgilim" (sweet) and Cahors with liqueur-like taste. Many wines made in go on sale in a beautiful gift decanters. Well, recently, perhaps. You may be interested to know that any carpet or handicrafts made before 1960 are considered antiques and are taxed, to avoid payment of which the goods should have the appropriate certificate by the Ministry of Culture. The certificate is issued in the official art salons or stores. Goods bought in markets or in private shops, such a certificate, usually do not have. Therefore, if you are not alone, before you buy antique things, consult with your guide: it will avoid problems at customs and bring their loved ones this "antique" a gift, a gift of your choice with a soul.
