Nakhchivan Travel Guide: Alinja Castle, Noah’s Tomb and the Edge of the Caucasus Nakhchivan is Azerbaijan’s landlocked exclave surrounded by Turkey, Armenia, and Iran — a Silk Road crossroads of medieval fortresses, blue-tiled mausoleums, salt mountain therapy centres, prehistoric Gemigaya petroglyphs, and the Alinja Castle mountain fortress that resisted Tamerlane’s army for 14 years. One of the least-visited significant heritage destinations on the Eurasian continent and among the most rewarding for the effort of reaching it. Your complete 2026 guide. Nakhchivan is the territory that every map of Azerbaijan marks with a dotted border and most atlases footnote as an exclave — and it is precisely this cartographic oddity that…