Statue of Muslim Magomayev

Stroll through Mini-Venice (private boat for up to four ₼20), where you’ll have the opportunity to float in real Venetian gondolas on artificial canals. The State Puppet Theatre (kuklateatri.az), in an elegant 1910 oil-boom building by Polish architect Józef Płoszko, sits steps away from the singing statue of composer Muslim Magomayev. Stop for tea under the concrete sails of the Soviet-era Mirvari Cafe and then check out the garden where 200-year-old baobab trees have been planted before continuing to the nearly completed, glass-heavy Crescent Bay.