Baku Travel Forum

hi all ,

i am planning to visit Baku in the next few weeks and i would like to ask you about Baku because i never been there .

i would like to ask about the people there and life ? do peole speak english or you think thta i am gonna facing difficulty in communication?

also you think that Baku is a good place for tourism ? will you enjoy there? what about the prices there i mean is it a cheap country?

finally , what about the safety there? is it ok if i walk midnihgt in the street?

i am sorry for being asking a lot of questions and thanks a lot in advance

Why don't you just come with us to europe and forget about all these new countries that I never heard about ..

We will be waiting at 10 pm in amsterdam with our knives to stab people ,

loooool

Hi,

I am flying to Baku today (friday) for 4 days only for tourism purpose. Hard to find good informations about the place; I command a guide book, but unfortunatly haven't received it yet. I will have to do without it!
Anyway, I will try to answer your questions when I will come back.

Actually, there is a Top 5 for Baku, and VT member Minashka lives there. Try contacting her or one of the other 60 VT members who live there. First, browse the Baku pages, there's plenty there.

Hi,

I'm back from Baku and I really liked my 4 days stay there.

English is mostly spoken by young Azeris. We didn't face major difficulty in communication.

About Baku being a good place for tourism, well, it's hard to say. It depends about what are your criterias. We find the city very interesting, but don't expect to find museums and attractions with a lots of explanations for visitors.

We made a little excursion outside Baku (to Gobustan and Temple of fire). We had a good guide in the first place, but at the second place, it was catastrophic. We don't understand a word of what the guide was saying. So it may take some years for these places becoming really ready for tourism.

Baku was not cheap, but not too expensive. We paid 70$US for our hotel room; it was ok, but it was more a 40$US room.

The food is very good and not expensive. For exemple, a dinner at the Mugan (a restaurant in an old caravanserail in the old city, with some entertainement) cost 50 manats for two (with wine). A dinner at the Georgian restaurant recommanded in the Baku's tip on the VT page cost 35 manats (for two with wine), but we had so much food that the waiter made us a little wrapping so we ate the rest for our lunch the next day.

There was always many people on the street even at midnight, so we felt very safe on waking on the streets.

Hope it will help you.