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Highlights
- Turn a lump of clay into a keepsake in Baku's Old City, connecting your visit to the city with a piece you shaped and later take home.
- Begin at the entrance to Baku's Old City, meet your guide, then stroll its streets toward the caravanserai bazaars included in the tour.
- Follow your guide into the Multani and Bukhara caravanserai bazaars, where Azerbaijani handicrafts and arts are displayed for you to browse along the way.
- Meet a local artisan for a 1.5-hour workshop, watch a pottery techniques demonstration, then get hands-on as you mold and finish your ceramic piece.
Your Experience
Explore Baku's Old City on a guided walk that leads into a 1.5-hour pottery workshop with a local artisan.
Getting started
Begin at the main entrance of Baku’s Old City, where you meet your guide and join the group. After a brief introduction, you set off on a short walk through the historic streets. As the guided tour starts, your guide leads you deeper into the Old City toward the traditional craft and workshop areas.
What to expect
Baku Old City
You start with a guided tour of Baku Old City, the historic core of the city. This walk sets the scene for the workshop by introducing you to the crafts and everyday culture that have shaped local artisans.
Features
- On this guided tour of Baku Old City, you follow your guide through historic streets and passages that reveal how traditional crafts are woven into daily life.
- Along the way, you begin your exploration of traditional Azerbaijani handicrafts and decorative arts, seeing how pottery, textiles, and other items fit into the Old City environment.
Multani and Bukhara caravanserai bazaars
Your route continues to the Multani and Bukhara caravanserai bazaars, historic trading spots that now host craft stalls and workshops. This is where you experience traditional Azerbaijani handicrafts and decorative arts up close.
Features
- At the Multani caravanserai bazaar, you walk through craft-lined courtyards and corridors, observing how artisans present ceramics, textiles, and other decorative arts in the former inn spaces.
- The Bukhara caravanserai bazaar adds another layer to your visit, with more traditional Azerbaijani handicrafts and decorative arts on display, giving you a sense of how trade and craftsmanship came together here.
- This visit to the Multani and Bukhara caravanserai bazaars is a dedicated stop on your tour, letting you pause, browse, and connect what you see with the pottery techniques you will shortly learn.
Pottery workshop with local artisan
The experience culminates in a 1.5-hour pottery workshop, where you meet a local artisan and learn about traditional pottery techniques. This is your chance to move from observing crafts to creating your own ceramic piece.
Features
- During the 1.5-hour pottery workshop, you work alongside a local artisan who demonstrates traditional pottery techniques and explains each step in a clear sequence.
- Meeting the local artisan gives you direct insight into how Azerbaijani pottery is shaped, decorated, and finished, connecting your earlier bazaar visit with the skills behind each item.
- You create your own ceramic piece during the workshop, applying the techniques you have just seen in the pottery techniques demonstration so you leave with something you made yourself.
Inclusions
- 1.5-hour pottery workshop to create your own ceramic piece
- Guided tour of Baku Old City
- Visit to Multani and Bukhara caravanserai bazaars
- Meeting with a local artisan and pottery techniques demonstration
- Exploration of traditional Azerbaijani handicrafts and decorative arts
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Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
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