Azerbaijan · City Tours

A Full Day Baku City Private Tour

8 Hours Round trip from Baku Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Baku’s UNESCO-listed Old City
  • 02 Visit the Palace of the Shirvanshahs
  • 03 See panoramic city views from Highland Park
  • 04 Admire the architecture of the Heydar Aliyev Center
  • 05 Discover historic carpets at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum
  • 06 Walk along Baku Boulevard and Little Venice
  • 07 Private tour with an expert guide
  • 08 See landmarks including the Flame Towers and Maiden Tower

Discover Baku on a full-day private tour that brings together the city’s layered history, striking architecture, and waterfront atmosphere. Explore the UNESCO-listed Old City, walk its narrow cobblestone streets, and see landmarks including the Maiden Tower, historic mosques, caravanserais, and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs.

Continue to Highland Park for sweeping views over Baku Bay and the Flame Towers, then visit the Heydar Aliyev Center, celebrated for its bold curved design. Round out the day at the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum and with a stroll along Baku Boulevard and the Little Venice area.

Discover Baku on a full-day private tour that brings together the city’s layered history, striking architecture, and waterfront atmosphere.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 8 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Baku
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Start from: Baku Old City. The tour will start from the entrance of Double Gates which is also called Gosha Gala Gapisi. Your guide will explain brief historical information about Baku city from the first settling period of Baku to the modern period. Guests will walk through the narrow cobblestone paved streets in Old City and witness the Medival age's heritage of Baku citizens.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Maiden Tower, Bazaar Square, Saint Bartholomew Church, Juma Mosque, Murtuza Mosque, Bukhara and Multani Caravanserais, Juma Mosque, Muhammad Mosque, sOld Hamams, Miniature Book Museum, Vahid's Garden, Agha Mikayil Bath,and other important historical buildings.

Duration: 1 hour and half Stop At: Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the 15th century forming a group of historic monuments listed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List as cultural property. Visitors will see the Palace Ensemble which has preserved its historic and architectural features to date.

Duration: 1 hourAfter completing the Old city tour tourists will visit Highland Park.

Pass by: Philarmonia Park: Baku's Green Oasis.

Stop at: Upland/Highland Park. Guests will visit the highest point of the capital of Azerbaijan, from where a beautiful panorama of the city and the bay opens and also three Flame Towers.

Duration: 1 hourAfter ending up the Highland Park journey stop for the lunch. Start the tour at 15:00 or 15:30 and head to Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre which is a must-see for those who come to Baku which attracts the attention of tourists with its curved style architecture.Return Back to the City Centre and directly visit the Carpet Museum.

Pass by: Bahram Gur monument, not far from the local Carpet Museum. Tourist will meet the carpets exhibited in the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum are classified in chronological order and according to the regions, they touch. The carpets in the museum were chosen from those that were woven in different ways. Each carpet has a unique weaving method and special patterns. There are over 6000 carpets in the museum. The museum, which contains carpets from various historical periods, offers a very valuable collection to its visitors. Some of the carpets in the museum are carpets such as Karabagh Carpets and Kasımusaghı Carpets, which were woven from the 14th century to the 20th century.

Duration: 30 minutes

Tour is completed with walking tour in Boulevard, Little Venice area.

Duration: 30 minutes

Note: we can take you to Nizami street or our first meeting point or your Hotel.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Baku 1 city · 8 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Expertised Guide
  • a bottle of water per person

What's Not Included

  • Foods and extra buying things are not included. If the tourists wish include we are pleased by paying us extra amount
  • Gratuities
  • Entrance Fees will be paid by the customers. If they wish we can include it by extra payment
  • Entrances to Maiden Tower, Shirv. Palace, H.Aliyev Centre, Carpet Museum are 65 Manats per person
  • Total entrance fees are 39 USD per person. It is not included and will be paid by the traveler(s)
  • Anything not mentioned in the inclusions

Know before you go

  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not stroller accessible
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • General tour duration is 7 hour, but can take 8 hours in order to give you an unforgettable experience along the way.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Baku, AZ
Tour start
Baku, AZ
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 8 hours finish where they began, in Baku.

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