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Photo: Khortan, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Seaside promenade with museums, parks, cafes, restaurants, and other attractions.
Baku Boulevard is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.
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State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art
The museum hosts a wide range of carpets, both old and new. It moved to its current location in 2014 (on the waterfront). The building itself is shaped as a carpet.
Beynəlxalq Muğam Mərkəzi, Международный центр мугама
This is the center of Azerbaijani arts and music dedicated to promote, preserve and popularize the Azerbaijani music genre Mugam. The center covers 7,500 m² and has 3 stories. The design of the building was based on elements and shapes of Tar, an Azerbaijani musical instrument used in performing Mugham. The concert hall has a capacity of 350 people. The center also has a club, restaurant, study halls and record studios.
A charming little complex of man-made waterways accessible on a boat. There are also some restaurants in the immediate proximity. The ticket booth is 10-15 meters to the right when coming from the north. It is cheap but the signage to the ticket booth is lacking.
On a reformed old factory, two free art exhibitions in two adjacent buildings. Free English-speaking guide.
Runs from the square on Neftchilar Avenue up to the Alley of the Marytrs.
Gasimbey bath, “Shirin” (Sweet) Bathhouse, Баня Гасым-бека
Constructed in the 17th century near the Salyan door (gate).