Old city, Flame Towers and the Caspian. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Baku

Best months: April, May, June, September and October.

What to see in Baku

1. Vieille ville (Icherisheher) & Tour de la Vierge
   The old town inside the walls is still home to thousands of residents, set among medieval monuments, mosques and caravanserais.
2. Flame Towers
   The three towers, whose flame-shaped facades catch the light, form the most recognisable silhouette in Baku.
3. Centre Heydar Aliyev
   Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and opened in 2012, the building has no right angles: floors, walls and roof merge into one continuous white surface of curves.
4. Boulevard de Bakou
   The boulevard runs for several kilometres along the Caspian Sea and serves as the city's promenade, used by families, joggers and couples in the evening.
5. Gobustan (pétroglyphes & volcans de boue)
   Gobustan brings together on one site rock carvings that document several millennia of life on the shores of the Caspian Sea, and a landscape of mud volcanoes and standing stones that is rarely seen in this combination.
6. Yanar Dag
   A natural gas flame has been burning here permanently on a hillside, fed by gas seeping up through a thin layer of porous sandstone.
7. Musée du Tapis
   The first carpet museum in the world, founded in 1967, it traces the central place of carpet weaving in Azerbaijani culture.
8. Palais des Shirvanshahs
   The Shirvanshahs' Palace is the historic heart of Baku's Old City, Icherisheher.

A sample itinerary for Baku, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €65 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Baku itinerary, hour by hour

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