Azerbaijan · LOCAL LIFE & CULTURE EXPERIENCES

The 8 Best Local Experiences in Azerbaijan

8 tours  ·  from $15 a head

Tea from a pear-shaped glass, plov made properly, a carpet loom with somebody at it. The 8 below put you in a kitchen or a workshop rather than behind a coach window, priced and clear about group size.

Baku Old Town Walking Tour with a Local - Climbing the eight-storey Maiden Tower
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Baku Old Town Walking Tour with a Local

1.Baku Old Town Walking Tour with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $78Most popular

Explore Baku’s UNESCO-listed Old Town, Shirvanshahs’ Palace, Maiden Tower, mosques and ancient lanes with a local guide.

“Excellent introduction to Baku's old town. While small enough to explore on your own, taking to walking tour allowed us to see so much more that we would not have discovered. The guide was fantastic!”

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Learn with LOCAL - Starting near Fountains Square and Nizami Street
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Learn with LOCAL

2.Learn with LOCAL

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 13 reviews · 3 - 4 hours · from $15Cheapest day

Explore Baku with a local guide, walk Nizami Street and Old City, then share Azerbaijani tea and dessert on the boulevard.

“La nostra guida Rafiga è stata eccezionale, ci ha guidato per la città e fatto scoprire posti stupendi, oltre ciò ci ha fatto assaggiare dei dolci buonissimi con il tè, se venite a Baku vi consiglio di fare questo tour.”

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Become a Baku resident in a day - Starting in Baku: four pickup choices
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Become a Baku resident in a day

3.Become a Baku resident in a day

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 12 reviews · 7h 30m · from $30

See Baku’s Old City, Flame Towers, mud volcanoes, mosques, oil landmarks, and modern architecture on a full-day tour from $30.

“Sinceramente la pasé muy mal con el tema de dónde nos encontrábamos. Primero me escribe una persona por mail diciéndome que el lugar de encuentro era en un lugar. El día anterior me llama el guía diciéndome que el punto de encuentro era otro. Esa misma noche me llama otra persona diciéndome que el punto de encuentro era un tercer lugar. Yo no sabía qué hacer. Me parece muy desorganizado que a último momento uno esté pendiente de este tema. Estaba muy preocupado. En cuanto al tour El guía se esforzaba en explicar Los lugares que fuimos Gobustán el auto iba rapidísimo, no tenía cinturón de seguridad, en un camino…”

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Baku's Ancient Heart - Small traces of faith and daily life
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Baku’s Ancient Heart

4.Baku’s Ancient Heart

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $25

Explore Baku’s UNESCO-listed Old City with Heydar, from the Maiden Tower and caravanserais to mosques, music, legends, and Caspian views.

“Heydar did a great job mixing in history and current cultural moments. He was attentive to my family’s pace and very easy to talk to. The tour felt like more of a conversation than a lecture, which I truly appreciated. Would be happy to do a tour with him again and would recommend.”

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Wine Tour Qabala with Local Lunch - Four wines and two hours at Savalan ASPI Winery
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Wine Tour Qabala with Local Lunch

5.Wine Tour Qabala with Local Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $225

Review of the 11-hour Qabala wine tour from Baku, with Savalan tastings, Nohur Lake tea, museum entry, local lunch, and private pickup.

“So glad we took Nasimi's Wine Tour! Nasimi is a very kind, knowledgeable and passionate guide and made sure we were well fed with delicious local cuisine and plenty of Qabala wine. The scenery was fantastic, the vehicle clean and comfortaRead more”

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Organic Wine Tour Shamakhi with Local Lunch - The Baku pickup and the road to Shamakhi
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Organic Wine Tour Shamakhi with Local Lunch

8.Organic Wine Tour Shamakhi with Local Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $240

Visit Shamakhi vineyards, taste organic Azerbaijani wines, and share a traditional family lunch in Meysari village from Baku.

“This tour brought us to Meysari village, 2 hours driving from Baku with a comfortable mini bus, a good driver and Nasimi as guide. He is a very nice guy, speaking perfectly English, giving all kinds of information about the country, the people anRead more”

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