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Baku Soviet & Modern Pop Culture Free Walking Tour

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Baku

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

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Guru: Baku Free Tour

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Registered on 12 November 2017

Baku Free Tour is a team of passionate locals guides, armed with an contagious enthusiasm for Baku's past, present, and hidden gems. We do our best to help you immersing into the soul of Azerbaijan's captivating capital, BAKU. Forget the sterile museum tours and guidebooks; join us on a journey through history, culture, and the vibrant tapestry of everyday life that makes Baku tick. Whether you're a history and architecture buff, a foodie, or simply an adventurer seeking to connect with a new place, we invite you to join us on an unforgettable journey through Baku. Come explore with open eyes, open hearts, and empty stomachs!

Free booking and cancellation

Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

OVERVIEW
In Soviet and Modern Pop-Culture Walking Free Tour you explore the social-cultural-leisure heart of downtown Baku labeled as “Tarqovı” (Nizami street) and learn about exquisite stories of love and hatred, rise and fall, happiness and tragedy, turmoil and tranquility, contrast and harmony from confluent lives of oil barons and everyday people in Soviet Time and Modern Pop-Culture.

You will be guided to the social and cultural formation of Fountains Square (then Parapet), Nizami (then Torgovaya) and Khagani (Xəqani; then Molokanskaya) streets in Baku based on real-life stories, urban legends and myths that have been developed through imperial Russian, socialist Soviet and capitalist modern times.

HIGHLIGHTS
– Explore city centre on 2.5 hours walking tour
– Modern history of Baku
– Understand architectural development of city centre
– Hear about Urban legends and myths
– Soak up atmosphere of modern popular culture
– Empathize with love stories of Baku
– Spot central pubs and cafes
– Small group experience
– Led by a local guide

ATTACTIONS
– Fountains Square (Former Karl Marx Square)
– Nizami Street
– Landau's House (Nobel Prize winner)
– House of Soviets
– Shahriyar Club (Former KGB Culture House)
– Opera and Ballet Theatre
– Sahil Park
– Museum Center (former Lenin Museum)
and many more

IMPORTANT NOTICE
– At least 4 people required to run the tour
– Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Istiglaliyyat St Baku Azerbaijan

Red umbrella in front of KFC at Fountains Square

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).