Baku Boulevard

Where it is & how to get there

• Metro: Icherisheher and Sahil stations are a few minutes from the boulevard.
• On foot: Directly below the Old City walls.
• Boat trips: Short Caspian Sea boat tours leave from the boulevard piers.

The story of Baku Boulevard

Baku Boulevard, officially the Seaside National Park, was founded in 1909 by Baku's oil barons. It has been greatly extended and now runs for many kilometres along the Caspian Sea.

Along it are gardens, cafés, a mini-Venice of canals with gondolas, the Baku Eye Ferris wheel and the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, housed in a building shaped like a rolled-up carpet.

Best time to visit

Tips before you go

• Take the boat tour from the boulevard.
• Visit the Carpet Museum to see Azerbaijan's UNESCO-listed carpet-weaving tradition.
• Ride the Baku Eye for views of the bay at sunset.

What's around Baku Boulevard

• Azerbaijan Carpet MuseumMuseum shaped like a rolled carpet.
• Little VeniceCanals with gondola rides.
• Baku EyeFerris wheel on the seafront.
• Old CityAcross the road.

Questions travellers ask