Activities ,Walking tours ,Excursions & day trips ,Culture & history

Baku Oil Heritage & Old Town Walking Tour

Baku, Azerbaijan

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Baku Oil Heritage & Old Town Walking Tour

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Overview

Duration

2h 30min

Voucher type

E-Ticket

What To Expect

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 to remember

Important info

Not wheelchair accessible. Service animals allowed. Near public transportation. Most travelers can participate. This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund. This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund. This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers. Confirmation will be received at time of booking