The main tourist sights around Baku 60 km to the south of Baku there is a place called Gobustan – the largest collection of rock paintings. The entire 100 sq. m complex consists of more than 4 thousand unique rocky sites, caves, rocky fortresses and burial grounds. Covered with 10,000-year-old petroglyphs these monuments of history […]

Baku – golden pages of the history of Azerbaijan The Baku city’s history dated back to the Paleolithic epoch, when Apsheron was inhabited by the ancient man. The first petroglyphs confirming a high development level of the local tribes appeared in the territory of Apsheron in the transitional period from the Stone Age to the […]

Mosques of Old Baku There are various monumental buildings of ancient and medieval period on the territory of the old Baku, but among them the group of monuments consisting of mosques and madrasahs is particularly notable. The oldest of them were built on the site of pagan sacred centers: churches and temples, but also, there […]

Average Temperatures and Precipitation in Baku Month Avg. High Avg. Low Mean Avg. Precip. Avg. High Avg. Low Mean Avg. Precip. Jan 44°F 35°F 38°F 0.90 in. 7°C 2°C 3°C 22.9 mm Feb 43°F 33°F 38°F 0.90 in. 6°C 1°C 3°C 22.9 mm Mar 49°F 38°F 42°F 1.00 in. 9°C 3°C 6°C 25.4 mm Apr […]