a tour guide to Baku, Azerbaijan

1. BAKU

2. BAKU
• Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-
lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea. It's famed for
its medieval walled old city, which contains the Palace of the
Shirvanshahs, a vast royal complex, and the iconic stone
Maiden Tower. Contemporary landmarks include the Zaha
Hadid–designed Heydar Aliyev Center, and the Flame Towers,
3 pointed skyscrapers covered with LED screens.
• Weather: 9°C, Wind S at 29 km/h, 77% Humidity
• Local time: Thursday 5:45 PM
• Postal code: AZ1000

3. Maiden Tower

4. Maiden Tower
• Location : Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Type: Tower
• Height: 29.5 m (97 ft)
• The Maiden Tower (Azerbaijani: Qız Qalası) is a 12th-
century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan.
• Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the 15th
century, it forms an assemble of historic monuments
inscribed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage
List of Historical Monuments as cultural property,
Category III.

5. Palace of the Shirvanshahs

6. Palace of the Shirvanshahs
• The Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Azerbaijani: Şirvanşahlar
Sarayı, Persian: ‫شاهان‬‫شروان‬ ‫)کاخ‬
• It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and,
together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of
historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World
Heritage List of Historical Monuments.
• The complex contains the main building of the palace,
Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a
minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum, a portal in the
east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a
bath house.

7. Ateshgah (Persian: ‫)آتشگاه‬

8. Ateshgah (Persian: ‫)آتشگاه‬
• Location: Surakhani, Baku, Azerbaijan
• Current tenants: Museum
• often called the "Fire Temple of Baku" is a castle-like
religious temple in Surakhani town (in Suraxanı raion,
a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.

9. Gobustan National Park

10. Gobustan National Park
• It is located west of the settlement of Gobustan,
about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the centre
of Baku on the west bank of the Caspian Sea.
• Gobustan National Park (Azerbaijani: Qobustan
Milli Parkı), officially Gobustan Rock Art Cultural
Landscape, is a hill and mountain site occupying
the southeast end of the Greater Caucasus
mountain ridge in Azerbaijan, mainly in the basin
of Jeyrankechmaz River, between the rivers
Pirsagat and Sumgait.

11. Azerbaijan Carpet Museum

12. Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
• Established: 1967
• Location: Mikayil Huseynov Street 28,
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan Carpet Museum displays
Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various
weaving techniques and materials from
various periods.

13. Heydar Aliyev Center

14. Heydar Aliyev Center
• Address: 1 Heydar Aliyev prospekti, Bakı AZ1033,
Azerbaijan.
• The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 m2 (619,000 sq
ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by
Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its
distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that
eschews sharp angles.
• The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first
secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982,
and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October
1993 to October 2003.

15. Fountains Square

16. Fountains Square
• Address: Baku 1005, Azerbaijan
• The square was previously called Parapet and is often
referenced to by the same name now. The name of the
fountains square derives from the presence of dozens of
fountains throughout the square first constructed during
Soviet rule of Azerbaijan.
• he square is a public gathering place, especially after
business hours and during the weekend. It is an
attractive tourist destination with many boutiques,
restaurants, shops, hotels and passage.

17. Bibi-Heybat Mosque

18. Bibi-Heybat Mosque
• It is locally known as "the mosque of Fatima",
which is what Alexandre Dumas called it when he
described the mosque during his visit in the
1840s.
• Address: Baku, Azerbaijan
• Opened: 1997
• Architectural style: Islamic architecture
• Region: Absheron District
• Province: Bibiheybət
• Number of minarets: 2

19. Icheri Sheher

20. Icheri Sheher
• Location Istiglaliyyat str. 2,Baku, Azerbaijan.
• Icheri Sheher is a Baku Metro station on Red Line
(Line 1). It was opened on November 6, 1967 as
one of the first 5 stations in Baku. Regular traffic
started from November 25, 1967.
• The station was called Baki Soveti until 2007. In
April 2007 station was renamed "Icherisheher"
according to the resolution of Cabinet of
Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic.

21. Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani
Literature

22. Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani
Literature
• Address: 53 Istiglaliyyat, Baku AZ1005,
Azerbaijan.
• established in 1939, in Baku. It is located in
the centre of the capital of Azerbaijan, not far
from the Fountains Square and near the
entrance of Icheri Sheher. Now this museum is
one of the greatest and richest treasuries of
Azerbaijani culture.

23. Taza Pir Mosque
Address: 7
Mirza Fatali
Akhundov,
Baku AZ1001,
Azerbaijan.

24. Yanar Dag
LOCATION
Binagadi-Balakhany
Highway, Baku
0125, Azerbaijan

25. Baku Bay

26. National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
Address: Niyazi 9/11,
Bakı, Azerbaijan

27. Baku Museum of Modern Art
Location: Yusif
Safarov Street 5,
Baku, Azerbaijan

28. Park Bulvar
Address: Neftchilar
Ave, Baku,
Azerbaijan

29. JW Marriott Absheron Baku Hotel
Address: 674
Azadliq Square,
Baku, Azerbaijan

30. Shirvan National Park
Location: Salyan
Rayon, azerbaijan

31. Nabran
Nabran is a popular
resort and
municipality
in Khachmaz
Rayon of Azerbaijan,
close to the Russia-
Azerbaijan border.

32. shaki city
• Shaki is a city in
northwestern Azerbaijan.
• Weather: 7°C, Wind NE at
8 km/h, 41% Humidity
• Postcode: AZ5500

33. Mud volcano
• Over a thousand mud
volcanoes are known to
exist in the world, and
some 400 of those are
in the coastal area of
Azerbaijan.

34. TOP NEW YEAR EVE PARTIES AND
FAIRS IN BAKU
1. FOUNTAIN SQUARE’S FAIR
2. “QIŞ QALASI” FAIR
3. CHRISTMAS EVE JW MARRIOT
4. NEW YEAR MAGIC NIGHT
5. THE GREAT NEW YEAR OF GATSBY
6. BUDDHA BAR BAKU
7. NEW YEAR WHITE PARTY (XOXO CLUB)
8. ENERJI CLUB
9. BOULEVARD HOTEL BAKU
10. PIVNAYA APTEKA