Spotlight on Baku yet again

Baku has once again named one of the most popular cities among CIS cities for summer vacations 2017.

Analytical agency TurStat, identified cities that are popular among tourists for travel this summer.

Capitals of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia and Uzbekistan are Top popular CIS cities. Astana, Baku, Minsk, Yerevan, Tashkent, Almaty, Chisinau, Bishkek, Kiev and Ashgabat are among the Top 10 most popular cities of the CIS for tourists in the summer of 2017.

Tourists come to Baku on average for five days in summer and spend $75 per night for staying at the hotel, according to Turstat.

Unique culture and history, delicious food and wine and plenty of adventures are awaiting travelers in Azerbaijan.

Baku, known as home to an ancient civilization dating back to 5500 BC, is a compact city in which visitors can easily walk around the city center to see most attractions, along with a mix of architecture. The capital is the location where past and present are intricately intertwined, having always attracted tourists.

Icherisheher, meaning Old City, is the most magnificent of the historical monuments in Azerbaijan and is included by UNESCO among the world cultural heritage items. The Shirvanshah palace complex, which is another astonishing state historical architectural museumpreserve, is its masterpiece.

The open-air museum, and Baku’s most majestic and mysterious monument - the Maiden Tower or Giz Galasi - is also located here. Built in the shape of a cylinder on the Caspian Sea shore, the Maiden Tower is a structure which, rather like a buttress, sticks out from the cylindrical tower on the sea side.

The Flame Towers, the tallest skyscraper in Baku at a height of 190 m, is also a beautiful symbol of the city.