Baku

Bkau is the capital city of Azerbaijan, a country located on the Caspian Sea. It is the largest city in Azerbaijan and a major cultural, economic, and political centre of the country. Baku has a rich history and culture, with evidence of human settlements dating back to the 4th millennium BCE.

If you are planning to visit Azerbaijan, you should definitely know the top tourist places to visit in Baku. Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan, which is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea in the southern part of the Absheron peninsula. Baku faces south, towards the sea, and surrounds Baku Bay like an amphitheater which creates incredible beauty of history and charm of the Orient. Being the commercial and economic center of Azerbaijan, Baku with a population of over 2 million people is the largest and most cosmopolitan city of the South Caucasus region. Due to the rich & interesting history of the city, Baku attracts a lot of travelers by its unique tourist places. During the independence years, the city changed very quickly, and nowhere else in the Caucasus do East and West blend so organically. The etymology of the city’s name is derived or comes from the Arabic language which means bad Kube (Baku city of winds). Another version states that perhaps it comes from the ancient Caucasian word bak (sun, or god), hinting at the area’s ancient role as a center for fire-worshippers millennia ago