Timeline
14:00
Dip into the hot crude oil bath at Naftalan Bath. It is a small, hospital-like facility where you spend 15 minutes in the treatment. The experience is positively strange and unlike anything else in the city.
15:00
Head to Finnegan’s for a beer and a break. It is next to the History Museum and offers free wifi and good beer prices. Note that the wine is ridiculously expensive.
15:15
Walk through Philharmonic Fountain Park. This charming park with fountains and kiosks is a pleasant spot to pass through on your way to the boulevard.
Local tip
The oil bath is not recreational but fun and strange. Decide for yourself whether it is safe and healthy.
Check before you go
- Naftalan Bath costs 20 manat for the medical checkup and 20 manat for the oil bath.
- Finnegan’s is a pub with good beer prices but expensive wine.
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