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Night Lights of Baku

  • Service 1: Tour Guide
  • Service 2: Transport
  • Service 3: Dinner

Description


Duration: 2-2.5 hours

21:00 Begining of the tour 

Baku- one of the most beautiful cities in the world - is located at the junction of Europe and Asia. The cultural, industrial, political capital of Azerbaijan is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, on the shores of the bay with the same name in the southern part of the Absheron Peninsula. The name of the city is interpreted as  blow of the wind ,  city of winds  or  hill, city on the hill.  In its antiquity, its size of the territory and population, this city is one of the oldest and largest cities in the East. Baku is both an industrial, scientific and cultural center of the country. It was here that the first national theater in the Muslim East raised the curtain and the first opera sounded, the first university opened, the first Azerbaijani newspaper was published, the first Azerbaijani library-reading room was opened.

The modern capital, “East Paris” of Azerbaijan surprises and delights, and it is almost impossible to remain dissatisfied after visiting this city!

 

Heydar Aliyev Center

Heydar Aliyev Center (2007)

Heydar Aliyev Center - a project that was designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid, is one of the most famous cultural centers of the capital of Azerbaijan.

 

 

Government House of Azerbaijan - 1936- 1952  (passing through)Government House of Azerbaijan

The Government House of Azerbaijan is a magnificent palace-type building. in the Baroque style It was built by architects L.V. Rudnev and V.O. Munzem in the Baroque style .The prototype for the three rows of columns on each side of the building was the colonnade of the reception hall of the Shirvanshahs Palace. Today the Government House is considered one of the main attractions of the city of Baku.

Flame Towers

 

Flame Towers (2007 )

Flame Towers - the highest buildings in Azerbaijan located in Baku. Its appearance of the tower resemble three flames.

 

 

 Highland Park (Kirov Park- 1934) Highland Park

The park is viewed from almost any point of  Boulevard but climbing up opens the best view of the city. The mountainous park is worth a visit at different times of the day - in the morning to meet the sunrise, in the afternoon to see the main sights of Baku from a bird's eye view and in the evening you can take a long look at illumination of  night Baku and eHighland Park njoy the laser show Flame Towers. The best way to get to the Highland Park is by the funicular - such a rare type of urban transport, by the way, the Baku funicular is also a separate attraction in itself.

 

  

 

Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev (end of XIX - beginning XX century)

Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. MagomayevLike almost all the houses on Istiglaliyat Street, the Azerbaijan Philharmonic Hall was built during the period of the first oil boom of Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev the late XIX - early XX century. At this time, the architect Gabriel Ter-Mikelov focused on the building of the Philharmonic in Monte Carlo.

 

 

State Flag Square

State Flag Square (2007)

The area covers an area of ​​60 hectares and its upper part is 31 thousand square meters. The height of the flagpole is 162 meters, the diameter of its base is 3.2 meters and the upper part is 1.09 meters. The total weight of the structure is 220 tons. The width of the flag is 35 meters, length - 70 meters, the total area - 2450 square meters and weight - about 350 kilograms.

 

Baku Seaside Boulevard (1909) 

Baku Seaside Boulevard (1909)  is one of the attractions of Baku, a favorite resting place of Baku residents and city guests. In 2009 it celebrated its 100th anniversary. The length of the park before the reconstruction was 16 kilometers and after the general reconstruction is 25 km.

Baku Seaside Boulevard e

Little Venice (1960)Little Venice

In 1960 at the very edge of Baku Boulevard city authorities built an amazing complex of canals and islands.  Little Venice  is a landmark of the seaside park and is considered a favorite resting place for visitors to the park.

 

International  Mugam Center

International  Mugam Center (2008)

The international center of mugham, the center of mugham, located in the city of Baku, on the territory of Seaside Boulevard, is one of the most visited landmarks in the country.

 

 

 Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet (1967)

Museum of Azerbaijani CarpetThe Azerbaijan Carpet Museum was founded in 1967 becoming the first Museum of Azerbaijani Carpetspecialized museum in the world to collect, preserve and study carpet. The museum is a treasure trove of Azerbaijani national culture, showing the carpet in close relationship with  other types of traditional art of Azerbaijan.

  

Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah Shaig (1931)

Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah Shaig

Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah ShaigThe building that currently houses the Puppet Theater was built by the famous Polish engineer Iosif Ploshko for the Phenomen cinema in 1908, and the foundation of the present Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater was laid in 1931 by Mola Aga Babirli, where the first performance was shown in 1932 given theater called "Circus".

 

 Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi (1860) 

Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi

The building of the museum of Azerbaijani literature named after Nizami Ganjavi  was built in the 1860s. like a two-story caravanserai. Today this museum is one of the largest and richest treasures of the Azerbaijani spiritual culture.  

 

  

  Fountain SquareFountain Square

Fountain Square is one of the main attractions of the Azerbaijani capital. The square has been the cultural center of Baku since the 1860s, surrounded by important historical buildings: Araz, one of the country's first cinema halls (1870); Old Grand Hotel; Nizami Museum, operating since the end of the XIX century.

23:30 End of the tour


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