Little Venice, Baku

The palace of the Shirvanshahs happens to be a 15th century palace that was constructed by the Shirvanshahs. It is considered as one of the pearls of the famous Azerbaijan Architecture. The palace forms an ensemble of historic monuments with the Maiden tower under the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Nizami Street is one of the largest pedestrian and shopping streets in downtown Baku which is named after classical Persian Poet Nizami Ganjavi. The street had found its way from 1864 during the town planning project. Running from downtown in the west to the east, you will get to enjoy some of the charming age old buildings as well as heritage monuments.

National Flag Square happens to be a large city square off Neftchilar Avenue that has a flag measuring 70 meters by length and 35 meters by width. The flag is hoisted on a pole that is about 162 meters tall.

Little Venice is one of the most sought after tourist places in Baku that is made up of artificial waterways. The construction of this place was started in the year 1960 and then in the year 2012, it was expanded. Little Venice is home to some of the canals that are interspersed with islands which are again connected stone bridges allowing free movement of Gondolas.