I am passionate and curious traveller/explorer of culture, history, cuisine and nature in various regions of Azerbaijan. My interests are researching into local stories such as urban legends and myths, food and culture, architecture.
Learn new ceramics skills under the guidance of locally-renowned ceramics artist, Fidan Humbatli. In this 2-hour practical workshop, Fidan will introduce you to her work and practice, sharing her thought process of developing a design. Using specially prepared clay, you’ll then have the chance to create your own tonal vessel inspired by Fidan’s work. We use coil pottery technique to hand build a unique finished piece of ceramics. Glazed and fired products could only be picked after two weeks.
TOUR INCLUDES
2-hour Ceramic Masterclass;
Small group experience;
Local ceramic master;
Drinks and snacks;
Instuctions in Russian, English and Azerbaijani.
HIGHLIGHTS
Learn properties of clay and the basics of pottery and ceramic art;
Get to know how to work with pinching and coil pottery techniques;
Master the techniques of painting and decorating ceramic goods.
Baku is renowned for its magnificent architectural monuments and some of its most impressive architecture dates back to the 12th century. In this private architecture walking tour, you will witness some of the city’s most stunning buildings—and learn more about Baku’s centuries-long architectural history with the unique quality of synthesizing both European and Asian architectural styles: Medieval Baku in Old Town (Oriental Architecture), Oil Boom Baku (Neo-Classical Architecture/Eclecticism), Socialist Baku (Soviet Architecture) and Baku Futurism.
HIGHLIGHTS
Explore Baku’s Architecture Heritage on walking tour
History of Baku’s Architectural Evolution
Understand socio-cultural dynamics of Baku
Best Architectural landmarks for memorable photos
Led by local guide
Customized tour to suit your preferences and ensure a personalized experience
This is a private fine dining experience at a locals’ home who have been dedicated themselves to unique culinary lifestyle. You enjoy an exclusive cooking show and dining authentic, traditional, forgotten as well as popular food and gourmet dishes by Chef Yagub and his team at a small fitted flat in the Downtown Baku.
In this activity, you enjoy a course of a menu of your choice including starter, first course, main course, side dish, dessert and local wine drinks included (water, tea and selection of red wines from Azerbaijan) and feel the warmth of Azerbaijani hospitality.
Chef Yagub and his team of young aspiring chefs hold this experience in a centrally located, small fitted Kitchen showroom apartment. They are passionate and welcoming hosts who open the door to curious travellers for immersive culinary experiences in bohemian ambiance.
HIGHLIGHTS
Locally produced organic products from garden to kitchen
Participate in unique kitchen cooking and dining experience
Watch preparation of specialty and gourmet dishes
Dine chosen menu while cooking show progresses
Immerse yourselves into bohemian ambiance
Taste local wine and organic products
Small Group experience and flexibility
Support local food communities
WHAT TO EXPECT?
Meet your local guide/chef in front of Icharisheher metro station, a central location in Baku. Then, your guide/chef will take you to a small fitted kitchen showroom. Get introduced to Chef’s kitchen over cup of tea and conversation about the culinary projects and support to local producers and food communities. Then, the chef prepares the dishes but also show you how to prepare and cook the dishes with the story of historical and social background meanwhile taste and dine the food that is made and served on the set table in the process. At the end of your experience, leave the central location with new insight into Azerbaijani culinary history and hospitality and family life.
MENU
The dishes in the menus are based on seasonal products. Therefore, the menus change depending on a season. The ingredients are all sources from local producers (small local food communities) in regions of Azerbaijan with idea of from garden to kitchen. This way we show our support to business of local communities. The products that produced by the local communities are also available for purchase.
PRICE
Group size
Group Price (AZN)
1
250
2
490
3
700
4
900
ADDITIONAL INFO
Confirmation within 12 hours of booking
The show start at 18:30 PM
This is not a cooking master class
Not wheelchair accessible
Low-seating table
Most travelers can participate
This is a private activity. Only your group participates
In this day trip to Khinalug, Guba, one of Azerbaijan’s highest mountain villages, you will explore the lifestyle of remote villagers in the countryside in 2350m altitude. Khinalug is also considered one of the most ancient and continuously inhabited places in Azerbaijan. You will have a chance to visit Red Town (Qırmızı Qəsəbə or Krasnaya Sloboda) in Guba city which is one of the last strongholds of Mountain Jews in the Caucasus as well as visit mosques of Shiite and Sunni communities of Guba.
HIGHLIGHTS
Explore one of endangered people’s life style
Enjoy mountain scenery on drive (several stops are expected)
Soak up atmosphere in a remote desolate village
Short hiking to hills around Khinalug
Led by local guide
Taste pakhlava distinct to Guba
Tour includes lunch with local family in Khinalug
WHAT TOEXPECT?
Discover Azerbaijan’s countryside on a day trip to Khinalug that travels through changing landscapes from below sea level up to 2360m altitude. You will also experience the coexistence of communities, though in a separate settlement, Shiites, Sunnis and Jews in Guba on a walking tour and the distinct lifestyle of the Khinalug people. Meanwhile, you will taste the local cuisine (lunch in Khinalug) and Guba pakhlava. In Khinalug, you will also have a chance to do short hiking to hills in the close vicinity of Khinalug to have a bird-eye view of the village.
TOUR INCLUDES
Full-day private tour Pick up and drop off Transport service Entrance tickets to sights 1L bottled water Lunch in Khinalug
Cooking Class at Family Home is a private cooking class that allows you to learn how to do shopping at a local bazaar and prepare and cook a local Azerbaijani dish. This experience of cooking a local dish will take place with a local family in a private apartment. This cooking class is ideal for a small group to master cooking one popular dish of Azerbaijani cuisine.
The family home is located 15 minutes walk from the city centre in a local neighbourhood. It’s perfect to explore a very natural lifestyle in areas just outside the city centre with a local family.
HIGHLIGHTS
Experience daily routine of local family
Delve into hospitality culture at family home
Explore Neighbourhoods outside city centre
Do shopping in local bazaar like locals
Learn how to prepare and cook a local dish
Talk of everyday life in Baku
Small group experience (max 5 ppl)
WHAT TO EXPECT?
Meet your local guide and a small group of up to 5 people in Fountains Square, A central location in Baku. Then, your guide will take you to meet your family host/your guide in a central location, Fountains Square, in Baku. Then, your guide will take you to a local bazaar to do some shopping for essential ingredients for the dish to be prepared. Then visit a local family at their private apartment. Get introduced to family life in Baku over a cup of tea. Then, the cook of the family will guide you on how to prepare and cook one local dish with the story of the historical and social background of that particular dish. You can choose one of three dishes: Qutab, Vine Leaf Dolma and Three Sisters Dolma. Afterwards, taste the food that is already made before a set table. At the end of your experience, leave the central location with new insight into Azerbaijani culinary history and hospitality and family life.
PRICE
Group Size
1
2
3
4
Price per Group (AZN)
160
280
370
400
IMPORTANT INFO
The cooking class takes every day from 12:00-18:00
Baku Old Town and Oil Heritage Walking Free Tour offers a walk through the most historic sightseeing highlights of Baku, the Fountains Square and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Walled Old Town of Baku (Icherisheher) meanwhile reflecting on Baku’s past and the transformation brought by oil barons and their quest for personal glory and fame.
You will also get acquainted with the social, cultural, and political aspects of everyday life in Baku on the background of stories based on the real-life of oil barons in the late 19th and early 20th century as well as Soviet and modern times. You will have insight into a small medieval religious town’s transformation into a cosmopolitan city.
HIGHLIGHT
Explore the UNESCO site on 2.5-hour walking tour
Hear legends about prominent Oil Barons
Understand social and political dynamics of Baku
Soak up the atmosphere in the oldest part of the city
Led by a local guide
ATTRACTIONS INCLUDED
UNESCO sites of Baku of Old Town (Icharishahar)
Maiden Town
Shirvanshahs Palaces
Muhammad Mosque
Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan Literature
Former Taghiyev School for Girls (Institute of Manuscripts)
Baku Town Hall
Istiglaliyyat street (F1 city circuit)
Ismayiliyya Palace
and many more…
The tour takes place EVERY DAY. However, booking is REQUIRED.
This tour is entirely based on tips. How much you tip is completely up to you. You decide at the end of the tour how much you think it is worth, or what the amount is that guide deserves as an appreciation of services provided at the end.
IMPORTANT INFO
At least four (4) people are required to run the tour.
The tour is offered in English.
Operates in all weather conditions, except for harsh weather conditions.
The Walled City of Baku (Icharisheher – Old Town) is A UNESCO Cultural World Heritage site. It reveals evidence of Zoroastrian, Sasanian, Arabic, Persian, Shirvani, Ottoman, and Russian presence in cultural continuity. The Old Town has preserved much of its 12th-century defensive walls and Maiden Tower (Giz Galasy) and may other cultural structures dating from the 7th to 6th centuries BC, to the 15th-century Shirvanshahs’ Palace is one of the pearls of Azerbaijan’s architecture.
This private walking tour will guide you through the melding of cultures that have influenced the development of the surviving Medieval Old Town over the past nine centuries. It is a tour of an outstanding and rare example of a historic urban ensemble and architecture, which still is a living, vibrant city with residential areas with local communities.
Experience Baku through its food and wine on a walking tour across both medieval and trendy streets meanwhile enjoying the sights, falvours, and tastes of Azerbaijan cuisine and culinary culture, and conclude the tour with wine, tea, and sweet tasting. During the 4.5-hour your guide will lead you in a small group of up to seven people to the top cafes and restaurants, a tea house, street vendors, and a wine bar in Downtown Baku. Come on the hungry side; samples are generous and a shared meal is included. This tour is ideal for food enthusiasts who like to have an overview of Azerbaijani cuisine over a guided walking tour.
HIGHLIGHTS
Learn about local cuisine and how locals eat and drink
Tasting must-have foods and drinks of local cuisine
Visiting top café and restaurants
Shared meals and specialties at spots
Tea and Wine tasting
Guided walking tour
Insider’s Guide to Baku Dining
Small Group experience and flexibility
WHAT TO EXPECT?
Meet your local guide and a small group of up to 7 people in Fountains Square, A central location in Baku. Then, your guide will take you to the top traditional restaurants and cafes of Baku to taste a selection of Azerbaijani food as a speciality of the visited spot, wine tasting at local wine and street food from street vendors. Meanwhile hear about Azerbaijani cuisine, food, and wine tasting culture. Also, interact with your sommelier and guide about Azerbaijani society in general. Taste generous samples of local food at each restaurant. Finish the tour by visiting a pastry and sweet shop for the best Azerbaijani desserts. At the end of your experience, leave the central location with new insight into Azerbaijani culinary history, and tips for the rest of your trip.
PRICE
Group size
2
3
4
5
6
7
Price per Group (AZN)
300
400
450
510
560
630
IMPORTANT INFO
The tour takes place every day from 14:30-18:30 & 17:30-21:30
Baku Original Free Walking Tour 