8.5 hour layover in London. Delta to Azerbaijan airlines
Apr 21, 2017, 11:26 am
#16
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Thanks for the info. He is a professional cyclist and going there to do the tour of Azerbaijan. His team is meeting him at the airport so hopefully the taxi won't be an issue. Return he is just flying to Amsterdam as he is doing more racing in Europe. He will have a little bit if time to see Baku, but not much.
The old city is beautiful and the Caspian sea is pretty neat to walk along, there is a beautiful promenade. Other than that, it's an odd mix of old and new, Soviet and Western. Fun to walk around and explore a bit but we were a bit bored after a couple of days.
Here are some of my Baku photos if you are interested. I think they are really trying to draw more tourism - there have been a verity of sporting events in recent years. And I think a Eurovision contest took place there a 4-5 years ago.
Apr 21, 2017, 12:23 pm
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Apr 21, 2017, 9:57 pm
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Good - there isn't too much to see
The old city is beautiful and the Caspian sea is pretty neat to walk along, there is a beautiful promenade. Other than that, it's an odd mix of old and new, Soviet and Western. Fun to walk around and explore a bit but we were a bit bored after a couple of days.
Here are some of my Baku photos if you are interested. I think they are really trying to draw more tourism - there have been a verity of sporting events in recent years. And I think a Eurovision contest took place there a 4-5 years ago.
The old city is beautiful and the Caspian sea is pretty neat to walk along, there is a beautiful promenade. Other than that, it's an odd mix of old and new, Soviet and Western. Fun to walk around and explore a bit but we were a bit bored after a couple of days.
Here are some of my Baku photos if you are interested. I think they are really trying to draw more tourism - there have been a verity of sporting events in recent years. And I think a Eurovision contest took place there a 4-5 years ago.