Covid-19 Travel Restrictions
Reviewed and valid: 30 Sep 2026.
AZERBAIJAN
You can visit Azerbaijan by flying in, then leave by air or cross the land border into Georgia. Entry by road or on foot remains closed until 6:00 a.m. on January 2, 2027 under restrictions introduced during COVID in spring 2020. Some travelers can also enter by train from Georgia; see the visa-free exception below.
- Entering by air: visitors can fly into Azerbaijan, subject to the usual passport and visa requirements. COVID vaccination certificates and PCR tests are no longer required.
- Entering by road or on foot: ordinary tourist entry is not permitted. A visa or e-visa does not override the border restriction; exceptional entry requires specific authorization.
- Leaving by land: foreign visitors can leave Azerbaijan for Georgia through an operating land crossing. This is an exit route, not permission to return the same way.
- Train exception: the Baku–Tbilisi railway route is open in both directions to Azerbaijani citizens and foreign nationals entitled to enter Azerbaijan without a visa. Travellers who need a visa, including an e-visa, do not qualify for this exception.
Our recommendation: begin your Caucasus tour in Baku. Fly into Azerbaijan, explore the country, then continue overland into Georgia and, if included in your itinerary, onwards to Armenia. Starting in Georgia or Armenia and travelling towards Azerbaijan would normally require a flight for the Azerbaijan leg if your nationality is not eligible for the train exception.
Official information: Azerbaijan entry rules | Baku–Tbilisi railway eligibility
ARMENIA, GEORGIA AND TURKEY
These destinations have no COVID-related border closures or COVID testing and vaccination requirements for entry. Normal passport, visa and border-crossing rules still apply. This does not mean every border between neighbouring countries is open: plan overland journeys through authorized, operating crossings.
Georgia and Armenia can be combined by land without Azerbaijan's pandemic-era entry restriction. For a trip covering all three Caucasus countries, the practical sequence is Azerbaijan, Georgia, then Armenia.