Winter palace- House of Sheki Khan's — Attraction in Shaki

Not worth the visit, or the entrance fee or the guide. The guide wasn’t too informative, and the palace was empty inside. Only 1 room had few intricate paintings and the guide literally asked us to imagine other rooms like this (the other rooms were all painted plain white-ish). Some windows were beautiful but it doesn’t make up for the otherwise empty “palace”. Photography was prohibited inside and the guide legit took only 5-7 minutes to show us around. Save your time and money and visit the other (summer) palace. This was such a scam. I would like to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they were under renovation and they’ll paint back the plain white rooms to original again and add pots, pans and carpets etc. or atleast project them onto the walls instead of asking to just use our...

A really opulent place. Located in the historic city of Sheki near the Greater Caucasus Mountains The Sheki Khan's Palace is an 18th-century architectural masterpiece built as the summer residence of the Sheki khans, notably commissioned by Muhammad Husayn Khan Mushtaq and completed around 1797. It is renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship, including intricate frescoes, miniature paintings, and the unique "shebeke" stained glass windows made without glue or nails! The palace is a two-storey building with six rooms, four corridors, and two mirrored balconies, covering about 300 square meters. It reflects the wealth of the region from silk trade and silkworm breeding during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is a UNESCO World...

A beautiful jewel of a Palace, in a pleasant garden. Inside, whilst the star of the show is the intricate Shebeke glasswork of the windows, the wall paintings (particularly the dadoes in the 'Parliament' and 'Men's Room') with their respective collections of birds and battle and hunting scenes are worth quiet contemplation. Then look upward to the geometric ceiling of the 'Parliament', and the huge ceiling in the 'Men's Room' which is just like a Persian Carpet. No photos are allowed indoors. So drink the magnificence with your eyes! Outside, the facade is elaborately decorated with geometric designs, and...