Nagorno-Karabakh holidays and unrecognized countries travel? Home to the most dramatic mountain scenery, composed of lush green valleys, high mountains, and epic roads that go through them, Soran is a relatively big town, not very interesting to be honest, but the base to go to Rawandiz, a tiny settlement built at the edge of a striking cliff that forms an even more striking canyon. This place is seriously impressive, mind-blowing and drop-dead gorgeous, like nowhere else you have seen in the region. Once you are in Soran, you should quickly get to Rawandiz, which is about 7km. You can hitchhike or pay a 5,000ID taxi. Just hang around, meet friendly locals and go to the edge of the village to see the cliff. Then, get out of town in the opposite direction of Soran, towards Bekhal waterfall, another spot crowded with local tourists. You will have to hitchhike because it is quite far. The location is on maps.me.

Transnistria is a thin strip of land wedged between Moldova and Ukraine. It is home to more than 500,000 people and has a parliamentary government, a standing army, and its own currency. A forgotten remnant of the Soviet Union, Transnistria is an unrecognized country hidden behind a heavily militarized border between Moldova and Ukraine. More correctly known as the ‘Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic’ (or ‘PMR’), Transnistria is one of a number of frozen conflict zones that emerged following the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union. One of the most notable things about Transnistria (and Tiraspol in particular) is the prevalence of Soviet symbology. While socialist monuments and busts of Lenin may still be commonplace in other former-USSR nations such as Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, Transnistria goes one step further, actually referring to itself as a ‘soviet state.’ Communist motifs appear everywhere from schools and universities, to the nation’s hammer-and-sickle flag. Discover additional info at Somaliland Tours.

Georgia is the world’s fourth-largest hazelnut producer, so it comes as no surprise that Italian company Ferrero—of Ferrero-Rocher, Kinder, and Nutella—runs a nut-processing facility in Georgia. What is surprising, given the Georgian-Abkhazian trade embargo, is that at least one-tenth of Georgia’s hazelnut exports originate in Abkhazia, according to The Economist. So, if you’ve dipped into a Nutella jar while on vacation in Europe, you may have enjoyed some literal forbidden fruit.

In the past, their claims for independence were based primarily on the right to national self-determination, historical continuity and claim for a remedial right to secession, based on alleged human-rights violations. Since 2005, official representatives of several unrecognized countries have repeatedly emphasised the importance of democracy promotion in their political entities. A possible explanation of this phenomenon is in the belief that those states which have demonstrated their economic viability and promote the organization of a democratic state, should have their sovereignty recognized. This being because of the understanding that legitimacy is gained through democracy. See additional info on www.politicalholidays.com.