Azerbaijan 4N/5D
Overview
Azerbaijan, situated at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, unfolds as a captivating destination blending rich cultural heritage with modernity. Its capital, Baku, showcases futuristic architecture like the Flame Towers and the Heydar Aliyev Center, complemented by the UNESCO-listed Old City’s historic charm. The landscapes range from the Caucasus Mountains to the Caspian Sea, offering diverse experiences. Azerbaijan is known for its warm hospitality, ancient sites like Gobustan’s rock carvings, and the unique mud volcanoes. With a tapestry of traditions, natural wonders, and contemporary allure, Azerbaijan invites travelers to explore its dynamic fusion of old-world charm and cutting-edge innovation.
Included
- Accommodation in Parkway inn Hotel & Spa 4* - 4 nights on BB basis
- Airport-hotel-airport transfer
- Baku city tour with car and English/Arabic speaking driver
- Absheron tour with car and English/Arabic speaking driver
- Gobustan tour with car and English/Arabic speaking driver
- 1 bottle of water per excursion day
Exclude
- Flight Ticket, Insurance, Visa, Extras in the Hotel, Tickets to Museums, Lunches and Dinners
Tour Amenities
Accepts Credit Cards
Outdoor Seating
Reservations
Restaurant
Smoking Allowed
Wireless Internet
Tour Plan
- Arrival to Baku Airport
- Transfer to the hotel;
- Standard check in time 15:00 pm;
- Overnight in Baku
- Breakfast at the Pick-up from hotel for Baku city tour.
- Want to have a close look at the Baku`s most popular landmark? Baku business and hotel complex Flame Towers Baku is composed of 3 buildings. The surface of the Towers is fully covered with LED screens reflecting different visual characters in motion, easily visible from the far corners of the city in the evening. Walk along the Alley of Martyrs which is usually being included in the protocol visits of the foreign officials. Enjoy the panoramic view of the city and its bay from Baku’s Highland Park (also called Upland Park), the highest point in the Azerbaijani
- Walk down to Baku Boulevard to view the International Mugham Center created in order to widely promote Azerbaijani ‘mugham’ (folk musical composition) in the world and shaped as the national musical instrument – ‘tar’. Here you will also see Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, designed by Austrian architect Franz Janz and looking like a rolled
- Wander between the decorative stone bridges of so-called Little Venice, a small town on the water and one of the jewels of It has two large and several small islands and its gondolas are travelling in the channels full of still and clean water.
- Cross the street and enter Icherisheher (Inner City), known as a “Fortress” or “Old City”, a unique historical and architectural conservation area in the center of Baku. This is one of the most ancient places of the country where archaeological excavations revealed burial vaults of the Bronze Age. Maiden Tower (12th century) and The Palace of Shirvanshahs (13th- 16th centuries) are the best-known historical monuments located in the Old
- Besides them there are a lot of other unique monuments such as mosques, minarets, the remnants of caravanserais “Multani” and “Bukhara”, ancient baths, etc. Stroll down the paved streets of this ancient city and drop to some of the numerous souvenir shops where you can buy national clothes, kerchiefs, scarves and caps, dishes and handmade
- Transfer back to Hotel
- Breakfast at the Let`s begin our interesting tour around “Land of Fire”! Our excursion will start with visiting Gala village (40 min drive from Baku), which today is the State Historical Ethnographic Reserve and Open-Air Museum offering the opportunity to see the original lifestyle of Azerbaijani people dated back to 10th-19th centuries. It is a unique place where you can not only make a tour into the past, but also try to bake bread in ancient oven “tandir”, weave a carpet, smear with clay in a pottery workshop or feed camels and horses.
- Our next stop is Ateshgah Fire Temple in the village of Surakhani that for centuries has been attracting crowds of thrill Built in the 17th–18th centuries around naturally burning flames which were previously worshipped by Zoroastrians, the site then had become an important place of pilgrimage for fire-worshipping Hindus until the 1880s. Today it houses a well-designed open-air museum.
- And the final stop of our “fiery tour” is State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve Yanardag (literary “Burning Mountain”), a complex built around the hill located on the top of the natural gas pocket causing continuous flame Most probably the fire has been burning in Yanardag for over 20,000 years. These natural flames were described by Marco Polo in the 13th century and continue to mesmerize those who visit the site.
- On the way back visiting Heydar Aliyev Centre (without entering) designed by world-famous architect Zaha Hadid. It is vast and jaw-dropping majestic statement of fluid 21st-century architecture forming abstract waves and peaks that seem to melt The real delight is simply pondering and photographing the extraordinary exterior from ever-changing angles. Make a stop next to the popular “I love Baku” sign to take some photos.
- Back to
- Breakfast at the Pick up from hotel & drive to Gobustan. (40-50min from Baku).
- Have you ever seen where civilization has started? Seek no more, because Gobustan Historical-Artistic Preserve is exactly what you need! Included in the UNESCO heritage list, being one of the cradles of human civilization, Gobustan located barely one hour drive from It has an astonishing collection of over 6,000 ancient petroglyphs depicting the ways of life dating back as far as 40,000 years. Innovative technology will help you to get closer to the prehistoric times in Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Museum using its touch screens provided with special multimedia programs, educational and entertaining games, interactive displays, 3D video, etc.
- Not far from Gobustan there is a second miracle that will amaze you no less than the prehistoric drawings on the rocks
- these are Mud Volcanoes. NASA geologists have concluded that they are similar in structure to the hills on the planet Mars. Azerbaijan ranks first in terms of the number of mud volcanoes: 350 out of 800 mud volcanoes in the world are located here, one of which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest in the world. (Visiting Mud Volcanoes depends on weather )
- On the way back to Baku you will stop next to the one of the most popular mosques in Baku. Built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, Bibi Heybat Mosque was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936 and restored later in the end of the 20th century. It includes the shrine of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad) and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.
- Free time for exploring the city
- Back to hotel
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Check out from the Hotel by latest 12:00
- Transfer to Baku Airport
Additional Information
- Car types: 2-3 pax – sedan (Hyundai, KIA, Honda CRV); 4-6 pax – minivan (Mercedes Vito/Viano)
- The package is valid till 25/12/2024. Blackout periods: 18-25 March, 12-17 September, 7-26
- The organizer does not hold any rooms in any hotels; thus, the rooms and prices are upon
- The prices may not be valid during festive and holiday period, please always reconfirm with
- The organizer reserves the right to change the hotel to the different one of the same
- The organizer reserves the right to change the order of excursions in case of
- Check-in to the hotels: 14:00 (can be 15:00 in some cases).
- Early check-in before 06:00 in the morning is subject to 100% of the room rate, early check-in between 06:00 and 14:00 is
- Subject to 50% of the room rate (please confirm with our reservation managers before booking)
- You can extend your stay, add more excursions and/or change the hotel category for additional payment (please confirm with our reservation managers before booking).
- Tickets for museums mentioned in the program, per person:
- Maiden Tower – 9 USD
- Shirvanshah Palace – 9 USD
- Azerbaijan Carpet Museum – 6 USD
- Gobustan Museum – 6 USD
- Heydar Aliyev Centre – 9 USD
- Gala – 7 USD / Ateshgah & Yanardag – 9 USD
Tour Calculation (USD) / Minimum 2 Persons
| Tour Calculation (USD) / Minimum 2 Persons | |
| Group Size/Number Of Tourists | 2 pax |
| Accommodation in 4* hotel | |
| Per Person In SGL Room | 21930 |
| Per Person In DBL Room | 20910 |
| Per Person In Triple | 20400 |
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