Baku Hotels & Hostels (24)

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Tour companies use this revamped, relatively central, ex-Soviet monster hotel because of its size and ease of coach access. Views of the Caspian and Government House are sweeping but if travellin…

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This is the biggest, plushest hotel on North Abseron's comparatively clean sand-shell beaches. It's over an hour's drive from the city but attracts plenty of summer business thanks to a major com…

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One of the longest established private hotels in central Baku, the Azcot has a more homely family feel than most other options in this price range. Its location on the edge of Fountain Sq is quie…

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Acceptable pricing and a great location next to Sahil metro station makes this a very good budget base. The building is potentially impressive if un-loved and most rooms are reasonably large with…

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The Excelsior is Baku's most self-indulgently luxurious hotel. It appeals to Azerbaijan's nouveau super-riche with its Las Vegas sense of no-expense-spared pseudo-classical grandeur. Rooms are im…

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Many international flights depart at antisocial hours. Rather than face the 40-minute taxi ride from downtown Baku at 02:00, this splendid new hotel offers a stress-free alternative. It's also a …

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This acceptable, no frills place is neither central nor glamorous, but it's about the cheapest option in town. Beware that the basic rooms are not ideal for female travellers as the communal show…

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This unique place sets out to be Baku's most idiosyncratic hotel. In many ways it succeeds, though its boast of 'five-star plus' standards is highly exaggerated. The hotel clings like a limpet to…

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Of all the mini-hotels within the walls of the Unesco-listed Old City, Kiçik Gala 98 is probably the most spacious. It has more personality than many other hotels in its price range, and touches …

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This stylish 15-room mini-hotel has a restrained grandeur, and comfortable, understated rooms. The location, behind a neo-antique stone façade at the entrance to the Old City and just five minute…

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In the days of the USSR, this 11-storey tower was the official guesthouse for visiting dignitaries. There's still no sign whatsoever to alert potential customers that it's now open to the general…

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Entirely unmarked as a hotel, this impressive 27-room stone building looks like a classic oil-boom mansion, though, in fact, it was only built in 2006. Standards are high and décor is very refine…

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The two sister Hyatt hotels are side-by-side, a short drive from the city centre. Both are professionally managed, international standard business hotels in an area that's not quite central, but …

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Converted from a former artist's studio back in 1999, this was the first boutique to open within the Old City walls. It's staffed by students and graduates of the Western University's Hotel Manag…

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The Radisson occupies the 14th to 16th floors of a glass-and-marble tower that's set just one block back from Baku's vibrant green heart (Fountain Sq). Standards are genuinely luxurious, though t…

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This luxurious 11-room boutique hotel hits a fine balance between opulent elegance, cosy comfort and trendy modernism. Its perfectly central Old City location is a great plus, with unparalleled v…

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Brand new, this modern beach-front hotel is an arc of titanium-grey flashed with blue mirror-glass windows. The building curls seductively around an outdoor infinity pool. South-facing rooms have…

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The unique feature of this new blue-glass arc hotel is that it's built on stilts above the Caspian Sea. No other hotel in central Baku lets you hear the sound of waves, yet here you're also just …

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Rather functional but handy for the nightlife district.

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This small, quiet hotel is within the Old Town
walls and offers very comfortable accommodation with all you'd expect from an above-average hotel, including satellite TV, minibars and helpful …

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This swish modern business hotel has been very impressively recycled from a once-terrible old Soviet dinosaur. Sea-view rooms cost extra. Check out the guests-only top floor where a 'secret' sush…

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