Old and Modern Baku Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Gosha Gala Tower, Baku Azerbaijan

The tour will start from entrance of Double Gates which is also called Gosha Gala Gapisi. Your guide will be waiting for you there with the sign of Baku City Tours. First you will get short historical information about Baku city from Stone Age period

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Baku Old City, Neftchilar Ave, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan

Guests will have a Dinner at Traditional Azerbaijani restaurant and taste delicious Azerbaijani foods

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Maiden Tower, Downtown Baku, Baku Azerbaijan

The Maiden Tower is a 12th-century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan. Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the 15th century, it forms a group of historic monuments listed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III. It is one of Azerbaijan's most distinctive national emblems, and is thus featured on Azeri currency notes and official letterheads

Stop At: Juma Mosque, M1 Sabayil, Baku Azerbaijan

visit Juma mosque which was built at 15th century

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Muhammad Mosque, 28 Kichik Qala Old City, Baku Azerbaijan

see muhammad mosque of siniq qala which has special historical facts

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Miniature Books, Gala lane, 1, Baku Azerbaijan

visit the only museum of miniature books in the world, settled in the old part of Baku

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Palace of The Shirvanshahs, Baku, Azerbaijan

see the Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ismailiyya Palace, Istiglaliyyat St., 10 Next To The Institute Of Manuscripts, Baku 1005 Azerbaijan

The Ismailiyya Palace is a historical building that currently serves as the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. It is located on Istiglaliyyat Street in Baku.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Fountain Square, Baku Azerbaijan

see fountain square



Pass By: Philharmonic Fountain Park, Sabayil, Baku Azerbaijan

see Filarmoniya Bağı, sometimes called Gubernator's or Governor's Park, is a park in Baku, Azerbaijan, next to Baku fortress. The park was established beginning in 1830.

Stop At: Martyrs' Lane, Baku Azerbaijan

visit uppland park and see best panoramic view of the city

Duration: 45 minutes

Pass By: Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Mikayil Useynov, 28 The Seaside Boulevard, Baku 1001 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum displays Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various weaving techniques and materials from various periods. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. It moved to a new building on the Baku's seafront park during 2014 from its former location on Neftchiler Avenue.

Stop At: Flame Towers, 1A, Mehdi Huseyn, Baku Azerbaijan

Visit Flame towers when the led lights turned on

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Highland Park, Baku Azerbaijan

Highland Park, located in the heart of Baku and one of the favorite leisure places of the local residents, is regarded as one of the most beautiful parks of the capital city for a long time.İt is the highest Point of the city where you can see the best panoramic view of the Baku. Another commonly known name of the park among people is Viewing Square. In Soviet era, this park was named after Sergei Kirov. The one particular reason that makes the Highland Park unique is that it has a panorama looking over the city, Baku bay, Seaside National Park stretching along the bay. That explains the reason the park was called “Highland”. Back in 30s of XX century when the general layout of Baku was in progress, this very fact was assumed as a basis and it was taken into account that the Highland Park built in this area would play an important role in general architectural composition. The park was built in the place of the old graveyard based on the design of architect Ilyin using the rich variety of limestone of the quarries of Baku. By the way, another old name of the park – the English park - is related to this graveyard. It is said that in 1920s, English soldiers who came to Baku after the Russian Emperor dethroned were buried here along with the victims of March events of 1918.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Baku Boulevard, Neftchilar avenue, Baku Azerbaijan

Baku Boulevard is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.

Pass By: Park Bulvar Baku, Prospekt Neftyanikov, Primorsky Bulvar, Baku Azerbaijan

pass by first shopping mal in Baku

Stop At: Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Heydar Aliyev Avenue, 1/1, Baku 1033 Azerbaijan

The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 m2 (619,000 sq ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Palace of Happiness, 6 Murtuza Mukhtarov, Baku 1005 Azerbaijan

see palace of happinnes which was built 20th century

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Government House, Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan

The Government House of Baku, also known as House of Government, is a government building housing various state ministries of Azerbaijan. It is located on Neftchiler Avenue and faces the Baku Boulevard.

Duration: 10 minutes