Asia
Azerbaijan
Caucasus nation at the crossroads of Europe and Asia — Baku's oil-boom skyline next to a UNESCO medieval Old City, mud volcanoes, Zoroastrian fire temples, and the Silk Road heritage of Sheki.
Azerbaijan at a glance
AZN
Azerbaijani
$100
Apr–May, Sep–Nov
28° / 5°C
68/100
Destinations in Azerbaijan
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Baku
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's capital is one of the world's most architecturally jarring cities — a UNESCO medieval Old City (Icherisheher) with the Maiden Tower and Shirvanshahs' Palace sits directly beneath Flame Towers, three stainless-steel skyscrapers lit at night to simulate fire. The Heydar Aliyev Center (Zaha Hadid, 2012) is one of this century's signature buildings. Gobustan's Bronze Age petroglyphs and mud volcanoes are 65 km south. F1 hosts the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the city's streets every June.