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more than just oil-booming
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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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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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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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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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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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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1 Review and 18 Opinions Holiday Inn Baku Airport is like no other Holiday Inn around the world! It's almost like Crowne...
1 Review and 23 Opinions Food very good. A nice but rather soulless bar (The Britannia) which has Efes, Xerdilan, Bitburger...
2 Reviews and 60 Opinions Staying in any hotel for a month at a streach is tiring. Having stayed at four of the most popular...
Garbo69 Says: Baku has recently seen the introduction of a fleet of purple "London cab" style taxis. These are generally cheaper than the Lada or Mercedes taxis which have...
THE SOVIET UNION RESTAURANT & PUB: COOL FOR CATS
DAO Says: PLEASE NOTE: Often listed as U.S.S.R. Pub in guidebooks.Do you remember those fantastic basement bars in college/university with loads of character(s), cheap...
AVTORETROCLUB Restaurant: For those who likes ancient cars.
Angel_6661981 Says: When i was in Azerbaijan, Baku i was advised to visit an interesting restaurant AVTORETROCLUB. Design of this restaurant is so uncommon: they separated...
Angel_6661981 Says: 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...
Long Forest Chalet Resort: Stay in the apple orchard
Minashka Says: I went to Guba in winter and stayed at the Long Forest. If you're in Guba and looking for a European holiday resort, then Long Forest is the place for you. With...
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Q: Hi there. I was just wondering what is the turnaround for visas at the consulate in Istanbul? For my trip i land in Istanbul on...

A: It depends. Do you already have an LOI or tourist voucher? Without one, you can't even apply for a visa. If you have the documents already, then it won't take more to 3...
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Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority - Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Despite a 1994 cease-fire, Azerbaijan has yet to...
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Baku is a city from two different worlds. It has imposing soviet government buildings, and elegant mansions build by oil tycoons. A harbor full full of multi million dollar yachts. then you have a...
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