Head 60km down the coast and you can see this writ large at Gobustan, where some 6,000 petroglyphs dot the rocky hills, some as old as 15,000 BC. The city, of course, arrived much later.

These days it is a vision of modernity with it’s towering skyscrapers and bright lights, but rock carvings discovered nearby and a small bronze figure of a fish uncovered in Baku’s Old City ...

Built on a site inhabited since the Palaeolithic period, the Walled City of Baku reveals evidence of Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian presence in cultural ...

For lovers of architecture, Azerbaijan’s capital city, Baku, hosts an incredible range of man-made wonders, old and new. The diverse mix of influences from both east and west has produced a city ...

Nestled away on the coast of the Caspian sea lies the hidden-gem of a city, Baku, the capital city of the vibrant Azerbaijan. The transcontinental country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern ...

Baku is an excellent tourist spot for families to explore. Here is our pick of the finest Airbnbs in Baku f or families to ...

Begin your sightseeing day with a typical Azerbaijani breakfast on the cobblestone alleyways of Baku's Old City. Surrounded by lush Caucasian terrain in the northwest, Azerbaijan's latest UNESCO ...

The lack of green space in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku has long been an issue for city residents. But now preservationists are complaining that municipal officials intend to make way for public parks by ...