Things to do in Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan
17 hand-picked places in Baku, Azerbaijan: 6 landmarks, 2 museums, 7 mosques and 2 parks. Each has an editor's guide to what it is, when to go and what to know before you visit, with licensed photos. Start with the 2-day plan below, one area a day so you spend your time seeing rather than crossing town, or let the AI planner build a plan for your own dates, with restaurants, opening hours and live prices.
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2-day plan for Baku: one area a day
The best-known places, grouped by how close they are to each other. Distances are straight lines; the walk is a little longer.
Day 1: around Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
- 1.Azerbaijan Carpet Museum · Museum
- 2.Baku Boulevard · Park · 100 m away
- 3.Maiden's Tower · Attraction · 700 m away
- 4.The Palace of the Shirvan Shahs · Attraction · 400 m away
Day 2: around National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
- 1.National Art Museum of Azerbaijan · Museum
- 2.Saray Mosque · Mosque · 400 m away
- 3.Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall · Attraction · 200 m away
- 4.Fountain Square · Attraction · 500 m away
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Landmarks and sights
- Heydar Aliyev CenterThe Heydar Aliyev Center is one of the world's most famous cultural centres and the icon of modern Baku, a building complex of about 57,500 square metres designed by the Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for…
Maiden's TowerThe Maiden Tower (Qız Qalası) is Baku's most distinguished landmark and one of Azerbaijan's national emblems, featured on its banknotes and official letterheads: a cylindrical eight-storey tower 29. 5 metres high and 16.
The Palace of the Shirvan ShahsThe Palace of the Shirvanshahs is the highlight of Baku's Old City and its most important sight, a 15th-century palace built by the rulers of Shirvan, who bore the Persian title Shirvanshah, after they moved their…
Fountain SquareFountains Square (Fəvvarələr meydanı) is one of the first central squares of Baku and the beating heart of downtown, located in the Sabail district at the junction of Nigar Rafibeyli and Ahmad Javad streets.
Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic HallThe Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall is Baku's oldest concert hall and one of the city's loveliest buildings from the first oil boom.
TakiyaThe Takya (Təkiyə) is a 13th-century historical monument in the Old City of Baku, standing on Gazi Muhammed Street near the fortress walls and built in the era of the Shirvanshahs.
Museums
Azerbaijan Carpet MuseumThe Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was the first museum in the world devoted to the art of the carpet and holds the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets anywhere, including very rare and valuable pieces.
National Art Museum of AzerbaijanThe Azerbaijan National Museum of Art is the country's largest art museum, founded in 1936 in Baku and named in 1943 after Rustam Mustafayev, the prominent Azerbaijani scenic designer and theatre artist.
Mosques
Saray MosqueThe Palace Mosque, also known as the Shah Mosque or the Shirvanshahs' Palace Mosque (Saray məscidi), is a 15th-century mosque inside the Palace of the Shirvanshahs complex in the Old City of Baku, forming part of the…
Lezgi mosque / Ashur MosqueThe Ashur Mosque, also known as the Lezgi Mosque, is a Sunni mosque and one of the oldest in Baku, standing on Asaf Zeynalli Street in the Old City (Icheri Sheher) a few steps from the Maiden Tower.
“Chin” mosqueThe Chin Mosque, also known as the Gazi Fezlullah bin Osman Mosque, is a historic former mosque of the 14th century in the Old City of Baku, standing on Kichik Gala Street near the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the…
Khidir mosqueThe Khidir Mosque is one of the oldest mosques of Baku's Old City, standing on Muslim Magomayev Street near the walls of Icheri Sheher; it is a former mosque and a national architectural monument.
Haji Eybata MosqueThe Haji Heybat Mosque is a small historic mosque in the Old City of Baku (Icheri Sheher), on the narrow Kichik Gala Street near the fortress walls, registered as an architectural monument of local significance.
Myrzhy Ahmad’s mosqueThe Mirza Ahmed Mosque is a medieval former mosque in the Old City of Baku (Icheri Sheher), standing on Mirza Alakbar Sabir Street in a row with old residential buildings.
Khanlarov mosqueThe Khanlar Mosque is a former mosque and historical architectural monument in the Old City of Baku (Icheri Sheher), standing on Firdousi Street among the old stone houses.
Parks and gardens
Baku BoulevardBaku Boulevard, officially the Seaside National Park, is a long promenade running parallel to the Caspian shore in the heart of the Azerbaijani capital.
Philharmonic Fountain ParkThe Philharmonic Garden (Filarmoniya Bağı), also known as the Governor's Park (Gubernator Bağı), is the oldest and loveliest park in Baku, lying against the walls of the Old City beside the Philharmonic Hall from which…