Folk Art Baku

Why it matters: this Old City shop has spent over a decade connecting travelers directly with Azerbaijani artisans, paying rural producers and craftspeople from the country’s ethnic-minority communities according to Fair Trade principles rather than routing profit through middlemen. Expect handmade jewelry, pottery, traditional dolls and leatherwork, each piece traceable to the maker who created it. Pick up a hand-painted glass tea set or a traditional doll as a souvenir with a real story behind it, and ask the English-speaking staff which producer made what you’re holding.