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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Baku Soviet&Modern Pop-Culture Free Walking Tour
I am founder of Baku Free Tour. I have studied International Relations (Qafqaz University, Baku) and EU-Russian studies (University of Tartu, Estonia). My two-year work experience in Gedabay Gold and Copper Mine gave me passion and enthusiasm to travel and explore regions of Azerbaijan and develop and organize alternative tours and trips. My interests include researching into local stories such as urban legends and myths food and culture tours, architecture. I regularly publish blog posts about Baku at www.ganinasirov.com.
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
– 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
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Meeting point:Istiglaliyyat St Baku AzerbaijanIstiglaliyyat St Baku Azerbaijan
Red umbrella in front of KFC at Fountains Square
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).