4-Hour Sightseeing Tour of Major Landmarks of Baku City

Go to the major landmarks of the city of Baku

Visit the Maiden Tower

Explore the mixture of old and modern buildings in Baku

Highlights

Visit the major landmarks of Baku city

Admire the architecture of historical monuments

Baku

cultural, historical, sightseeing

Private Tour

4 Hours

Easy

Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Description

Check out these amazing sites in Azerbaijan's capital: Upland Park, the Alley of Martyrs, Flame Towers Baku, Icheri Sheher(Old City), Shirvanshahs’ Palace, Maiden Tower, ancient caravanserais Multani & Bukhara, souvenir shops in the Old City, and Heydar Aliyev Centre.

Itinerary

Baku City Tour
- Meet up with your guide and begin the tour.
- Visit the Upland Park and the Alley of Martyrs in Baku.
- Go to the Flame Towers Baku, a new business card of the city
- Explore the Old City while visiting Icheri Sheher, the Maiden Tower (the 12th century) and the Shirvanshahs’ palace, the 13th-16th century.
- Admire the beautiful building Heydar Aliyev Centre.

What's Included

Transportation with a sedan car

English-speaking Baku/Azerbaijani tour guide

What's Excluded

Tickets to museums/entertainment

Tips and gratuities

Personal Expenses

Know Before You Go

Tour can be changed as per request.

Child policy for the excursion: 0-2 y.o – free, 2-6 y.o. – 50% of the price, 6+ y.o – 100% of the adult price.

Places to visit:

Enjoy Baku panorama viewing with the Upland Park and the Alley of Martyrs. The Alley is one of the parts of the visit for the foreign public officials & tourists.

Go to the Alley of Baku business & hotel complex 'Flame Towers Baku' – a new business card of the city. The famous Flame Tower complex composed of 3 buildings. Interestingly, the lighting of Flame Towers is considered the best in the world according to the survey of skyscraper city. The surface of the Towers is fully covered with LED screens that reflect different visual characters in motion, easily visible from the far corners of the city.

Old City Tour: Icheri Sheher (Old City), known as a “fortress”, is a unique historical and architectural conservation area in the center of Baku. This is one of the country's ancient and densely populated places and even of the Middle East. Archaeological excavations revealed burial vaults of the Bronze Age.

The Maiden Tower (the 12th century) and the Shirvanshahs’ palace (the 13th-16th century) are well-known historical monuments located in Old City.

Besides them, there are many other unique monuments of Icheri Sheher: mosques, minarets, the remnants of caravanserais "Multani" and "Bukhara", ancient baths. There are many souvenir shops where you can purchase national clothes, kerchiefs, scarves and caps, dishes and handmade carpets.

Heydar Aliyev Centre – this beautiful building was designed by world-famous architect Zaha Hadid and opened in 2012. Guests will see several exhibitions inside the centre and take memorable photos outside of the unique building.