Buta Hotel

Top choice in Baku


This well-kept nine-room gem is entered via a lounge decked with cushions and traditional copperwork. Climb the stairs past etchings and a few antiques to well-presented if unfussy rooms with well-functioning showers, assorted art and clean, wood-effect floors. Breakfast is on the 4th floor in a glass-walled, rooftop dining room with superb views but no lift.

Room 7 is particularly spacious with fine views from its bathroom window.


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