Walking in Baku
Stone-built Icherisheher, the Caspian waterfront and striking contemporary architecture. 17 places and 3 walks.
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Walking times exclude visits and are estimates. Check access, opening hours, terrain and weather before leaving. Map services may calculate a different path between stops.
Icherisheher streets and palaces ↗
Fortress gates, a caravanserai, Maiden Tower and the palace complex.
Fountains, museums and the Philharmonic ↗
Central-city façades and the garden beside the Old City walls.
The Caspian and contemporary architecture ↗
From Maiden Tower to the Mugham Center and Carpet Museum, then uphill to Highland Park and Flame Towers.
Places in this guide
- Gosha Gala Double Gates
- Bukhara Caravanserai
- Maiden Tower
- Muhammad Mosque
- Palace of the Shirvanshahs
- Museum of Miniature Books
- Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall
- Philharmonic Garden
- Fountains Square
- Nizami Museum of Literature
- Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
- Little Venice
- International Mugham Center
- Flame Towers
- Highland Park
- Martyrs’ Lane
- Azerbaijan National Museum of Art
Sources and limitations
This is a curated collection, not an exhaustive list of city attractions. Routes use OpenStreetMap pedestrian geometry. Building heights may be estimated, and detailed models are approximate reconstructions.