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The walls and towers of Baku’s old city above a fountain square.

Azerbaijan

Mesmerizing Baku Tour — ex Dubai

the Dubai of the East

Heritage

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4 days and 3 nights through Baku. Takes in Ateshgah of Baku, Yanar Dag and Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Shaped around your dates, your hotels and your pace — this is the route as it stands, not a fixed departure.

Suits

  • Architecture and history
  • A short break that still goes somewhere

Day by day

Day 01

Arrival in Baku

Arrival at Airport. Transfer from Airport to the Hotel. Accommodation in Hotel. 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. 20:00 dinner( at a supplement cost) Free time – can explore night activities at you own. Stay overnight at the Hotel.

Day 02

Baku City Tour

Breakfast at the Hotel. 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 Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (walking tour) 13:00 lunch (at a Supplement cost) 14:00 Later experience the happening street of Nizami Street known for Shopping. The Street’s history could be traced back to Baku's town-planning project of 1864. The street runs through the city's downtown from west to east. It begins from Abdulla Shaig Street, in mountainous part of the city and ends at railroad bed on Sabit Orujov Street, near a monument to Shah Ismail Khatai in “Black City”. 17:30 Tour continues 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…

Day 03

Flame Tour

Breakfast in Hotel. 10:00Assembly 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." Tour continues with a visit to Bibi-Heybat Mosque which is a 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, which was completely destroyed by the…

Day 04

Baku — Onward Journey

Breakfast in Hotel. 12:00 Check out Hotel. Transfer from Hotel to Airport.

What the service covers

  • Visa processing and paperwork (government fees are extra)
  • All accommodation as listed, with daily breakfast
  • Airport transfers on arrival and departure
  • 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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