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28 Dec
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Baku Soviet & Modern Pop-Culture Walking Tour
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Highlights
Over three hours we will walk into social and cultural formation of Baku City Centre, Fountains Square (then Parapet), Nizami (then Torgovaya), 28 May and Khagani (Xəqani; then Molokanskaya) streets, based on exquisite life stories, urban legends and myths relates to love and hatred, rise and fall, happiness and tragedy, turmoil and tranquility, contrast and harmony from the confluent life of oil barons and everyday people throughout last 100 years of the city.
Itinerary
Fountain Square
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeFountains Square is downtown, entertainment and leisure centre in Baku. However, this neighborhood emerged as main trading street of boom town during the first oil boom era, late XIX and early XX century. This is where we meet and end the tour.Nizami Street
45 minsAdmission Ticket FreeNizami street is the central shopping and entertaining core of modern day Baku. 800 m of 3.5 km long street is traffic free and it is one of the most busiest part of the city with full of people who take their time after work to stress out and relax in restaurant, shops and concert halls and theatres.Mardanov Qardashlari
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeMardanov Brothers street is one of the entertainment streets of Baku with full of local pubs. Here we cover drinking and going-out culture in Baku.Nizami Cinema
15 minsAdmission Ticket Free28 May street is a commemorative street to declaration of Azerbaijan's first independence in 1918. The statue of Qara Qarayev, one of the greatest composer of classic music, locates in here. Here we discuss how musics, literature contributed to nation-building process for Azerbaijanis.Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeOver half an hour we will walk through cultural sections of Nizami street, where Song Theatre, National Library, Opera and Ballet Theatre and Lev Landau, Nobel Prize Winner, to talk rich artistic cultural heritage of Baku.Khagani Street
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe street and the park historically known as Molokanskaya as it named after spiritual Christians exiled to Azerbaijan from Russia. It's been one of the central streets of downtown Baku. Here locates (a) Khagani (formerly Molokan) Park and (b) Russian Drama Theatre. We will discuss Russians and Russian language and Azerbaijani Society.National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe History Museum was the private residence of Haji Zelnalabdin Taghiyev, aka the father of the nation. Due to its ornate and decorative interior beauty and spatial structure, many modern historic events took place in the museum. Here we tell Taghiyev's story of rags to riches.Fountain Square(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeWe finish tour in here.
What's included
INCLUDED
We finish tour with a cup of local tea at local coffee shop.
NOT INCLUDED
Lunch
Private transportation
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Location
Address
20 Nigar Rafibeyli, Baku, Azerbaijan 1005
Provider
Azerbaijan Traveller
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