Baku
No expense has been spared in converting this former Soviet sports centre into a 28-room art deco hotel. It's full of triumphalist sporting references, hi…
Must-see hotels in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Supercentral on Lәnkәran's main stroll-street, this well-appointed hotel has fully equipped rooms with kettle, fridge, basic toiletries and big-headed…
Baku
Baku’s longest-standing business stalwart is a little out of the tourist area but remains a top choice for those wanting a big gym and large swimming pool.
Azerbaijan
Some fittings show signs of minor wear and decor isn't especially tasteful, but the good-sized rooms are comfortable and the location is very handy. It is…
Azerbaijan
Qax's most fashion-conscious accommodation offering has well-equipped, high-quality rooms, curious formed-wood lamps and an array of facilities including…
Azerbaijan
Local, oriental and modernist touches combine with original photography, Moroccan-style lamps and spacious, business-like rooms to make this 21st-century…
Azerbaijan
Quality pure-white sheets, chestnut furniture and comfortable beds at a decent price mean it's easy to forgive Şane the occasional elements of kitsch and…
Baku
Sweet is a fair description for this little warren of rooms and courtyards, recycling a couple of small houses and including some ivy-covered half-built …
Azerbaijan
Xınalıq's affable village historian speaks good Russian and has a comparatively comfortable Old Town house decorated with local historical curiosities…
Azerbaijan
The best choice in town with European-standard rooms featuring high ceilings, enclosed shower booths and effective air-conditioning. At the back there's a…
Azerbaijan
Excellent value in the heart of Şamaxı, this ten-storey tower offers modern business-standard rooms in caramel-cream colours, with kettle, minibar and big…
Azerbaijan
Gəncə's best central choice has the comfortable standards of a business hotel but adds some 1960s retro features. Guests pay half price (only AZN15) to…
Azerbaijan
After nearly a decade of restoration and reconstruction, this 17th-century brick caravanserai is due to open as a top-class heritage-style hotel in 2020.
Azerbaijan
This sensibly pitched, no-nonsense budget hotel has good standards for the price and there are well-maintained private bathrooms even in the men-only dorm…
Azerbaijan
Right in the centre of Lerik, but utterly unmarked, Gussein Baba’s Cafe has acceptable if very basic budget rooms. The best two share an indoor toilet and…
Azerbaijan
The attraction of this little resort is its mixture of outdoor facilities (hiking trails, flora-and-fauna identification boards, assault course, short zip…
Azerbaijan
The Qrand's large, well-equipped rooms are great value for money, only slightly let down by patchy wi-fi and somewhat stained carpets. Some staff know…
John & Tanya İvanovka Guesthouse
Azerbaijan
This wonderfully homely little B&B has no sign and just five purpose-built en-suite guestrooms with super-comfy beds, framed-lace decor and a shared…
Azerbaijan
Aimed at market traders, but a reasonable bet for male backpackers, this brand new guesthouse has surprisingly fresh three- and four-bed dorms with pine…
Baku
The bus station is miles from town so it's worth considering sleeping at this bargain-value place if you have an early-morning bus to catch. Apart from…
Azerbaijan
Near the entrance to Laza there's a small shop. The houses facing and behind it are homestays of the Azizov family, who also own self-contained bungalows…
Azerbaijan
One of Şəki's very first hostels, Canal is a sprawling courtyard house in an obscure yet relatively central location down a highly improbable back lane…
Azerbaijan
Friendly and good value, simple little Hotel Qax' rooms mostly share clean squat toilets, with showers costing AZN2 extra. En suite rooms come with air…
Azerbaijan
The pillars of the front facade, lobby and high-ceilinged restaurant exude an imposing sense of late-Stalinist grandeur that is worth admiring, even if…
Azerbaijan
There are a handful of cheap, basic, high-ceilinged rooms, above the wedding hall that stands beside Lerik's tiny history museum. There's not much soul…
Azerbaijan
If you'd prefer a simple homestay to a hostel, contact pious, English-speaking İlqar Ağayev, whose family place has a great location in a quiet corner of…
Azerbaijan
Better than most of Astara's ultrabudget options, the Xəzər has eight functional but reasonably fresh, fan-cooled rooms that share a clean squat toilet…
Baku
In a fabulously central 1885 mansion, period settees, large Chinese vases and tasteful landscape paintings give character to the corridors, but don’t…
Azerbaijan
The eight rooms at this family guesthouse in the heart of Kiş village share modern bathrooms and a kitchen. It's run by English-speaking İlhamə Hüseynova,…
Azerbaijan
Despite the name, the Səda isn't so much a hotel as two collections of high-ceilinged if rather characterless rooms. The better, newer ones plus a…
Azerbaijan
Good-value, basic-but-clean rooms mostly come with air-conditioning, functioning bathrooms and toiletries; simpler rooms share a seatless sit-down toilet…
Baku
Tiffany glass panels and Modigliani-style paintings by a Georgian artist enliven indigo corridor walls and lead to rooms which are mostly the size of…
Baku
This cheap, simple eight-room guesthouse in a quiet corner of the Old City has creaky floors and wobbly shower curtains, but guests can use the hob and…
Azerbaijan
This traders' guesthouse is basic and male-orientated. There are obvious signs of wear but maintenance standards are no worse than you'd expect given the…
Azerbaijan
The Kəpəz is a monstrous Soviet-era hulk of decomposing concrete, whose unreconstructed sense of dilapidation is its source of perverse interest to a few…
Azerbaijan
Aimed at market traders, Sahil has clean, simple but perfectly survivable rooms with private if sometimes musty bathrooms and some wear to the floors.
Azerbaijan
Oskar has just three compact rooms above the entrance to a small, tree-shaded yard-cafe. It's very basic, road noise can be disturbing and there is no…
Azerbaijan
The location is unbeatable, there's a hangout yard with tyre-seats and chess sets, and the eight curtained bunks are comfy enough. However, they share a…
Azerbaijan
This simple but clean motel is located at the filling station at the east end of Balakən, 600m east of the bus station. Across the concourse there's a…
