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Highlights
- Step aboard the Surakhani ship with an English-speaking guide, uncovering Azerbaijan's maritime and oil story through stories told on board.
- Meet your guide at the Surakhani Ship Museum entrance, use your ticket to step on board, and begin the tour with a guided walk through the ship.
- Follow your guide through the Captain's Bridge, navigation, engine, and radio rooms, then into crew cabins and living quarters showing life at sea.
- See artifacts and models of Azerbaijan's and the world's largest ships, watch the Surakhani restoration film, then walk by the Caspian Sea on deck for photos.
Your Experience
Explore Baku's Surakhani Ship Museum, the world's first tanker museum, on an English-guided tour through its historic decks and rooms.
Getting started
Enter the Surakhani Ship Museum and meet your expert English-speaking guide inside. After your entry ticket is checked, your guided tour of the world's first tanker museum begins on board the ship. You then follow your guide through the interior spaces and out onto the deck as the visit progresses.
What to expect
Surakhani Ship Museum
This guided visit unfolds entirely on the Surakhani, home to the world's first tanker museum in Baku. You explore its working areas, living spaces, and open decks while learning how the ship connects to the Caspian Sea and Azerbaijan's oil industry.
Features
- Start with a guided tour of the world's first tanker museum, led by an expert English-speaking guide who provides insights into Azerbaijan's maritime heritage, the Caspian Sea, and the oil industry as you move through the ship.
- Access key operational areas such as the Captain's Bridge, navigation room, engine room, and radio room, where interactive museum exhibitions and historic maritime artifacts help you understand how the ship once functioned.
- Visit the original crew cabins and living quarters, then see detailed models of Azerbaijan's and the world's largest ships that place the Surakhani in a broader maritime context.
- Watch the Surakhani restoration documentary to see how the vessel was transformed into a museum, then enjoy free time for photography on the ship's deck and a Caspian Sea waterfront walk before you leave.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Entry to the Surakhani Ship Museum
- Expert English-speaking guide
- Guided tour of the world's first tanker museum
- Access to the Captain's Bridge, navigation room, engine room, and radio room
- Access to the original crew cabins and living quarters
- Surakhani restoration documentary
- Caspian Sea waterfront walk
- Interactive museum exhibitions and historic maritime artifacts
- Models of Azerbaijan's and the world's largest ships
- Free time for photography on the ship's deck
- Insights into Azerbaijan's maritime heritage, the Caspian Sea, and the oil industry
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
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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 and specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
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