BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Baku shimmers with oil wealth and audacious architecture. But Azerbaijan's capital also reflects older influences: Zoroastrian traditions centered on sacred fire, Silk Road trade, Soviet rule and its place in the Turkic world. Europe and Asia truly overlap here.
Footloose in Baku: East meets West in Azerbaijan's capital
Where to eat, wander and soak up culture in this Caspian crossroads








