The exotic capital of Azerbaijan, Baku is a must-visit place when traveling around the country. The city is located on the coast of the Caspian Sea on the southern tip of the Absheron Peninsula. Baku is so rich in place to visit that one can easily spend three days walking around the city and might find it not enough to enjoy all the beauties of this Caucasian city. Baku today is an almost futuristic city that manages to combine both tradition and modernity, two elements that can be seen together all across the city. No other country has gone through such a drastic transformation from the Soviet era to now than Azerbaijan and the best place to see this transformation firsthand is Baku.