JW Marriott Absheron Baku Hotel
Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan
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The JW Marriott Absheron Baku is a high-rise hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in 2012. It is located on Azadliq Square next to Pushkin's Park and the Crescent Hotel on the edge of the Caspian Sea.[1]
| JW Marriott Absheron Baku | |
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  Location within Azerbaijan | |
| General information | |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates | 40°22′27″N 49°51′23″E |
| Opening | 1 May 2012 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 23 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 237 |
The hotel is named for the previous Absheron Hotel which formerly stood on this site. It was established by the Soviet Intourist monopoly in 1985[2] and had 343 rooms on 16 floors. It was entirely demolished in 2009.[3]
The current JW Marriott-managed hotel of 237 rooms on 21 floors was built on the site[4] and opened on July 3, 2012.[5] It was described by author Ken Haley as an "imposing" hotel, with some rooms that have a "magnificent view of the city square and the sun-spangled expanse of the world's largest lake".[6]
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