The 13 Best Walking Tours in Baku

1.Stunning Walking Tour of Historical and Modern City

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 270 reviews · 3h 30m · from $33Our pick

Explore Baku’s Old City, Maiden Tower, Highland Park, Boulevard, and Mini-Venice on a friendly 210-minute walking tour.

“Ashraf was so helpful and patient plus full of knowledge and good advice. his tour was a great way to be introduced to the fascinating city of Baku. Lots of variety and Ashraf was always very consultative with what I wanted to see. He was an outstanding guide. highly recommend.”

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2.Baku Oil Heritage & Old Town Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 232 reviews · from $70Top rated

Explore Baku’s oil boom, Old Town, palaces, and Soviet-era story on a private 2.5-hour walking tour with a local guide.

“We recently enjoyed a wonderful walking tour of Baku old city. Our guide, Gani, really brought the tour to life with his fantastic historical perspective and deep knowledge of Baku and Azerbaijan. This tour is a superb introduction to Baku anRead more”

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3.Baku Walking Tour (Old City)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 127 reviews · from $18

Explore Baku’s Old City on a 90-minute guided walk covering Maiden Tower, city walls, mosques, palaces, and local history for $18.

“Really enlightening and wonderful walking Tour of the old city. Despite being a hot day, the interest in the history and current status of these marvellous old city structures and their rich history kept us going for couple of hours.”

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4.Baku Old Town Walking Tour with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $78

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

“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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5.Baku Old City Wonders: A Walking Tour Through Time

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · 2 hours · from $30

Explore Baku Old City on a two-hour small-group walk with Maiden Tower, Shirvanshah Palace, local stories, and skyline views.

“The guide knew a lot about the place, history, and people. We were also able to improvise and visit the palace and maiden towers as we liked. He even showed us places outside icheri sheher. Excellent overall!”

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6.Baku Downtown Original Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 36 reviews · from $16

Explore Baku’s historic center, millionaire mansions, religious buildings, museums, and Caspian Sea views on a $16.39 walking tour.

“Nice and informative walking tour. The guide was great and we walked around a lot seeing different places!”

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7.Old City Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 21 reviews · 4 hours · from $57

Explore Baku’s Old City, Shirvanshahs Palace, Fountain Square, and Boulevard on a private four-hour tour with hotel pickup.

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8.Coolest Baku Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 20 reviews · from $5

Explore Baku’s Old City, mosques, palaces, hidden corners, and modern streets with Abdullah on a lively 3.5-hour walking tour.

“Full of knowlege and Passion Young hendsom Men. Also a Good actor and english speeker. Very helpful a specialy with local taxi.”

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9.Gobustan & Absheron Tour with Free Old City Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 15 reviews · 12 hours · from $3Best value

Review of Azerbaijan’s Gobustan and Absheron tour, with petroglyphs, mud volcanoes, fire temples, Yanar Dag, and Baku’s Old City.

“I spend good time Tour Guide was brilliant and he is very nice man he has good knowledge of places where we went .He answers any questions we ask very promptly ,over all I enjoyed the time I spend with him.”

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10.Baku Soviet Architecutre Gudied Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · from $60

Explore Baku’s Soviet landmarks, oil-boom streets, culture, and Caspian Boulevard on a thoughtful 2.5-hour guided walk.

“I have never seen Baku with such interesting and rich multicultural history. Our guide did a great job to explore Baku from soviet time with link to modern popular culture. This such a insightful tour of central street. Recommend with all all my heart.”

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11.Baku by Night: Small-Group Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $49

See Baku’s ancient walls, Maiden Tower, Flame Towers, and Caspian waterfront at night on a guided three-hour walk.

“My guide was a University student. He was excellent in sharing the history of Azerbaijan and provided a good perspective of how the younger generation view the nation and its society.”

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12.Group Walking Tour in Baku Old City

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $18

Explore Baku’s UNESCO-listed Old City on a small-group walk featuring medieval walls, Maiden Tower, mosques, and palace ruins.

“It was a great tour with a very knowledgeable guide! Leyla was amazing, was friendly and I highly recommend her. Very happy I did this your with Leyla.”

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13.Baku Old Town Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 7 reviews · 90 minutes - 2 hours · from $20

Explore Baku Old Town, the Maiden Tower, Shirvanshahs Palace, caravanserais, and Caspian views on a flexible guided walk.

“Easy and quick tour through the old town of Baku”

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