1000 Camels Hostel Baku in Baku, Azerbaijan
Asef Zeynalli 29, Apt-3, (Near Meredian Hotel), Icheri Sheher
DIRECTIONS
from the airport:
the most straightforward
way is to take a taxi.
this should cost 20 new
manat or around 24 USD
(sometimes it may be
called 10 shirvan or
10,000 old manat). it is
better to negotiate this
before you enter the
taxi.
get the taxi driver to
take you to the old city
(icheri sheher) and drop
you in front of the
meridian hotel. then
1. As you face the
Meridian Hotel take the
alley directly to the
left.
2. Walk for 25 metres and
take the third door you
see on the left - it is a
light blue colour and
last door in the
alley.
3. On the ground floor
directly in front of this
entrance there is a door
surrounded by a pink
wall.
4. This is the hostel.
There is a little camel
picture on the door.
from the bus station:
you will most likely be
dropped off at the main
avtovag, relatively near
20 Janvar metro station.
depending on the time of
day and the size of your
bag, you could either
take a taxi (around 6
manat, see above for
directions) or take the
metro by exiting the bus
terminal, turning around
to face the velotrek
complex, and walking to
the other side of the
complex to find the metro
entrance (see below
instructions for coming
by metro).
by metro:
the metro is an
extraordinarily cheap way
of getting around the
city, but may be
difficult to negotiate
for someone new to baku
who doesn't speak russian
or turkish/azeri.
to use the metro, buy a
card for 2 manat and put
a bit of money on it
(don't go overboard each
trip is only 5 qepik, so
you get 20 trips to a
manat). then, take the
metro to baki soveti. on
some parts of the lines,
trains alternate in
destination, so either
make sure you get the
baki soveti train, or
change at the 28 May
station.
once you get out of baki
soveti, turn right and
right again, to face the
city walls. go through
the gateway, then turn
right and follow the wall
until you reach an old
hammam sunken into the
ground. turn left in
front of the hammam and
walk keeping the british
council building to your
left. Keep going straight
forward and you will
reach little square. Here
on your left you will see
relatively bigger
building of Hotel
Meridian. Then
1. As you face the
Meridian Hotel take the
alley directly to the
left.
2. Walk for 25 metres and
take the third door you
see on the left - it is a
light blue colour and
last door in the
alley.
3. On the ground floor
directly in front of this
entrance there is a door
surrounded by a pink
wall.
4. This is the hostel.
There is a little camel
picture on the door.
from the ferry:
make your way to the old
city along neftchiler -
the main street adjacent
to the boulevard. the
easiest way to find the
right entrance is to go
to azneft square (see
maps below) then take the
first entrance to the old
city, which will place
you in front of the
meridian hotel. then
follow the 'from the
airport' instructions.