racetrack
Baku City Circuit
A thrilling street circuit weaving through Baku's Old City with a 2.2 km straight along the Caspian Sea, producing unpredictable races.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Baku
Baki, Azerbaijan · Asia
About Baku
Baku works well as a base: 15 minutes from Qaraçuxur, 14km from Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain).
Baku is in Baki, Azerbaijan, with about 2.4 million people. The nearest town is Qaraçuxur, about 7 km away.
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What is there to see near Baku?
Within an hour or so of Baku: Baku City Circuit (3 km), Baku Old City (Icherisheher) (5 km), Flame Towers, Baku (6 km), Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain) (14 km).
Where is Baku?
Baku is in Baki, Azerbaijan, about 7 km from Qaraçuxur.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 2,351,300
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Baki
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
- Coordinates
- 40.3777, 49.8920
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Worth the detour from Baku
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Baku Old City (Icherisheher)
A UNESCO-listed walled medieval city within modern Baku featuring the Maiden Tower, Palace of the Shirvanshahs, and atmospheric stone alleyways.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Flame Towers, Baku
Three flame-shaped glass skyscrapers dominating the Baku skyline, covered in LED screens that display mesmerizing fire and flag animations at night.
6 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain)
A hillside on the Absheron Peninsula that has burned continuously for decades, fed by natural gas seeping through sandstone: an easy, eerie evening drive from Baku.
14 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Over 6,000 ancient rock engravings and mud volcanoes on the shores of the Caspian Sea spanning 40,000 years of human history.
53 km · about 60 min drive
natural wonder
Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has nearly half the world's mud volcanoes, with hundreds of bubbling, oozing cones creating an otherworldly lunar landscape south of Baku.
60 km · about 70 min drive
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