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ExploringBakuwalkaroundtheOldCity.

MaidensTower;

GoingtotheCarpetMuseum;

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MaidenTower

aidenTower isoneofthemostbeautifuland

mportantmonumentsofBaku.The towerwas

uiltinXIIcentury.

anydifferent legendssurroundthehistoryof

aiden Tower. According to one of themost

opular legends a king fell in love with his

aughter and wanted to marry her. The girl

ied to delay the marriage by asking him to

uilda towerandwaituntil the tower iscom

ete.Whenthetowerwascompletethefather

illwantedtomarryhisdaughter.Notknowing

hattodoyounggirlleapedintothesea.

aidenTowerisconsideredtobethesymbolof

aku.

CarpetMuseum

In1967 thevery firstCarpetMuseum in theworldwasopened in

Baku.Thereareover600kindsofdifferentcarpetvarietiesinAzer

baijan.CarpetsfromdifferentregionsofAzerbaijanaredisplayedin

themuseum.Mostofthevisualartprojectsarealsoheldhere.

MapshowingwheretheOldCityandtheCarpetMuseumare.MaidensTowerisin

theheartoftheoldcity.

ldCity(IcheriSheher)

heconstructionoftheOldCitydatesallthewayback

othe12thcentury.Thehighlightsoftheoldcityare:

ynyg Gala Minaret, the Multani Caravanserai, Hajji

ayyb bathhouse, Palace of the Shirvashahs and of

oursetheMaidenTower.Allthesemonumentscan

ereachedbyfootinlessthan15minutes.

ap of theOld City can be found near theMaiden

ower.

heOldCityofBaku isclassifiedasaWorldHeritage

tebyUNSECOsince2000.

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TriptoGobustan;

TriptoMudVolcanoes;

VisittotheModernArtMuseum;

Goingtothefiremountain

Yanardak;

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Yanardagfiremountain

Yanardag is a fire mountain not far

away

from

Baku.

Some

people

say

that

the fire in the mountain has been

burningforacoupleofthousandyears.

AsZoroastriantraditionhasverydeep

roots inAzerbaijan, the firemountain

isaverysymbolicplacetovisit.

Youmightneedtoasklocalpeoplefor

thedirectionstothemountain.

ModernArtMuseum

ModernMuseumwasopenedin2009.The

museumisamustseebecauseofitsarchi

tecturaldesignandexpositionswhich rep

resent the history of modern art from

1940stothepresentday.

In

the

stylish

caf

full

of

amazing

paintings

youcanhavethemostartisticcupofcoffee

inBaku.

VisitMuseumswebsite:www.mim.az

Gobustan

Gobustan is a museum in the

openairanditisabout60kilo

meters away from Baku.

Gobustanisaplacefullofrocks

covered with drawings left by

ancient civilizations. Some of

themare12000yearsold.The

placeisdefinitelyworthdriving

60kilometersfor.

Once you are done with the

tour ask a local guide for the

directions to the mud volca

noes.

MudVolcanoes

zerbaijanhas thebiggestnumber

f mud volcanoes in the world.

here

are

about

800

mud

volcanoes

theworld out ofwhich 300 are

cated in theAzerbaijan. Someof

olcanoesare10kilometersdeep!

MudVolcanoescanbeeasilyfound

y going on BakuShamakha road.

hey are 40 kilometers away from

hecity.

MudVolcanoes

ModernArtMuseum

Gobustan

Yanardagfiremountain

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VisittoTaghiyevsMuseum

xploringthecenterofthecityThe

ountain

Square;

GoingtotheOldCitytobuysouvenirs

WalkintheBoulevardtogetherwiththe

idsand/ortakeaboattripinthegulfof

aku.

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untainSquare

untainSquare is theheartofBaku.Most

the restaurants and shops are located

ere. It is a great place to walk around,

op and look for souvenirs. Fountain

uaredoesnotsleepatnightbecausemost

theclubsarelocatedthere.

ceyouhavebeen intheFountainSquare

uknowwhatBakuis.

TheBoulevard

The Boulevard of Baku is awon

derfulplaceforafamilywalk. Itisfullofattractionsfor kids.

Youcanalsotakeaboattripinthe

GulfofBakurightfromtheboule

vardandenjoythebeautifulview

ofBakufromthesea.

Whenwalkingalongtheboulevard

you can see theexamplesof first

OilBoom(PuppetTheater),Soviet

Era (Governmental house), and

Modern

Baku

architecture.

The Boulevard is full of green

spaceandgreatfountains.

baron Taghiyev's house (History Mu

um) isaplace thateveryone shouldvisit.

ynalabdin Taghiyev (18232924)was one

therichestoilbaronsofthe20thcentury.

1895 Taghiyev started construction of a

ace forhis family.HeaskedPolisharchi

ctJosefGaslavskytodesignthehousefor

m

stfloorofthehouseisnowahistorymu

um while the third floor of the house

ows the beauty and glory of the first oil

om.9kilogramsofgolddustwereusedto

corate the ceiling of Taghiyev's living

om.

orking Hours: MondaySaturday 11am

m. NB! Ticket office closes at 4:30p.m!

eetname:4TaghiyevStreet

MapShowingtheFountainSquare,Taghi

yevs Museum and the Boulevard. Map

showingtheOld City isshownonthefirst

page.

OnthewaytotheFountainSquare

TaghiyevsHouse TheBoulevard

TaghiyevsApartment

Taghiyevs

House

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aghiyevsHouse