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4* Baku tour and Azerbaijan Countryside in 6 Days

9.2 Exceptional
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Sightseeing, Art & Culture, Nature Tours

{_tours_direction_}: Baku-Abhseron-Gobustan-Gabala-Guba-Khinalig
{_tours_duration_}: 6 days

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In this tour you will see the most popular places in Baku and surroundings with day trips to Gabala and Guba-Khinalig.


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  • Arrival + meet & greet service at airport
  • Transfer to your hotel
  • Tours of the main highlights of Baku
  • Visiting Souvenir, Carpets, antique shops and local handicrafts
  • Shirvanshah Palace
  • Juma Mosque (XIX century)
  • Maiden Tower
  • Nizami Street
  • Carpet Museum
  • Lunch time
  • Free time
  • Overnight Baku

 

Sightseeing:

• Icheri Sheher (literally “Inner Town”) or Old City  –  the historical and architectural reserve includes the Shirvanshah Palace, Synyk kala minaret, Maiden Tower, Medieval Market Square, Icheri Sheher Archaeological Museum, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi mausoleum, caravanserais, Mollahana, numerous mosques, madrassahs, bath-houses, Baku Khans’ House, also numerous rich residences of the ХIХ century. 


• Miniature Books Museum - the gigantic collection of teeny and tiny books 


• Highland Park (Dagustu Park) - which commands a breathtaking panorama of Baku. 


• Flame towers - Completed in 2012, this trio of sinuous blue-glass skyscrapers forms contemporary Baku’s architectural signature. The design was conceived as a set of flames, driven from the ground up one of the main hills of Baku. Fire symbolizes energy and eternity, and also goes back to the ancient worship of this element. 


• Shahidlar Xiyabani - The most notable feature of the park that stretches south from the Flame Towers is a somber row of grave-memorials – Bakuvian victims of the Red Army’s 1990 attack along with early martyrs of the Karabakh conflict. The viewpoint beside the eternal flame offers splendid panoramas across the bay 


• Baku National Boulevard - the 2nd longest boulevard in the world, which is the favorite resting place of the Baku residents and capital guests, stretching for a long way along the seashore. 


• World’s Second-Tallest Flagmast - A gigantic flag flaps above the Bulvar’s southern tip, hoisted on a 162m flagpole that was the world’s tallest when erected in September 2010 


• Carpet Museum - Displaying and explaining a superb collection of Azerbaijani rugs, this 2014 museum building is itself designed like a stylised roll of carpet.  


• International Mugham Center - Creation of the International Mugham Center in the City of Baku in order to widely promote in the world the Azerbaijani mugham, proclaimed by UNESCO as Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity The 7.500 sq.m building reminds of the parts of tar, an ancient musical instrument of Azerbaijan. The 3-storey building includes 350-seat concert hall, club, classrooms, recording studio, 80-seat restaurant “Ud”. 


• Fountains Square - Endlessly popular with strollers, this leafy piazza forms Central Baku’s natural focus. The fountains for which it is named include one topped by shiny silvered spheres giving fish-eye reflections of the trees and stone facades. And the beautiful statue-inlayed facade of the Nizami Literature Museum 


• Domsoviet (Government House) - Baku’s most striking Soviet-era building is a bulky stone construction fronted by an impressive series of layered stone arches and topped by a series of mini obelisks.


  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Photo stop at H. Aliyev Center
  • Lunch time
  • Ateshgah
  • Yanardagh
  • Free time
  • Overnight Baku

 

Sightseeing:

• Ateshgah (Suraxani Fire Temple) -  "Fire Temple of Baku" is a castle-like religious temple based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the Zoroastrian place of worship. Although the site was originally a place of worship for Zoroastrians, the fortified complex you see today was built by 18th-century Indian Shiva devotees. 


• Yanardagh: Burning Mountain is considered as “eternal fire” and fulfills the trip with unique and interesting experience. In the 13th century Marco Polo mentioned numerous natural-gas flames spurting spontaneously from the Absheron Peninsula. The only one burning today is Yanardagh 


• Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre - Vast and jaw-droopingly original, this Zaha Hadid building is a majestic statement of fluid 21st-century architecture forming abstract waves and peaks that seem to melt together.


  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Visit Gobustan
  • Lunch time
  • Free time
  • Overnight Baku

 

Sightseeing:

Gobustan -  The most popular day trip from Baku takes visitors to the petroglyph reserve above Gobustan, 60km south of the capital, and on to the isolated mud volcanoes above Alat. En route you’ll pass Bibi-Heybat Mosque. The UNESCO-listed Gobustan Petroglyph Reserve protects thousands of stick-figure stone engravings dating back up to 12,000 years. Themes include livestock, wild animals and shaman. They were carved into what were probably caves.

 


  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Leave to Gabala
  • Lunch time
  • “Nohurgol” Lake
  • Tour to Tufandag
  • “Yeddi Gozal” waterfall (Seven Beauties)
  • Back to Baku
  • Free time
  • Overnight Baku

 

Sightseeing:

- Survey of the beautiful environment and natural heritage of the Gabala region. 

- The place of archaeological excavations on the medieval "hillfort" of "Kabalak", "Kwe-Bele", "Gabala" near the village of Chukhur-Gabala. - Nurgishlag reservoir in the foothill basin between the mountain ranges of Goydag and Goyburundag, near the village. Nurgishlag. 

- A small cascading waterfall "YeddiGozal" near the village of Ruskyan, the lake "Nokhur". 

- The city of Gabala. Excursion walk and familiarity with historical and cultural monuments. Complex of Summer-Winter Recreation Zone "Tufandag", including Tourist Complex "Tufandag".


  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Leave to Guba
  • Lunch time
  • Beshbarmag Dag
  • Juma Mosque
  • Qadim Guba
  • Guba History museum
  • Chenlibel Lake
  • Khinalig tour (depends on weather conditions)
  • Back to Baku
  • Free time
  • Overnight Baku

 

Sightseeing:

- Guba - one of the biggest cities in Azerbaijan. The city is located 170 km to the north of Baku right on the charming hillsides. In the past it was the capital of Guba khanate which was founded in the mid-18th century. Guba is pretty and lovely with its green nature, lighting forests and extraordinary mountain areas which is a part of range of Caucasus mountains. The unequaled beauty of the local mountains was admired by such famous people as Alexander Duma-father, the Russian writer Bestuzhev-Marlinsky, the Norwegian traveler Tor Heerdal and others. The beautiful Guba carpets are symbols of Guba.

- Khinalig - Located more than 2000 meters above the sea level, in isolated areas of region of Guba - Khinalig village is considered one of the most visited places by tourists. Among the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world, Khinalig has a history spanning over 5,000 years. The main reason why Khinalig kept its architectural and cultural uniqueness, was because it survived many invasions due to being located in high altitude and remoteness.


  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Check-out from the hotel
  • Transfer to the airport

Hotel:  4* Anatolia Hotel (or better alternative)

Note: We recommend to book as earlier as possible before high season. Please also note that prices may vary during events like Formula 1, Novruz Holiday, Europe League final or similar high-level events.

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Fixed prices
Easy Booking
24/7 Support
Free cancellation
Trusted and Professional driver
Personal Accident Insurance
Professional Guide with License
New Vehicles with WIFI
Fruits and beverage
Prices 20% lower
5% Discount for the next tour
Souvenir present from the company

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Transfer
Sightseeing Tour
Entrance tickets and fees to the Sights
Professional private driver
Fruits and beverage
Accommodation
Air-conditioned vehicle
Breakfast

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Meal
Visa
Flights

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