Overview
If you are really very interested to explore new countries Baku, Azerbaijan is one of the best place for visitors. There are lots of things in Baku to visit. The largest capital city of Azerbaijan is called Baku. Due to its location 28 meters below sea level, it is renowned around the world as the national capital with the lowest elevation.
Baku is one of the most up and coming tourist destinations and is an exciting fusion of oil-driven progress and ancient Asian cultures. The ultimate undiscovered tourist destination, Baku offers you so mnay things to do here. Highlights include sampling local food, exploring medieval palaces, or enjoying a stroll around the city to admire the more modern architecture.
Read our travel guide for tips on how to get around, when to go, where to stay, and safety information as well as the greatest attractions, must-visit locations, and four or more day trips from Baku.
Itinerary
- Arrival in Baku airport
- Meet with local guide and transfer to hotel
- Arrival, check in hotel
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast at hotel
- Start Baku city tour.
- Visit to Old city of Baku and having a trip around the city walls, discover rare monuments which list to UNESCO World Heritage List-Maiden tower, Karavansarays. The historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls which were easily defended. 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 UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Shirvanshahs Palace - The Palace of the Shirvanshahs (Azerbaijani: Şirvanşahlar Sarayı, Persian: is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and, together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum (the so-called "mausoleum of the dervish"), south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a bath house. Earlier, there was an ancient mosque, next to the mausoleum. There are still ruins of the bath to the west of the tomb.
- Miniature book museum
- Juma mosque
- Baku Boulevard- established in 1909 runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.
- Little Venice- The Little Venice in Baku is the great & clean refreshing park to walk and relax with kids or the family. Very beautiful & astonishing surroundings. Feels like you are away from city yet in the city. Unique & lovely relaxing atmosphere. You can take a ride in gandolas (venetian boats), take the pictures, and just enjoy the trip.
- Visit to Nizami street -central street of Baku which is full of shops, restaurants
- Visit to Fountain square
- Visit to Upland Park for panoramic view to the city-The highland park Baku is the highest point of the capital of Azerbaijan, from where a beautiful panorama of the city and the bay opens. People from Baku and tourists often come here to see Baku from a bird’s eye view, as well as just take a walk.
- Finish the trip and back to hotel
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast at hotel
- Start Absheron tour
- Ateshgah temple- is an authentic Azerbaijani exotic. It is well-known practically all over the world. It is located 30 km from the center of Baku in the suburb of Surakhany. This territory is known for such unique natural phenomenon as burning natural gas outlets (underground gas coming onto surface contacts oxygen and lights up). The temple in its present state was constructed in the 17th-18th centuries and built by the Baku-based Hindu community related to Sikhs.
- However, the history of the Temple is even longer. From immemorial times this was the holy place of Zoroastrians- fire worshippers (approximately beginning of our era). They attributed mystical significance to the inextinguishable fire and came there to worship the relic.
Burning mountain- Yanar Dag or the Fire Mountain is one of the magically attractive sites, which surprises and enchants visitors. It seems like a brilliant sparkling on the mountain surface. People have always regarded the magnificent view of Yanar Dag as something "sacred".
- Heydar Aliyev center- Construction of the Center’s facility was launched in 2007 and completed on May 10, 2012, to celebrate the National Leader’s 89th anniversary. Recognized as one of the world’s masterpieces in architecture, the Heydar Aliyev Center has immediately grown into a signature architectural landmark of modern Baku. Zaha Hadid, the author of the building's design, is a worldwide recognized architect and the winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.
- Finish the trip and back to hotel
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Gabala city (220 km away, 3 hours)
- Arrival in Gabala
- Proceed to Gabala trip:
- Visit to 7 beauty waterfall
- Nohurlake trip -one of the eye-catching lake in region
- Lunch
- Cable car ride which will take you to the top of mountain
- Back to Baku
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast
- Visit Qobustan
- Qobustan -Gobustan State Reserve located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku was established in 1966 when the region was declared as a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the ancient carvings, mud volcanoes and gas-stones in the region.Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archeological monuments, the reserve has more than 6,000 rock carvings, which depict primitive people, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years.Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve acquired national status in 2006. As a part of the 31St Session of the UNESCO World Legacy Committee held in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 23 - July 2, 2007 included within the World Social Legacy List.
- Mud Volcano-Azerbaijan has the most mud volcanoes of any country, spread broadly across the country. 350 of the 800 volcanoes of the world are in the Azerbaijani Republic. Local people call them “yanardagh” (burning mountain), “pilpila” (terrace),“gaynacha” (boiling water) and “bozdag” (grey mountain) alongside its geographical name – mud volcanoes.
First drilled oil well- Construction of the Center’s facility was launched in 2007 and completed on May 10, 2012, to celebrate the National Leader’s 89th anniversary. Recognized as one of the world’s masterpieces in architecture, the Heydar Aliyev Center has immediately grown into a signature architectural landmark of modern Baku. Zaha Hadid, the author of the building's design, is a worldwide recognized architect and the winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Bibiheybat Mosque
- Transfer to hotel
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast at the Hotel
- Move to the airport for the flight
Inclusions
- All mentioned transfers on private basis
- All mentioned tours and transfers by sedan car
- 5 nights accommodation with breakfast
- English speaking guide-driver
- Entrance fees for below:
- Ateshgah temple
- Burning mountain
- Qobustan museum
- Off road cars to Mud Volcano
- Cable car Gabala 2 ways
Exclusion
- ANY THING NOT MENTIONED ABOVE.
- Optional Tours
- Lunch & Dinner’s
- Extra Services in Hotel and Restaurant
- Tips to Guides and Drivers
- Usage of Mini Bar in the Hotel or other services
- Evisa