Insight Guides Pocket Baku (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides Pocket Baku

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
The definitive pocket-sized travel guide.    

Part of our UEFA Euro 2020 guidebook series. If you're 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 you're 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 city's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major attraction highlighted, the maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've 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.

Sujets

• Azerbaiyán
• Travel
• Azerbaijan
• Eastern
• Azerbaïdjan
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 février 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839052248
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
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
You’ll 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.
© 2020 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Baku’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day in Baku
Introduction
Geography and population
Bakuvians
Architecture
Renaissance of Baku
A Brief History
Zoroastrianism
Shirvan and Safavid dynasties
Russian Empire and oil boom
Battle of Baku
Sovietization and independence
Modern Baku
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Icheri Sheher (Old City)
Maiden Tower
Shirvanshah’s Palace
Kichik Gala Street
Philharmonia Garden
Boulevard and Neftchilar Avenue
Freedom Square
The Museum Center
Baku Puppet Theatre
Azneft Square
Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Sabayil Castle
National Flag Square
Downtown and Fountains Square
Fountains Square
National Museum of Azerbaijan Literature
Nizami Street
Nasimi and Yasamal
Fuzuli Street
Central Park (formerly Sovetski)
The Flame Towers and west of the city centre
Flame Towers
Alley of Martyrs
Naftalan Health Center
Bibi-Heybat
East of the city centre
Baku Museum of Modern Art
Heydar Aliyev Center
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium
Excursions
Gobustan
Ateshgah of Baku
Yanar Dag
Beaches
National parks
Far east and the Absheron Peninsula
What To Do
Shopping
Markets
Carpets and antiques
Art and handicrafts
Armudu glasses
Naftalan paintings
Silk scarves
Backgammon boards
Entertainment
Theatre and opera
Cinema and music
Mugham
Nightlife
Sports
Spectator sports
Participant sports
Activities for children
Calendar of events
Eating Out
Soups, starters and sides
Bread
Meat
Rice
Fish
Alcohol
Non-alcoholic drinks
Dessert, pastries and sweets
Cheese
International cuisine
Reading the Menu
To help you order
Menu reader
Restaurants
Icheri Sheher (Old City)
Boulevard And Neftchilar Avenue
Downtown and Fountains Square
Nasimi and Yasamal
The Flame Towers and west of the city centre
East of the city centre
Excursions
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation
Airport
B
Bicycle hire
Budgeting for your trip
C
Car hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
G
Getting there
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
L
Language
Distinctive letters
LGBTQ travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening times
P
Police (see also Emergencies)
Post office
Public/national holidays
R
Religion
T
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Transport
Travellers with disabilities
V
Visas and entry requirements
W
Websites and internet access
Recommended Hotels
Icheri Sheher (Old City)
Boulevard and Neftchilar Avenue
Downtown and Fountains Square
The Flame Towers and west of the city centre
East of the city centre
Excursions


Baku’s 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, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
Thousands of carpets and traditional garments fill this museum. For more information, click here .



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, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Shirvanshah’s Palace
A sprawling, religious complex once home to the Shirvan dynasty of the Middle Ages. For more information, click here .



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, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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National Museum of Azerbaijan Literature
This statue-engraved literature museum honours the country’s most famed poet, Nizami Ganjavi. For more information, click here .



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, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Ateshgah of Baku
A holy site in Surakhani and a symbol of Azerbaijan’s deep-rooted Zoroastrian past. For more information, click here .



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 world’s mud volcanoes. For more information, click here .



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, click here .


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 Shirvanshah’s Palace, a sprawling religious complex dating back to the Middle Ages.


11.30am

Tea break
There isn’t much Bakuvians love more than tea. Take a break from strolling the Old City’s 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 mürəbbə , a local fruit preserve available in a variety of flavours.


12:30pm

Books and art
After ducking in and out of colourful bazaars (and maybe trying your hand at haggling for a rug or two