First walk
Icherisheher on foot: a first walk through Old Baku
From the Double Gates towards Maiden Tower and the palace quarter, with optional interiors and orientation through narrow streets
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Baku, on foot
Icherisheher and the Caspian waterfront. 10 walks, 30 places. Area guides and walking routes
Read, then explore
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Views & hills
Baku from the Caspian to Highland Park: waterfront and skyline
Walk from Maiden Tower along the waterfront to the Carpet Museum, then uphill towards Highland Park, with stairs, a mapped detour and exterior tower views
All walking routes
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
The grand walk: Baku ↗
Icherisheher, the waterfront and Highland Park in one long walk. Museums, interiors and enclosed grounds can be visited separately
Oil-boom façades ↗
Ismailiyya, the museum in Taghiyev mansion and the theatre on Nizami Street
Caravanserais and marionettes ↗
Two trading courtyards, a mansion tower and the Icherisheher theatre
Taza Pir and the Old City edge ↗
Climb to the mosque and descend to a neo-Gothic palace and the Philharmonic Garden
Modern architecture and art ↗
From the city opera to Azerbaijani avant-garde art and Zaha Hadid’s building
Bayil: observation wheel, flagpole and Crystal Hall ↗
Baku Ferris Wheel → State Flag Square → Baku Crystal Hall
Baku Boulevard: Government House to the Old City ↗
Government House → Opera and Ballet Theatre → Nizami Museum of Literature
Places on the map
- 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
- Ismailiyya Palace
- Taza Pir Mosque
- National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
- Multani Caravanserai
- Isa bek Hajinski House
- Baku Marionette Theatre
- Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Heydar Aliyev Centre
- Museum of Modern Art
- Government House
- State Flag Square
- Baku Crystal Hall
- Baku Ferris Wheel
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed