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Featuring excursions from Baku to all corners of Azerbaijan, including the biblical exclave of Nakhchivan - the people of Noah.
Azerbaijan and its coastal capital of Baku are on the crest of a wave. Swimming in profits from oil and gas, this former Soviet republic by the Caspian Sea is where the Persian, Ottoman and Russian empires converge.
Baku reflects this rich history, its lucrative seaboard lined with sumptuous mansions, overlooking the bay; new five-star hotels with their panoramic high-end restaurants and sky bars.
Down the coast and inland await mysterious mud volcanoes, the rare birdlife of the vast Shirvan National Park and the opulent Khan's Palace of Sheki. Time Out Baku guides you to the right restaurants, best bars and most bizarre sights in the area.
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Once the richest oil city in the world, several decades of Soviet occupation left the capital of Azerbaijan leagues behind the competition. Now a new wave of oil money and development has fed Baku's growth into one of the most excitingly developing cities on the globe. In this, the world's first ever English language guide to Baku, Hg2 unveils one of the world's last true melting pots of ancient and modern, East and West.
Discover a richly diverse and cosmopolitan city of Persian carpets, stunning architecture, luxurious accommodation and one of UNESCO's most significant world heritage sites in the walled Old City. Baku is set in a landscape dotted with natural wonders like mud volcanoes and desert plains rising into the glory of the Caucasus mountains, to say nothing of the photogenic marvel of the Caspian oil refineries.
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When the Town Mouse is excluded from school after his third ASBO his foster Mum sends him to the country for some "moral improvement".
The Country Mouse, meanwhile, is up in paws at the Government's proposed ban on stag beetle hunting and marches on the capital in protest.
Featuring Toad of Toad Hall, a burly bunny in blue, a rather saggy looking yellow bear and Little Red Riding Hood as you've never seen her before, this hilarious parody will appeal to anyone who remembers when times were better all round.
(text from Old Street Publishing, 2006)
"Highly entertaining" Daily Telegraph
"I Loved it... Kind of like a hoodie invading the set of Miss Marple" Dermot O'Leary
"As witty and telling a take on the eccentricities of contemporary life as I have read in a long time" Daily Mail
"Hilarious" - Paul O'Grady
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Hg2 spoke to around 100 top chefs, restaurateurs, critics, writers and suppliers to the food industry and got their pick of the best London has to offer in a range of different dining out scenarios.
Editor Joe Warwick then collated this list into a filtered selection of the 150 very best food venues in London, from snack bars right through to fine-dining, as recommended by the restaurant industry. The results were then produced in a very smart, small, matt black, flexibound book (around the size of a pocket business diary) which is just the right size to fit into a suit pocket or handbag.
Hg2 Eat London was photographed by Ben Illis
"Discerning traveller's rejoice!" Condé Nast Traveller
"Happily this is not another London guide distilled from a survey of god knows who. It has one well-connected, witty voice informed by up-to-date insider knowledge." Fay Maschler, Evening Standard
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Hg2 spends more time and money researching their guides than their competition, and so produce a guide whose content is the best on the market. Hg2 readers should have the sense that they are being guided by an individual with real inside knowledge on where the very best venues are, because even a bad cup of coffee is a failure when your time is precious.
Hg2 readers have a sense of style and want the best, but not necessarily the most expensive.
An Hg2 guide will lead you to the latest celebrity chef hotspot, for sure, but it will also take you to an excellent back-street, family-run establishment which no other guide will cover.
The Hg2 philosophy is that style is extremely important, but without the very highest quality of substance it means nothing.
Hg2 Madrid was photographed by Ben Illis and Lyndon Douglas
"The new travel must-haves" Daily Telegraph
"A minor Bible" New York Times
"Excellent guides for stylish travellers" Harpers & Queen