Baku: Old City Guided Walking Tour｜Azerbaijan

Explore the Old City of Baku on a guided walking tour. Visit the Maiden Tower, the Shirvanshahs' Palace, and the Baku Museum of Miniature Books. Learn about the history of the city from your guide.

Start your tour at the Maiden Tower, a 12th-century monument in the Old City. Along with the Shirvanshahs' Palace, dated to the 15th century, it forms a group of historic monuments listed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property.

Next, visit the Arcades and Religious Burial Place or Bazar Square. Explore the historic religious-architectural complex with an arcade from the 12th and 13th centuries.

Continue to the Juma Mosque and see the minaret erected in 1437. Admire the architecture of the mosque and learn about its history from your guide.

Visit the Shirvanshah Palace, a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture." The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum (the so-called "mausoleum of the dervish"), south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir, and the remnants of a bath house.

Visit the Baku Museum of Miniature Books, the only museum of miniature books in the world. Settled in the old part of Baku, called Inner City, the museum started its operation on April 2, 2002. In 2015, the Museum of Miniature Books was presented with the Certificate of the Guinness Book of Records as the largest private museum of miniature books.

End your tour with a visit to the workshop of Ali Shamsi, an artist from Icherisheher, or "artist with bare feet," as many call him. Ali Shamsi is a uniquely creative person living in the Old City. His workshop is open to all who want to find out what is inside.