Baku Night City Tour – Iconic Sights & Nighttime Views

Baku Night City Tour

Explore night view of Baku city on “Baku Night Tour” which lasts about 3 hours. See the main attractions of the city center such as the Flame Towers, Baku Boulevard, Carpet Museum, Little Venice, the biggest mosque in the Caucasus- the Heydar Mosque, Central Park, Heydar Aliyev Cultural center, Baku Conference center and take in the views of the city and the sea from Highland Park. Learn about the history of Baku and Azerbaijan from your informative guide as you walk around the city.

HIGHLIGHTS

Upland Park (Highland Park) and Flame Towers

As one of the best sights of the Baku Night City Tour is Baku’s Upland Park which is the highest point in the Azerbaijani capital, opening a panoramic view of the city and its bay. The city’s residents and visitors often come here to see a bird’s eye view of Baku and just have a walk. The Upland Park can be reached by cable railway (funicular) in 7-8 minutes from the boulevard, by climbing up the endless stone stairs or just by car.

At the top of the park, there are located the country’s parliament building, the alley of martyrs, and the world-famous symbol of modern Baku, the Flame Towers. This park is a beautiful corner of Baku and is considered one of the most interesting places for our city’s guests.

Carpet Museum

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum displays Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various weaving techniques and materials from various periods. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. It moved to a new building on the Baku’s seafront park in 2014 from its former location on Neftchiler Avenue.

Little Venice

Little Venice is one of the most beautiful sections of the Seaside National Park in Baku. This small town within the city, reminiscent of Italy’s Venice, adds a special beauty to the capital of Azerbaijan with its stunning canals and architecture. Little Venice was constructed as part of the Baku Boulevard in the 1960s and has become a favorite holiday destination for Baku citizens and guests of the city.

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center

The last destination of the tour will be the spectacular work of Zaha Hadid which is built in 2012 and covers 57,500 m² area. Some facts about the building:

• The recorded cost of the center is 250 mln $.
• Architects did 2.5 years of research in order to just find out how to build this amazing building.
• The material that was used to make outside of the center invented by the architects because there was no known material in order to make such a curved building.

Heydar Mosque

The last destination of the Baku night tour is the Heydar mosque. The mosque covers a total area of 12,000 square meters and the internal area of the building covers a total area of 4,200 square meters. The façade of the building decorated with special stones based on the Shirvan – Absheron architectural style. It has four 95m-height minarets. It has 55m-height main and 35m-height second domes. Verses from Koran were written on the sides of domes.

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