From a short city walk to a day on Absheron: choose a plan that fits your time and transport.
Walking routes with a quiz
Four routes from Fountain Square. Read the stories, answer questions and collect the letters of your team’s secret word.
Through the Double Gates into Icherisheher: the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, the old merchants' caravanserais and the Maiden Tower.
From Fountains Square past the palaces of the oil millionaires to the Philharmonic and down to the Boulevard on the Caspian Sea.
Along the seafront to the Carpet Museum, up to Highland Park and the Flame Towers, finally (by taxi or metro) to the Heydar Aliyev Center.
Old City, oil-boom palaces, the Boulevard, the Carpet Museum, Highland Park, the Flame Towers and the Heydar Aliyev Center.
12 travel plans
From a short city walk to a day on Absheron: choose a plan that fits your time and transport.
About 1.5–3.5 hours
Stone walls, palaces and caravanserais
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About 1.5–4 hours, depending on the extension
The Boulevard, carpets and sea air
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About 2–3 hours, longer with museum visits
Oil-boom palaces and Nizami Street
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About 1.5–2 hours
Highland Park and the Flame Towers
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Half a day to a full day
Bold architecture and contemporary art
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About 4–6 hours with a driver
Ateshgah, Yanardag and an optional castle
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About 4–6 hours by organised transport
A journey south of Baku
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About 3–4 hours with stops for food
Taza Bazaar to the Old City
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About 2–2.5 hours
A metro ride centred on Nizami station
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One full day
Old City, modern curves and a sunset
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Two full days
A city day and a road-trip day
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Three days, with a full excursion day
History, the fire landscapes and a flexible final day
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