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7 Days 6 Nights
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Baku, the capital and commercial hub of Azerbaijan, is a low-lying city with coastline along the Caspian Sea. It’s famed for its medieval walled old city, which contains the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, a vast royal complex, and the iconic stone Maiden Tower. Contemporary landmarks include the Zaha Hadid–designed Heydar Aliyev Center, and the Flame Towers, 3 pointed skyscrapers covered with LED screens.
Day 1 Arrival Baku Arrive Baku , after completing the airport formalities meet our representative and proceed to hotel for check-in. Evening is at leisure.Dinner and overnight stay in Baku
Day 2 Baku Local-Sightseeing
Panoramic view of Baku city and Baku Bay from Highland Park - Martyrs Alley, marvelous view of Flame Towers Later visiting Old city – Icheri Sheher: Entrance gates of Old Baku; fortification tower; Caravanserai complexes – Bukhara and Multan; Maiden Tower (under UNESCO protection); old mosques; bathes; Miniature Book Museum; Shirvanshahs Palace (under UNESCO protection); narrow, small cobbled stone streets. Continue with Nizami Street – a large pedestrian and shopping street in the downtown Baku Visiting National Museum of History of Azerbaijan: the former mansion of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist H.Z.Tagiyev Walking on Baku Boulevard. Boat tour on a windless weather Back to the hotel Overnight in Baku
Day 3 Baku – Gabala
Check-out from the hotel Passage to Baku – Gabala route: on the way visiting Diri Baba Mausoleum in Maraza. Continue to Juma Mosque, Mausoleum of Yeddi-Gyumbez in Shamakhi city. Drive through Girdimanchay River’s canyons to visit ancient Lahij village. Visiting workshops of blacksmithes, potteries, carpet weaving shop, cobbled stone streets. Lahij was one of the main points on Great Silk Road. Visiting Nohur Mountain Lake in Nohurgishlag village in Gabala Arrival in Gabala: Check-in at hotel Visiting of Tufandag Mountain with mountain cable car Back to the hotel Overnight in Gabala
Day 4 Gabala- Sheki
Check-out from the hotel Passage to Gabala – Sheki route On the way visiting Chotari Albanian Church and Udi house in Nij village Arrival to Sheki: Check-in at hotel. Visiting of Kish village: the first church of Caucasus Visiting of Old Sheki: medieval fortress, The Palace of Shaki Khans – a summer residence of Shaki Khans, Historical Museum; Round temple (outside); handicrafts workshop of Shebaka, national musical instruments’, takalduz Continue with Sheki Caravanserai – a historical monument in Sheki Back to the hotel Overnight in Shek
Day 5 Sheki - Baku
Check-out from the hotel Visiting local Eastern Bazaar of Sheki Continue trip back to Baku. On the way, visit to Mud Volcanos Visiting Gobustan National Park (under UNESCO protection): primary people carved their daily life styles on rocks. There are more than 6000 stone carvings (petroglyphs) on the rocks near the Caspian Sea side. Visiting the Bibiheibat Mosque – which is a historical mosque in Baku Arrival in Baku Overnight in Baku
Day 6 Absheron Peninsula tour
Sightseeing tour to Absheron Peninsula: Fire Worshippers’ Temple – Ateshgah: The temple was built over a pocket of natural gas that fuelled a vent providing an ‘eternal’ fire which zoroastrians used to worship. Continue with “Yanardag” – “Fire Mountain”: a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula near Baku, which itself is known as the “land of fire.” Flames jet into the air 3 meters (9.8 ft) from a thin, porous sandstone layer Visiting the Heydar Aliyev Center (from outside) Visiting Azerbaijan Carpet Museum Back to the hotel Overnight in Baku
Day 7 Departure
After breakfast, check-out from hotel and you will be transferred to Baku airport for your onwrad journey
