A Full Day Baku Oil Boom and Polish Heritage Private Tour
This one-day tour is for those who are eager to visit "Traces of Poland in the Heart of the Caucasus". Today, traces of this legacy are preserved in historical buildings, cemeteries, and cultural connections between the two nations. Travelers will see the Architecture and Urban Development which many 19th-20th century buildings in Baku were designed by Polish architects like Józef Gosławski, Kazimierz Skórewicz and Józef Płoszko. You will also receive detailed information about Oil Industry and Engineering, Science, Education, and Medicine Cultural and Social Influence of the period.
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A Full Day Baku Oil Boom and Polish Heritage Private Tour
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What's included in A Full Day Baku Oil Boom and Polish Heritage Private Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
World's First Oil Well
Pick up from any address or arranged meeting point within Baku. After meeting at the arranged meeting point we drive to World's First Drilled Oil Well. It is 15 minutes driving distance from the meeting point to that place. In 1846, Azerbaijan became the birthplace of industrial-scale oil drilling. The first mechanical oil well was drilled in Bibi-Heybat using cable-tool drilling techniques. The well reached a depth of about 21 meters and produced its first oil, setting the stage for the global oil industry. This achievement predates the famous Drake Well in Pennsylvania, USA, drilled in 1859, by over a decade. While the Drake Well is often credited with sparking the first oil boom in the United States, the Bibi-Heybat well holds the distinction of being the world's first mechanically drilled oil well. Guests will spend here approximately 30 minutes with the explanation by their private guide.
House Museum of Nobel Brothers in Baku Villa Petrolea
It is 20 minutes driving distance from Oil Well to Villa Petrolea. Baku White City is an ambitious urban redevelopment project that has transformed a historically industrial area into a modern, sustainable, and vibrant urban space. Spanning approximately 1,650 hectares, it is one of the largest urban regeneration projects in the Caucasus region. Villa Petrolea, also known as the Nobel Brothers’ House Museum, is a historic mansion in Baku.
Istiglaliyyat Street
It is 15 minutes driving distance from the Villa Petrolea to this area. Vehicel drops the guests here and they will pass by Western Caspian University, Pass, Building of Baku City Executive Power, Palace of Happiness, Institute of Manuscripts, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences (Ismailiyya building) by walking with the explanation by their private guide. Guests will spend in this areas approximately 60 minutes.
Inclusions
- Comfortable transportation
- Pick-up from your hotel, and drop-off back to your hotel
- Entrance fee to the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
- English speaking tour guide
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Anything not mentioned in the inclusions
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
We can pick up the guests from the hotel or appoint 2 main meeting points and take the guests from Qosha Qala Qapisi (Double Gates) which is the main entrance for the Old City and Nizami Metro station which is at the center of Baku and near all hotels around. Your guide will be waiting at these points with the sign of Visit Land Azerbaijan.
Meeting / End Points
- Meeting point can be arranged in front of the Double gate in Old City.
