PLACES VISITED
Baku & Absheron Peninsula
DEPARTURE DATES
Dates are flexible and customizable for private departures.
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival Day Flights to Baku: Welcome to Baku International Airport Your private guide greets you in the Baku International Airport arrival gate and transfer to hotel. After check inn you will settle into the comfortable hotel room |
Day 2: Baku &Icheri Sheher(Old city) tour Breakfast: Your guide meets you in the lobby and tours starts from the Old City gate .The particular interest to guests of Baku is Old City, enclosed within the fortress walls, or Icheri Sheher (Inner City). This open-air museum, together with famous Shirvansahs Palace, Maiden Tower (XII c.) located here is listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. After Lunch, our guide will show you a survey platform of the city, situated on the upland park, where opens the magnificent view of all city. Further follows a descent with amusing funicular in coastal park. |
Day 3: Absheron Peninsula - Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Breakfast: After breakfast you will visit to Absheron peninsula covering an area of 8 thousand square kilometers is an important industrial and agricultural region of Azerbaijan. Washed by Caspian Sea Absheron is especially famous for its sandy beaches and numerous suburban settlements. |
Gobustan:Ancient petroglyphs Transfer to Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Reserve 60 km south of Baku, on an area of 537 hectares, there is one of the world's largest ancient petroglyphs collections counting more than 4,000 petroglyphs. In the Gobustan National Historical-Artistic Reserve one can see the settlements of the ancient people, the remains of the large prehistoric Stone Circle and other evidences of the Stone Age and later inhabitants of the region |
Mud Volcanoes After Gobustan drive to "Mud volcanoes," also known as "sedimentary volcanoes" or "gas - oil volcanoes," are close cousins to magmatic volcanoes. Just like magmatic volcanoes, they can erupt powerfully and hurl flames to great heights (sometimes even several hundred of meters). They spew out millions of cubic meters of hydrocarbon gases and tons of mud. Mud volcanoes also exist on the floor of the sea and can form islands and banks that alter the topography and shape of the coastline and even trigger earthquakes. |
Atashgah (Fire Temple)& Yanardagh (Burning Mountain) In the same day you can explore the The Atashgah Fire Temple or the Fire Temple of Baku is situated at Surakhani near Baku. This castle-style temple was nominated for World Heritage Site status in 1998 and declared a historical-architectural reserve by decree by the Azeri President in 2007. The inscriptions in either Sanskrit or Punjabi state that the place was a Hindu place of worship, unlike claims indicating it was a Zoroastrian Fire Temple. Today, it houses a museum and is no longer used as a temple. |
Day 4: Departure
After breakfast our guide will transfer you to Baku International Airport and this is end of Baku & Absheron tour.
ACTIVITIES
Architecture Tours / Arts & Crafts Tours / History & Archaeology Tours
PRICE
TOUR INCLUDES
· Local lunch and tea break
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All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
· Pick up from hotel
· Transportation in a fully
air-conditioned, non-smoking car
· Professional tour guide
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Per Person |
Group Price Per Person |
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5-star |
480 USD |
5-10 Person |
680 USD |
4-star |
410 USD |
10-30 Person |
520 USD |
3-star |
380 USD |
30-60 Person |
410 USD |