Travel Guide of Bakı in Azerbaijan by Influencers and Travelers
Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level.
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1 - Baku
Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level.
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2 - Maiden Tower
The Maiden Tower is a 12th-century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan. Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the 15th century, it forms a group of historic monuments listed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III.
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3 - Archaeology Tours in Baku
The Gobustan-Absheron tour is one of the most popular sightseeing routes in Baku. Entirely historical, it nevertheless introduces the guests of the country to our culture, the peculiarities of the nature in the Absheron peninsula, as well as the adjacent Gobustan desert. The roads of the Gobustan and Absheron tour will lead you to the active craters of mud volcanoes, salt lakes of the semi-desert, the most extreme mountain of the Greater Caucasus, from the depths of which flames escape to the meditativeness of a truly unearthly landscape of rocky hills and the expanses of oil rig fields. The staff of Azerbaijan Travel International, with its inherent professionalism, provides tourists with generous information in stories about various historical epochs of Azerbaijan. From the Stone Age to modern history and the realities of the present, from Roman legionnaires to Hindu ascetics - events and personalities will become an unforgettable part of your new knowledge about Azerbaijan.
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4 - Flarmoniya parkı
6 km away
Filarmoniya Bağı, sometimes called Gubernator's or Governor's Park, is a park in Baku, Azerbaijan, next to Baku fortress. The park was established beginning in 1830; ship's captains coming from Iran were asked to bring a sack of soil to add to it.
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5 - Upland Park
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6 - Coffee & Tea Tours in Baku
Explore Baku Old Town and downtown areas discovering Azerbaijani food and snacks on this 4.5-hour tour. Get direct experience with our foodie tour guide to see how Azerbaijan has been influenced by Arabic, Caucasian and Mediterranean cuisines, yet retaining uniqueness and exquisite characteristics that stand out with meaty and oily dishes. Gain appreciation for local cuisine's harmony of different types of meals, sauces and spices and treat your taste buds at 2 handpicked eateries. The tour will end at a local tea house located at the shores of Caspian Sea, where you will be served with Azerbaijani tea and a local jam, called "murabba".
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7 - Dənizkənarı Milli Park
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8 - Government House
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9 - Kapellhaus
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10 - Heydar Aliyev Avenue
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11 - Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature
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12 - Müslüm Maqomayev Adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Filarmoniyası
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13 - Yanar Dag
12 km away
Yanar Dag is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. Flames jet into the air 3 metres from a thin, porous sandstone layer. Administratively, Yanar Dag belongs to Absheron District of Azerbaijan.
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14 - Haydar Aliyev Uluslararası Havalimanı
17 km away
Baku Heydar Aliyev International Airport is one of the seven international airports serving Azerbaijan. Formerly, it was called Bina International Airport by the name of a suburb in Baku.
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15 - Sumqayit
29 km away
Sumgait is the second-largest city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, about 31 kilometres away from the capital, Baku. The city has a population of around 345,300, making it the second-largest city in Azerbaijan after the capital Baku. The city has a territory of 83 square kilometres. It was founded on November 22, 1949.
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