Credits

Photo credits

Photographer, publisher, licence and source for every photograph used on this website.

Third-party editorial photography

Published here with credit to the original publisher and copyright holder. Merci Baku claims no ownership of these images and will remove any of them immediately on request from the rights holder.

  • Baku skyline with the Flame Towers

    Used on
    The Experience — the city, opening frame
    Photographer / rights
    Getty Images, via Formula 1
    Licence
    © Formula 1 / Getty Images — all rights reserved
    Source
    formula1.com
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Heydar Aliyev Center in daylight

    Used on
    The Experience — the city, chapter 02
    Photographer / rights
    Unattributed press photograph
    Licence
    Copyright held by the original photographer
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Terraced tea plantation, Lankaran

    Used on
    The Experience — the tea service
    Photographer / rights
    Unattributed — source under review
    Licence
    Copyright held by the original photographer
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Azerbaijani tea service, five expressions

    Used on
    The Experience — the tea service, opening frame
    Photographer / rights
    Unattributed — source under review
    Licence
    Copyright held by the original photographer
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.

Free-licence photography

Used under a free licence that permits commercial use. We credit the photographer even where the licence does not require it.

  • Baku after dark — the skyline at night

    Used on
    Home — Delicious Baku after dark
    Photographer / rights
    Nicat Teymurov
    Licence
    Pexels Licence
    Source
    Pexels
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.

Creative Commons photography

Used under the licence shown, with attribution to the photographer as the licence requires.

  • Palace of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Baku

    Used on
    The Experience — the city, chapter 03
    Photographer / rights
    Urmen19
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 4.0
    Source
    Wikimedia Commons
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • German Art Hall, National Art Museum of Azerbaijan

    Used on
    The Experience — the city, chapter 06
    Photographer / rights
    Urek Meniashvili
    Licence
    CC BY-SA 3.0
    Source
    Wikimedia Commons
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.

Photography owned by Merci Baku and its partners

All remaining photography on this website — the restaurants and their dishes, the tea service, the caviar breakfasts, the salon, and the portraits of Kamila Verdiyeva — was made by or for Merci Baku and its partner venues, and is used with their permission.

  • Restaurant interiors and dishes — Chayki, Mangal, Shur, Shirvanshah, Sumakh

    Used on
    Gastronomy, Six Nights, home
    Photographer / rights
    The venues and Merci Baku
    Licence
    Used with permission
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Merci Baku salon, storefront, tea service and caviar breakfasts

    Used on
    Home, The Experience, Gastronomy
    Photographer / rights
    Merci Baku
    Licence
    © Merci Baku
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Portraits of Kamila Verdiyeva

    Used on
    Home, Your Host
    Photographer / rights
    Personal archive of Kamila Verdiyeva
    Licence
    Used with permission
    Modifications
    Resized and cropped for web display.
  • Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025 emblem

    Used on
    Home, Gastronomy
    Photographer / rights
    Tripadvisor LLC
    Licence
    Trademark of Tripadvisor LLC, shown to identify an award received
    Source
    tripadvisor.com
    Modifications
    Displayed unmodified.

No photographer, publisher, museum, brand or Wikimedia endorses Merci Baku. If you hold rights to any image shown here and would like it credited differently or removed, please write to us. reservations@mercibaku.org

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