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 complex of outdoor pools and waterslides that are immensely popular with children. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Although calling itself a hotel, this eight-room guesthouse is more like an overgrown homestay. Standards are adequate and prices are the lowest in the Old City (except for the youth hostel). All rooms have air-conditioning and private bathrooms. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 quiet yet wonderfully central. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 high ceilings. However, despite a recent refit, facilities are inconsistent and ther… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 impeccable and the fitness centre is superb but the location, 3km (1.9mi) east of centr… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 possible base for visiting the Abseron Peninsula and is vastly more comfortable than … Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 shower rooms have no ladies' section and women might cause consternation venturing in! Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 a section of 12th-century Old City wall, which is visible and adds character to the … Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 of style from features such as the dangling candle-lamps on miniature stands in the c… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 minutes' walk west of the Maiden's Tower, is magnificent. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 public. The world has moved on but the Respublika's architecture and interior décor … Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 refined. Although primarily conceived for visiting dignitaries, non-governmental guests are… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 is surrounded by interesting dining options. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

The Metropol is a 16-room boutique hotel that pulls off that design-book-trendy feel with primary colours and bold modernist lines. Tucked away on a car-free street, a block behind Dom Soviet, it's pleasantly quiet and handily placed, especially for those with business in the nea… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 Management School, giving you an unusually high standard of friendly service for the price… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 the experience feels more like renting a posh studio than staying in a top hotel. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

On one of the bigger streets of the Unesco-listed Old City, this 12-room guest house is a stone-clad new building which on first impression seems somewhat institutionally functional. But the welcome is effusively friendly, and the rooms are very well maintained if not especially … Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 views of Baku's top historical sight - the Maiden's Tower - from the rooftop restauran… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 great balconies and sea views. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 a short stroll away from the Old City. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Fairly plain, simple Old City guesthouse. Two rooms lack natural light but top-floor rooms share a view terrace. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Smart, central, American-owned guesthouse with Georgian art and small but pleasant lobby bar. Breakfast included. No lift. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Rather functional but handy for the nightlife district. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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 staff. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

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' sushi-bar will make your credit card wince. Officially the address is Azadliq 1 but that'… Full Lonely Planet Review ›