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Baku’s three Flame Towers on the ridge above the Caspian boulevard.

Azerbaijan

Highlights of Azerbaijan

Baku

Heritage

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6 days and 5 nights through Baku. Takes in Old City Baku, Heydar Aliyev Center and Baku Boulevard. Shaped around your dates, your hotels and your pace — this is the route as it stands, not a fixed departure.

Suits

  • Architecture and history

Day by day

Day 01

Welcome to Baku

Arrivalat Airport. Transferfrom Airport to Hotel.

Day 02

Baku City Tour+ Panaromic Tour

Breakfast in Hotel. 10:00 Tour starts with the visit to the charming example of modern architecture - The Heydar Aliyev Center– a 57,500 m2 building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003. (Photo shoot outside) 17:00Assembly at lobby. Start tour. Visit to Highland Park-Alley of Martyrs, The National Assembly- also transliterated as Milli Majlis, Flame towers-the tallest skyscraper in Baku. Walking through Baku Boulevard which stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the Yeni Bulvar (New Boulevard) has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km. Free time – can explore night activities at you own Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 03

Flame Tour + Old City Tour

Breakfast in Hotel. 10:00 Assembly at hotel lobby. Tour starts with Ateshgah (Fire Worshippers Temple) Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Atash” is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetra pillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural "eternal flame" went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city Trip to "Fire Mountain "-"Yanardag" – a mountain on Abs heron peninsula, 25 km from north of Baku. Literally, word "Yanardag" means "Blazing Mountain". Blazing bodies of flame dance on stones and floor. Yanar dag is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the "land of fire." 10:00Our tour program starts with Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls were well protected. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3000 people. In December 2000, the Old City of…

Day 04

Gabala Tour

Breakfast in Hotel. 08:30Proceed to Departure to Gabala, the north-west of Azerbaijan The distance up to Baku 225 km (3hours). Arrival. Tour In Gabala: Excursion in: Tufandaq”Winter-Summer Tourism Complex offers cable car rides at any time of the year, skiing on the ski tracks of different difficulty level, ski training and ski school, catering service (café and restaurants), entertainment centers for kids, hotel and other services. Nohur Lake-It is located in Qabala, another region of Azerbaijan that one passes when travelling to Sheki. Lake is not on the way but if you go a bit deeper towards the mountains this beautiful view opens up in front of you. Free time – can explore night activities at you own. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 05

Gobustan + Shopping Tour

Breakfast at the Hotel. 10:00 Tour starts with Qobustan which is best known for being the home to the famous rock petroglyphs. The area has been settled since the 8th millennium BC. It is known for hosting thousands of rock engravings spread over 100 square km depicting hunting scenes, people, ships, constellations and animals. Its oldest petroglyphs date from the 12th century BC. In 2007, UNESCO included the ‘Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape’ in the World Heritage list. Visit to the Bibi – Heybat Mosque– historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II 16:00 Start Shopping tour with Local Sweet Shop, Azerbaijan Brand: Aliahmad's Proceed to Local vine and alcoholic drinks shop Continue with “Xurcun ”dry fruits and sweets shop Genclik Mall: - located in 10 minutes’ distance form city center with taxi. Genclik mall is the biggest Mall in Baku and contains over 80 stores, big bowling halls, the biggest movie halls, 3D cinema, Playground for children, Bravo supermarket, VIP restaurants, food courts Free time – can explore night activities at you own Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 06

Fly Back Home

Breakfast in Hotel. 12:00 Check out Hotel. Day free for shopping.

What the service covers

  • All accommodation as listed, with daily breakfast
  • All ground transport by private, air-conditioned vehicle
  • Meals as named in the day-by-day
  • A licensed guide for every sightseeing day
  • Airport transfers on arrival and departure
  • Entrance fees for the sightseeing named in the itinerary
  • A single named trip designer, reachable by WhatsApp for the whole journey

Not included

  • International flights, unless the itinerary says otherwise
  • Visa fees, travel insurance and anything a government charges directly
  • Meals other than those named in the day-by-day
  • Anything personal — minibar, laundry, spa, tips and porterage
  • Optional experiences and upgrades offered on the ground

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