Baku

Worth seeing in and around Baku

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Baku State University

   Baku State University is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics and mathematics, and law and medicine, with an initial enrollment of 1094.

   6.8 km · state-owned technical university in Baku, Azerbaijan, founded in 1919 · Wikipedia
2. 02
   National Library of Azerbaijan

   The National Library of Azerbaijan, officially named the Mirza Fatali Akhundov National Library of Azerbaijan after Mirza Fatali Akhundov, is the national library of the Republic of Azerbaijan, located in Baku and founded in 1923. It is named after Mirza Fatali Akhundov, an Azerbaijani dramatist and philosopher.

   3.9 km · national library and archive in Baku · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Old City of Baku

   Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls.

   4.9 km · the historical core of Baku, World Heritage Site · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Palace of the Shirvanshahs

   The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". 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.

   5.1 km · palace in Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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. It was built, like most buildings in the Old City, by the Shirvanshahs, and is one of Azerbaijan's most distinctive national emblems, and is thus featured on Azerbaijani currency notes and official letterheads.

   4.8 km · 12th-century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   National Art Museum of Azerbaijan

   Azerbaijan National Museum of Art is the biggest art museum of Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1936 in Baku and in 1943 was named after Rustam Mustafayev, a prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and theater artist.

   5.4 km · аrt museum in Baku · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Baku Olympic Stadium

   Baku Olympic Stadium is a stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards for stadiums set by the Union of European Football Associations, the International Federation of Association Football and the World Athletics. Having seating capacity for 69,870 people, it is the largest stadium in Azerbaijan.

   6.2 km · sports stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Museum of History of Azerbaijan

   The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan is the largest museum in Azerbaijan. It is located in Baku, in the former residential house of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.

   4.5 km · museum in Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Baku TV Tower

   The Baku TV Tower, built in 1996, is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a height of 310 metres, it is the second tallest structure in Azerbaijan after the chimneys of Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant and the tallest reinforced concrete building in Caucasus.

   6.5 km · a free standing concrete telecommunications tower in Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Baku Crystal Hall

    Baku Crystal Hall is an indoor arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is located on the coast of Baku near National Flag Square.

    5.1 km · indoor arena in Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Baku

Airports

Heydar Aliyev (GYD), 17 km

Stations

Baku railway station, 3.5 km · Həzi Aslanov, 5.3 km · Icheri Sheher, 5.3 km · Sahil, 4.1 km · Nariman Narimanov, 3.3 km

• Ganja → Baku

  300 km · quickest by air, 4h 28m · $160–230
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• Nakhchivan → Baku

  404 km · quickest by air, 6h 11m · $160–240
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• Makhachkala → Baku

  351 km · quickest by air, 8h 4m · ₽7,230–11,200
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