Oil Heritage & Old Town Walking Tour of Baku
Tour info
Why take this tour?
This is a walking tour to discover the reflection of Baku’s past and hear about oil barons of the first oil boom era and their quest for personal glory and fame. The tour offers insider's guide to urban exploration about social, cultural, political aspect of every-day life in Baku with background of stories based on real life of oil barons from late 19th and early 20th century as well as soviet and modern times. The tour highlights how oil changed Baku as as the new generation of the first era of oil boom assumed their social responsibility for a change in an oriental conventional Muslim society. You will hear stories about Azerbaijan’s dilemma of East vs. West, oil barons’ hunger for personal glory and fame, Influence of Polish architects, change and continuity through times under imperial Russia, Soviet and Independent Azerbaijan.
What’s included?
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Bottled water -
Lunch
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Private transportation
Things to know
Before you book
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Duration: 3-30 minutes
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Mobile tickets accepted
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Instant confirmation
Covid Policy
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Face masks provided for travelers
Cancellation Policy
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
About operator:
Azerbaijan Traveller offers walking free tours, half-day and day-trips in Baku and immediate areas and in regions of Azerbaijan. We also have hiking trips to Gedabey, Guba and Ismayilli, a few of the remotest regions in Azerbaijan. Our half-day trips to immedaite areas of Baku include (a) Gobustan Petroglyph Museum (UNESCO heritage site) and Mud Volcanoes Tour and (b) Ateshgah and Yanardag Tour; Day trips to Khinalug village in Guba and Lahij in Ismayilli explore ethnicity, language, local life, culture and cuisine in nothern and western-nothern regions of Azerbaijan. Our walking free tours offers travellers various themed walking free tours which explore central Baku through its oil-boom architecture, literary classics and pop culture. Most of the tours we offer are tips based. The walkings tours we run includes Old Town (Ichari Shahar), Downtown (Targovi), Night Tour and Alternative tour to Bayil. For further details please check our website out in our profile or email us.
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