Azerbaijan Tour

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Baku Old City & Boat Tour | Nature of Gabala | Ateshgah | Yanardag | Palace of the Shrivanshas | Maiden Tower | Nizami Street

ITINERARY

Day 01 – WELCOME TO BAKU

• Arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport.Meet by local representative
• Drive to Hotel. ?heck in at Hotel. Free time for refreshment

Day 02 – OLD CITY & BOAT TOUR

• Breakfast in Hotel
• Assembly at Hotel Lobby . Proceed to City Tour
• 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.
• Nizami Street is 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. The total length of the street is 3,538 m.
• Fountains Square is a public square in downtown Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The square was previously called Parapet and is often referenced to by the same name now. The name of the fountains square derives from the presence of dozens of fountains throughout the square first constructed during the Soviet rule of Azerbaijan.

Day 03 – NATURE OF GABALA

• Breakfast in Hotel
• Proceed to Departure to Gabala in the north-west of Azerbaijan The distance up to Baku 225 km (3hours)
• Photo break in Ismayilli forest. TOUR IN GABALA:
• Excursion in: Tufandaq”Winter-Summer Tourism Complex oers cable car rides at any time of the year, skiing on the ski tracks of dierent diculty level, ski training and ski school, catering service (cafe and restaurants), entertainment centres for kids, hotel and other services.(Cable Car with 2 lines included)
• Nohur Lake -It is located in Gabala, 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
• Go back to Baku

Day 04 – LAND OF FIRE TOUR

• Breakfast in Hotel
• Drive to FIRE WORSHIPPERS’ TEMPLE – The most famous fire temple is the well-preserved temple Ateshgah (“the Fire Place”) in Surakhany, The temple was built over a pocket of natural gas that fuelled a vent providing an ‘eternal’ fire. (Entrance included)
• Trip to “FIRE MOUNTAIN “-“Yanardag” – a mountain on Absheron peninsula, 25 km from north of Baku. Literally, word “Yanardag” means “Blazing mountain”. Blazing bodies of flame dance on stones and floor. Yanardag 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.“
• 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. (Photoshoot outside)

Day 05 – THE SHOPPING TOUR

• Breakfast in Hotel
• Star Shopping tour with Local Sweet Shop,
• Proceed to Local wine and alcoholic drinks shop
• Continue with dry fruits and sweets shop
• Deniz Mall :Located on land reclaimed from the Caspian Sea, Deniz Mall is a 120,000m² entertainment, leisure and dining destination over five floors. It is Azerbaijan’s premier entertainment venue. A ‘flame’ tower is the centerpiece of eight star-shaped wings inspired by Azerbaijan’s national emblem.

Day 06 – THE SHOPPING TOUR

• Check-out from Hotel
• Transfer to Heydar Aliyev International Airport
• Lunch in Indian restaurant
• Departure

PRICE INCLUDES