The Top 10 Hotels Near InterContinental Baku

Balconies that open onto the Caspian Sea, with the Flame Towers filling the skyline and the Old City a short walk downhill: the location does a lot of work here. The InterContinental is a full-service luxury hotel whose interiors quietly nod to Azerbaijani oil-boom architecture and the 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi. There's a hammam-equipped spa, an indoor pool, and a restaurant mixing Mediterranean and local dishes.

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A Beaux Arts facade on the Caspian waterfront, looking out over a park toward the water, in a city that hasn't exactly been overrun with luxury hotels. The Four Seasons Baku holds a Forbes Five Star and two Michelin Keys, and the interiors lean contemporary marble and chandelier while the indoor pool channels a Roman bathhouse vibe. The restaurant, bar, and tea salon make it a genuine meeting place for the whole city, not just guests.

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Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the Caspian from every room in this 237-room luxury hotel rising above Baku's business district. The 21st-floor pool keeps those views going whether you're swimming or just pretending to. Interiors nod to Azerbaijan's carpet culture with a confident hand for color, and a herb-scented garden provides unlikely quiet amid the skyline drama. Baku Boulevard and the Old City are both close. It holds a Forbes Four Star.

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A boutique hotel inside a stately building that once housed the Caspian Shipping Company, the Merchant Baku sits in the UNESCO-listed Old Town with the seaside promenade a short walk away. Rooms are spacious with high ceilings and natural light; suites add balconies over the city. The bar's summer terrace is quietly the best seat in the house. It holds a Michelin Key.

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The Fairmont sits inside one of Baku's three flame-shaped skyscrapers, which glow like a gas burner over the Caspian at night, so you can clock your hotel from across the city. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the 299 rooms frame either the sea or the medieval Old City below, and the marble lobby lands somewhere between grand and theatrical. A spa with a hammam and heated pool, plus a jazz bar for evening cocktails, round things out. Forbes Four Star.

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Hand-woven kilim textiles and carved wood run through the individually designed rooms of this small boutique hotel on a quiet street just outside Baku's Old City walls. Balcony rooms look out over the neighborhood rooftops, and the Maiden Tower is a short walk. The scale keeps things unhurried, which suits a base for wandering the old quarter far better than a larger property would.

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The sail-shaped facade looks borrowed from a Gulf city skyline, which turns out to be a fair preview of the interior: marble everywhere, Silk Road color palettes, and rooms the hotel claims are the largest in Baku, each with heated floors and city views. A Forbes Four Star and a Michelin Key hotel sitting between old bazaar and the Zaha Hadid center, with an ESPA spa, a hammam, two heated pools, and a speakeasy bar downstairs called Blind Tiger.

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