Baku Eye

Baku


This 60m big wheel performs attractive light shows after dark. It spins very slowly, so a ride takes nearly 15 minutes including stops. Should you tire of the views across the city and bay, you can watch a video playing in each car that depicts the structure's construction.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Baku attractions

1. Caspian Waterfront Mall

0.22 MILES

Designed like an eight-petalled flower but five stories high and made of steel and glass, this giant project has been under construction since 2007 and…

2. Carpet Museum

0.4 MILES

From historic flatweaves to modernist picture-rugs, this tailor-made museum displays and explains a superb collection of Azerbaijani carpets. It's housed…

3. Bahram Gur Statue

0.44 MILES

This powerful 1958 fountain-statue depicts a mythical Azerbaijani hero using a giant scimitar to slay a snake-like water-spewing 'dragon'. In a pool…

4. Funicular

0.45 MILES

The snazzy little funicular whisks you up from near the restaurant Chinar to the Flame Towers area in just three minutes. Time between departures can vary…

5. Şəhidlər Xiyabanı

0.6 MILES

The most notable feature of the 'Highland Park' that stretches south from the Flame Towers is this sombre row of grave memorials – Bakuvian victims of the…

6. Flame Towers

0.65 MILES

Completed in 2012, this trio of sinuous blue-glass skyscrapers forms contemporary Baku's architectural signature. The three towers range from 28 to 33…

7. State Art Museum

0.7 MILES

Housed in two century-old oil-boom mansions, Baku’s foremost collection of classical art ranges from 17th-century French landscapes to Meiji-era Japanese…

8. Cümə Mosque

0.74 MILES

Though it appears relatively squat seen from outside, the interior of the Old City's carving-festooned 'Friday' mosque contains beautifully patterned…

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