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| Best Places in Baku: | | The Palace of the Shirvan Shahs, Maiden's Tower (Guz Qalasi), Absheron Peninsula, Atashgah Fire Temple, Yanar Dagh, The Baku Boluvar, The Azeri National Costume Museum (Doll Museum), Taghiyev History Museum, Dendro Park | |
| Additional Information | | Population : 2,074,300 | |
Airport - Heydar Aliyev International Airport(IATA: GYD) is situated 25km from Baku city center. It is served by major airlines including British Airways and Lufthansa, and a whole host of smaller airlines.
Shopping - Antiques from Old City, Tea and Talish Stockings from Lankaran, Halva from Sheki, Apples from Quba, Traditional dolls created by ladies' groups in Barda.
Hotels
Baku Station Hotel - 24 May Station, Baku
The Azerbaijan Hotel - Azadlig Square, located near the Caspian Sea boulevard, 994 12 989-004
Hotel Consul - 92c Hasan Aliyev Street
Delfin Hotel - 9th km of Sumgait Highway, Ph. 994 012 406-64-00
Diplomat Hotel - Suleyman Rahimov Street, 185
Restaurants
Lebanese - 12, Z. Taguyev Street
Half Way Inn - 6, 28 May Street
L’aparte - 51, Istigaliyyet Street
Onassis - 3, Inshaatchilar Avenue
U Dali - 5, M. Ibragimov Street | |
 Private tours in Baku. Azerbaijan | | Tour in Baku. Guide for Old Baku tour - Baki's compact Old Town is a mixture of Medieval monuments, 19th century oil boom Mansions, and a few Soviet-era monstrosities. It once extended farther east towards the sea, but part was demolished to make way for Neftchilar prospekti and the waterfront park. | | Tour in Baku. Old City Tour includes visiting the Shirvan-Shahs - This is a unique complex of buildings richly decorated by 15th -century skilful architects and craftsmen. Among them are the tomb of Seid Yahia Bakuvi, a court astronomer; Shah's family tomb; the Palace Bathhouse, discovered in 1936; Synyk-Kala Minaret, the earliest (XI c. | | Tour in Baku. Individual tours - We are delighted to have the opportunity to help you plan a tailor made tour to Azerbaijan. Please give us as more information as possible on what you expect or would like to see within this trip in order to enable us to give you as exact reply as we can. | | Tour in Baku. Guide for Baku city tour - At the end of the 19th century Azerbaijan was responsible for more than half of the world's oil production, and Baki was rolling in money. Between 1885 and 1915 hundreds of luxurious mansions were built by entrepreneurs and oil barons who had grown wealthy almost overnight. | | Tour in Baku. Carpet tour - For centuries Azerbaijan had been a country of various handicrafts, particularly carpet-making. Carpet-making is one of the ancient fields of the decorative-applied art of Azerbaijan. | | Tour in Baku. Fire Worshippers - It is an Indian Temple built near the natural vents of flaming gas in Surakhny area at a 25- km distance from Baku. Openings in the walls permitted a view of the eternal fire on the altar inside and other flames at the four corners of the altar roof. | | Tour in Baku. Baku city tour - First Day Arrival to Baku, transfer from the Airport to your Hotel Accommodation in the hotel Breakfast Beginning of excursion in Old Town - "Icheri Sheher". See the highlights of Icheri Sheher including the Palace of the Shirvans (the most striking example of the Medieval palace structures in Azerbaijan, dating to the middle of 15th century). | | Tour in Baku. Tour to Nakhchivan - Nakhchivan (Naxcivan, Naxjivan, Nakhichivan) is the magnificently stark, disconnected chunk of Azerbaijan stretching from the awesome shadow of Mt Agri (Ararat) to the historic town of Ordubad. For most of the Soviet era this was a secretive military zone. | | Tour in Baku. Maiden Tower - The Maiden Tower is a remarkable architectural monument of V-XII cc; this is one of 2000 architectural monuments within the Absheron area. Raising to a height of 90 ft, it stands much as it did a thousand years ago. | | Tour in Baku. Tours outside Baku. - Sheki - (320 km from Baku), This is one of the most ancient towns in Azerbaijan, situated on a mountain slope over 2,200 ft above sea level. The upper, ancient part of the town is turned to a historical museums. |  See all private and personal tours in Azerbaijan |
| Private guides of Baku. Azerbaijan | | Guide in Baku. AzIntourist - You can rely on the Azerbaijan tourist company "Azintourist" (former "Azertour" and VAO"Intourist") to ensure your comfortable stay in Azerbaijan. You will benefit from the atmosphere of professional servicing and Caucasian hospitality. | | Guide in Baku. Zaur Mammadov - Located on the very crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations, Azerbaijan was exposed to the influence of both of them. As a part of the greatest empires in the history of human kind, Azerbaijan was the site of the most decisive events and had seen many mighty conquerors, including Haroun al-Raschid, Chingis Khan, Pompey, and Alexander the Great. | | See all private and personal guides of Azerbaijan |
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