Places to stay in Baku

Nineteenth floor, floor-to-ceiling glass, the whole bay in front of you.

A whole five-bedroom villa with a private pool, twenty minutes above the city.

A restored stone house inside the fortress walls, two minutes from the Maiden Tower.

Fourteen rooms in a merchant’s mansion beside the Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

Twenty-two rooms in a converted townhouse, with the Maiden Tower filling half the window.

Hillside hotel below the Flame Towers, with a heated pool and a hammam.

A full two-bedroom apartment directly on the square, with a kitchen you will actually use.

New-build loft in the redeveloped industrial quarter — quiet, bright, and half the centre price.

Eight quiet rooms off Bülbül Avenue, a five-minute walk from everything.

A reliable business hotel on the pedestrian street, with a gym that opens at six.

Three bedrooms sixty metres from the Caspian, forty minutes north of the city.

Six rooms above a tea house, one street back from the seaside boulevard.

A compact studio on the seafront avenue with a balcony over the boulevard.

Three bedrooms in a residential district — the best value on the site for six people.

Straightforward hotel near Ganjlik metro, closest of these to the airport road.

Bunk in a six-bed dorm inside the fortress walls, with a courtyard that does the socialising for you.