Baku Old City (Icheri Sheher) Tour

Baku Old City (Icheri Sheher) Tour

Azerbaijan Premium Travel company is pleased to present our guests Baku Old City (Icheri Sheher) tour. Enjoy personal and professional attention from your local tour guide during this tour where you will discover top attractions of Baku Old Town.You will get informed about the main and unique monuments of Baku.Those include the Maiden Tower, the Palace of Shirvanshahs, the courtyard known as “Divankhana”, Workshop Ali Shamsi, Miniature Books Museum, the gigantic collection of teeny and tiny books, Mohammed Mosque also known as Synyk-Kala, oldest park Philarmonia Garden (old name of Governor's Garden) and Monument to Lovers and Cats. It is widely acknowledged that Old Baku has lots of treasures that will leave you with memories for many years. Baku Old Town Walking Tour will give you an insight about the rich history of oriental side of Baku.

Itinerary

Discover Baku’s ancient Old City (İçərişəhər).In December of 2000, this popular destination became the first ever UNESCO World Heritage-listed site in Azerbaijan .You will meet its most photogenic and friendly residents, the community cats. Many restaurants, cafes, souvenir vendors and small hotels, but still many narrow cobbled streets to admire what Baku was many centuries ago. Our professional and friendly guide will tell you about rich history of the oriental side of Baku.The tour starts in the front of Double Gate.Firstly you can see Workshop Ali Shamsi, Miniature Books Museum, the gigantic collection of teeny and tiny books.Next, you will see the most ancient building not only in “Icheri-Sheher” but in the entire Azerbaijan is Mohammed Mosque (named after architect Mohammed Abu-Bakr) also known as Synyk-Kala.The Palace of the Shirvanshahs will be your next destination that was built in the 15th -century which is described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture".Then,the Maiden Tower -12th-century monument.You will have an opportunity to discover the oldest park Philarmonia Garden (old name of Governor's Garden) and Monument to Lovers and Cats

Stop At:

• Gosha Gala Tower, Baku Azerbaijan
• Workshop Ali Shamsi, Boyuk Qala 84, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan
• Miniature Books, Gala lane, 1, Baku Azerbaijan
• Muhammad Mosque, 28 Kichik Qala Old City, Baku Azerbaijan
• Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Zamkovskaya Side-street, 76, Baku Azerbaijan
• Maiden Tower, Downtown Baku, Baku Azerbaijan
• Old Baku Souvenir Shop, Baku Azerbaijan
• Monument to Lovers and Cats, Kyullya kyuchasi, 17, Baku Azerbaijan