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Insight Guides PocketBaku
Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
The definitive pocket-sized travel guide.
Part of our UEFA Euro 2020 guidebook series. If youre planning to visit Olympic Stadium in Baku to watch Euro 2020 matches, then this pocket guidebook provides all the information you need to make the most of your trip, from ready-made itineraries to help you explore the city when youre not at the game, to essential advice about getting around.
Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is the ideal on-the-move travel guide for exploring Baku. From top tourist attractions like the Flame Towers, the Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, to cultural gems, including the ornate Old City, the burning Yanar Dag and shopping on Nizami Street, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide.
Features of this travel guide to Baku:
- Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography
- Historical and cultural insights: delve into the citys rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colourmaps: with every major attraction highlighted, the maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, weve got you covered
- Covers: Baku and excursions in Azerbaijan
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About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers needs. Insight Guides unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
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This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Baku, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Baku, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Baku are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Baku. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Bakus Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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Maiden Tower
This myth-ridden tower in the Old City has long been the emblem of Baku. Climb its narrow steps for unbeatable views of the city. For more information, .
Top Attraction #2
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Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Thousands of carpets and traditional garments fill this museum. For more information, .
Top Attraction #3
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Boulevard
The leafy promenade, lined with cafes and benches, has been the stomping ground of Bakuvians for over a century. For more information, .
Top Attraction #4
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Shirvanshahs Palace
A sprawling, religious complex once home to the Shirvan dynasty of the Middle Ages. For more information, .
Top Attraction #5
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Fountains Square
A vibrant piazza and a popular meeting point, with a wealth of restaurants, cafes and shops. For more information, .
Top Attraction #6
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National Museum of Azerbaijan Literature
This statue-engraved literature museum honours the countrys most famed poet, Nizami Ganjavi. For more information, .
Top Attraction #7
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Flame Towers
This trio of flame-shaped skyscrapers are covered in thousands of LED screens that light up the city at night. For more information, .
Top Attraction #8
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Ateshgah of Baku
A holy site in Surakhani and a symbol of Azerbaijans deep-rooted Zoroastrian past. For more information, .
Top Attraction #9
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Gobustan National Park
This arid, vast expanse is home to thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs and over half of the worlds mud volcanoes. For more information, .
Top Attraction #10
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Heydar Aliyev Center
Architecture lovers rejoice: this masterpiece has become a symbol of 21st century Baku. For more information, .
A Perfect Day in Baku
8.00am
Breakfast
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at your hotel or head to one of the restaurants in the Old City, like Sehrli Tendir, for something more traditional. Breakfast here usually consists of bread, local cheese, honey, jam and black tea.
10.00am
Old Baku
Start by climbing the steep steps of the Maiden Tower for panoramic views of Baku and its crescent-shaped harbour. From here, wander inside the 12th-century walls to explore Shirvanshahs Palace, a sprawling religious complex dating back to the Middle Ages.
11.30am
Tea break
There isnt much Bakuvians love more than tea. Take a break from strolling the Old Citys cobbled alleys and head to Cay Bagi 145 on Kichik Gala (just behind Maiden Tower) for a samovar of black tea and paxlava . Skip the sugar and drink your tea with a spoonful of mrbb , a local fruit preserve available in a variety of flavours.
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