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Maiden Tower   Baku

Maiden Tower, Baku

 8 Reviews  Listed under UNESCO World Heritage. It is constructed at the coast and there are different rumours about it. The most believed one is, king wants to marry with a beautiful young girl but girl does not... 

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Palace of the Shirvanshahs   Baku

Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Baku

 4 Reviews  The Shirvan-Shah's Palace ensemble (15-16th century) was built when the Shah's capital was moved from Shemakha to Baku. This was the most prominent architectural complex in the medieval city. Some of... 

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Nizami Museum of Literature   Baku

Nizami Museum of Literature, Baku

 4 Reviews  The Nizami museum of Azeri Literature was originally built as an hotel. It façade is decorated with dark blue and turquoise majolica. Inside the ogival arches are statues of outstanding Azeri writers... 

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Icari Sahar   Baku

Icari Sahar, Baku

 2 Reviews  Most of the walls surrounding the old town survive, as they were strengthened after the Russian conquest in 1806. Much of the area enclosed by these walls is closed to vehicles, with some exceptions... 

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Academy of Sciences   Baku

Academy of Sciences, Baku

 2 Reviews  Originally built by local millionaire Nagiev as a tribute to his dead son and to house the Ismailia Moslem charitable society it later was later ceded to the Academy of Sciences to house its... 

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Parliament   Baku

Parliament, Baku

 2 Reviews  Commission headed by the President Haydar Aliyev who is an architect of the Azerbaijani statehood prepared the Constitution of the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, which was adopted on November 12,... 

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Shaki and Lahij

by Angel_6661981

First i visited Shaki, it was founded near 2600 years ago. There were a lot of huge barrows and necrologies, ancient fortresses and settlements, towers and mosques, old beautiful Albanian churches, tomb of the famouus Haji Murat. You have to taste PAKHLAVA - very delicious!!! I stopped at Karvan Saray...it is a hotel with a restaurant, built as old Muslim Palace...the price is from 14$ for person (if you are not alone and take the room with smb else they make discount)...Also i visited Lahij...It is an old city - the land of craftspeople with ancient history, considerable culture and natural amenities. It is surrounded with Great Caucasus mountains from four sides...There are many waterfalls, old mosques, bridges, paved streets, bath-houses built in 18 century...You will meet a lot of tinkers, carpetmakers, sock weavers, chasers etc...

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A day trip to Kuba

by Pat_Sky1

Missions for work do not permit to have a lot of free time, but when being in Azerbaijan, the people were so friendly that they invited me quite often to discover places around Baku, and the furthest one was a journey in the north of Azerbaijan : Kuba.A lot of nice sceneries, rivers, canyons and nice typical houses were discovered along this journey.I really hope to go once back in Azerbaijan and discover the probably hundred other nice place in the mountains that could be discovered, especially if you can have a good car and take some small roads!

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Mud Volcanoes and Fiery Rocks

by Garbo69

Just outside Baku you can find bubbling mud volcanoes and a place called Yanar Dag where a small rock outcrop is permanently on fire due to gas seepage from the rocks.If you're interested in Geology or Physical Geography, these are a must-see at some point.

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Nabran

by Angel_6661981

Some days later after my vacation in Baku, i went to Nabran. It is a district between a big beautiful forest with rich flora and fauna and Caspian Seaside. I lived in 'Sport Line' camp (rest in which was offered and organized by Travelazerbaijan company), in the big tent (two rooms) and had triple feed (breakfast, dinner, supper) from natural foodstuffs. There were: a football field, a disco-bar, a cafe, a canteen, a shower cubicles with cold/hot water round the clock. In the afternoon i was swimming in the sea and was taking sunbath, in the evening i was walking in the forest, enjoying fresh air, at night i was dancing with all campers in discotheque, playing different sport games.

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Zoroastrian Temple

by josephescu

The Zoroastrain Fire Temple (Atasgah) at Suraxani, outside Baku, is a must see. Built on the site of a natural gas vent believed to have been sacred to the Zoroastrians since the 6th century AD, the Atashgah Temple, also known as the Temple of the Fire worshippers, has been a centre of worship for thousands of years.Second reason - you get to see the oilfields and the grim landscape which surrounds them For further info, can visit my Suraxani page.

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Local flavour unspoiled at SHEKI

by josephescu

Capital of the former Sheki Khanate, the town developed into an important trade, political and cultural centre in the medieval times. The ancient part of the town was declared UNESCO architectural reserve, and hosts, among others, a magnificent Khan’s palace and an old kersanseray turned into a well reputed hotel. Very nice town with unspoiled flavour, all in a beautiful region. For further info, cand visit my Sheki page.

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Children's cemetery at Sumqayit

by josephescu

Sumqayit remains today a fine example of a grim, Soviet-style industrial city. It's worth seeing if only to grasp the staggering damage to the environment wreaked by the Soviet authorities. The impact on the health of the population was also dramatic and once Sumqayit held records for infant mortality (a visit to the children's cemetery will illustrate this dramatically).For further info, can visit my Sumgayit page.

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Baku - the booming capital

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Its vaguely exotic name hides a city at the crossroad of international energy trade. And although hundreds of miles east to Ankara, Baku is still in Europe from many points of view - from expensive shops to chique cafes and restaurants. A unique mix of Shahs, Soviets and Oil, Baku is the where both Alfred Nobel and Calouste Gulbenkian made fortunes exporting oil via a Rotschild financed railroad to Batumi. Baroque and art-nouveau palaces, with exuberant gardens, ceremonial staircases and Italian frescoes testify today for this old-times glory.For more tips, can visit my Baku page.

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Fountain Square

by Megaforce

Fountain Square in Downtown Baku is a load of fun, it's full of cool looking people, young, old, fashionistas, boulevardiers, students who go down and snoop each other out. It's a beautiful spot that's close to boutiques, pubs, and all sorts of historical stuff, it's not far from the waterfront and people don't approach you but they're very friendly when you talk to them.

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Sheki

by maykal

If you only make one trip out of Baku, make it a long one and head north west to Sheki...it is beautiful and well worth the uncomfortably long bus trip to get there. I was concerned when we first left Baku, passing Shixov Beach and its oil rigs, as we seemed to be heading straight for Iran and maybe i was on the wrong bus. After some time, the bus turned inland, across barren desert, and eventually signs for Sheki appeared.Sheki was once the capital of it's own khanate, and is a very old town spread out in a valley, surrounded on three sides by green hills. The old part of Sheki extends along a stream as far as the Shah's palace....there are several alleyways leading off this main street, full of old houses, some run down, most still lived in, and all very beautiful. The Palace itself is quite small, and unexpectedly colourful...(see picture in travelogues) and is the main 'tourist...

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Holiday Inn Baku Airport  Baku

 1 Review and 18 Opinions  Holiday Inn Baku Airport is like no other Holiday Inn around the world! It's almost like Crowne... 

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Hyatt Regency Baku  Baku

 1 Review and 23 Opinions  Food very good. A nice but rather soulless bar (The Britannia) which has Efes, Xerdilan, Bitburger... 

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Park Inn Azerbaijan, Baku  Baku

 2 Reviews and 62 Opinions  Staying in any hotel for a month at a streach is tiring. Having stayed at four of the most popular... 

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