Lake Masazir — Attraction in Absheron - Khizi

The Pink or Salt Lake is actually an industrial site where salt is extracted, so it is fenced off on all sides. There is only one unofficial access point from the village. Unfortunately, this area is littered with a lot of trash, which spoils the experience. The water turns pink at a certain angle, and you can see pink sand on the shallows. Overall, the impression is not very positive, and I would exclude it from tourist programs altogether. For us, it was the least interesting stop on our entire route, and I wouldn't recommend...

Not as pink as some pictures. It is most probably getting pink due to the content of salt during mining. So it's probably npt always pinkish. When we went there it's more brownish than pink. And not sure also, where the particular location around this big lake, to see the scenery of real pink colour as some photos posted shown. Tough to go there with public bus. Need 2 busses each way 1.5hr journey time allow more for traffict congestion. One bus with baku card, the other need to pay with...

Lake Masazir in the suburbs of Baku is one of the 8 pink lakes in the world. This reservoir, 15 kilometers north of Baku, has huge reserves of salt suitable for industrial extraction. The Dead Sea of Azerbaijan 💖 And yes, it...