Baku Soviet Architecture Gudied Walking Tour
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Baku Soviet Architecture Gudied Walking Tour
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Baku Soviet Architecture Gudied Walking Tour
Duration: 2 hours
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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
Istiqlaliyyat Street
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeStanding just outside the city walls, travelers enjoy views back toward the historic core while exploring monumental buildings shaped by the political upheavals of the 1920s. This area reflects a time of transition — from empire to independence, and soon after, Soviet rule — when architecture was used to express power, order, and modernity.Nizami Museum of Literature
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeHere we discuss how socialist realism, contributed to nation-building process for Azerbaijanis, but also art and architecture in Azerbaijan SSR.Nasimi Monument
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIntersection of Samad Vurgun and Nizami streets is one of the busiest streets of Baku with great view of Stalinist Architecture from 1950s.Nizami Street
15 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.Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
15 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
15 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.Government House
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeGigantic and Iconic Soviet Landmark in BakuBaku Boulevard
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeDənizkənarı Milli Park, also known as National Park is a promenade established in 1909, which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.
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
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Baku, Azerbaijan
Provider
Azerbaijan Traveller
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