Azerbaijan tours

 

Guests of Azerbaijan are met by our team in the airport of Baku and are taken to the center of this city based on the Caspian Sea. This tour is popular for the continuation with lunch and then the sightseeing trip along the center of Baku, famous for having modern and ancient locations. As for the modern parts, along which we travel today, the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center is visited today. The center is known to be the work of the architect Zaha Hadid, who created it with the lines being unusual and exhibitions of historical antiques being shown. At the same time the surrounding of the center is also fascinating, as is completely of green. Night today is taken in the hotel of the principal city.

Still in Baku, guests wander about the striking sites of it, but today we are heading to the "Old Town", basically identified with the Icheri Sheher. It is the residential area found in the very center of the capital, being placed in the very center of the fort at the same time. Moreover, such locations as the Workshop of Ali Shamsi, the Market Square, Juma Mosque, Synyk Gala Castle, Caravanserais, baths, Maiden Tower of the XII century, residential buildings and the Palace of Shirvan Shakhov of the XV century are going to be seen by us. Notice the idea of the sites told by your guides, as these describe the history of the country. Making a trip along such historical destinations, invitees get to known of them being in the UNESCO historical heritage. Lunch is taken and we are getting to the night streets of Baku, enjoying the views of night sky, as later hotel is ordered for you.

 

Here comes the day opening with the staying at the land of the Bibi-Heybat complex. The complex consists of the mosque, tombs and graves. For greater acquaintance with the country, we are glad to say that the famous grave of Ukeima khanum, a progeny of the Prophet Muhammad is placed here. Going on, you are visiting the "Gobustan Reserve of rock carvings", the well-known museum of 6,000 rocks as exhibits, which are 30,000 years old. The passing site for Baku is Carpet Museum, where there are about 10,000 items, presented with ceramics, metal and bronze jewelry, metal items of the 14th century, carpets and rugs of the 17th-20th centuries, gold and silver jewelry, national clothing and embroidery. Night today is offered in the local hotel.

 

You have to wake up earlier today as the outing to the Hirkan Nature Reserve is organized. It is seen as the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, the famous natural reserve, or the complex of subtropical forests. This site is unique as climate changes to dry subtropics. Admiring boxwood, ironwood, velvet maple, giant figs, silk acacia, boarders find out of flora being presented with 1900 species of plants, out of which 160 ones grow just in the Talysh mountains. At the same time it is possible to have a tour along this destination and make a witness of rich fauna life, noticing leopard, the Caucasian lynx, the stone marten, the porcupine, the Talysh spotted woodpecker, the Iranian robin, the Persian snake. As dinner is then taken in the restaurant, we are able to order a folklore and dance ensemble Nyanyalar (Grandmothers), but payment for this is additional. In Baku we arrive and have night in the hotel.

 

With good breakfast you start the day and it is better to leave the capital of Azerbaijan and arrive for Shamakha, but with some stops being made. The first stop of the tour today is aimed at the vertical wall of Sheikh Diri Baba's rock-cut mausoleum of the Maraza village. After it the straight trip to Shamakhi is made after such a spiritual destination and we are going to perceive the atmosphere of the territory existing for about 2000 years old. As the way is made, the Juma Mosque is visited and we reach for Gabala, of the Nij village where the Albanian church is based. It is also famous for the Udins living there, being the people of the 26 Albanian tribes of the Albanian state (III century BC - VII century AD). By the way, all of these people are known as the descendants of the modern people of Azerbaijan. Having reached Sheki night is held in the hotel, dinner is served in the restaurant and the traditional Mugam music is listened today.

As morning begins with the departure from Sheki, guests find out of it being one of the most stunning ones at the territory of the whole country. It is known to be placed at the altitude of 700m, being the mountain, where oak trees are freely covering the land. For the following position we would like to inform of the idea of seeing the Shebeke workshop, where the way of cooking of Sheki Halva is learned. The views of Caucasian village of Kish is seen today, and this is known to be the territory of the capital of the local khanate of the past centuries. According to these ancient sites, streets are paved and buildings are rocky ones. Here we find out of the pride of the country, being in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO, a famous kelagai – the silk headscarf. Hotel is taken by us today for night.

We are the team able to organize the tour to the Historical and Archaeological Museum, famous for the position at the Gala village. In its turn the village is known to be of the ancient times, of the Bronze Age. Moreover, it is interesting as it fits the idea of being the open-air one. The museum is found at the territory of the 5th century fortress, where antiques are often exhibited. The trip is also made along the Ateshgah Temple of Fire Worshipers, where flame is always burning, all the time. Also our idea is to show the Yanardag - Burning Mountain, or the mountain side being in a burning condition for thousands of years. Night is taken in the hotel of Baku after the visiting of the green bazaar.

Breakfast in a hotel. Airport allocation.

02 pax – 1 215 $

04 pax – 885 $

06 pax – 755 $

08 pax – 725 $

10 pax – 680 $

Single – 140 $

 

Included:
- Guide

- Transport
- Full board

- Accommodation:

            Baku – “Atropat”/ “Modern Hotel”/ “Parkway Inn” Hotel 4*

            Sheki – “Issam Hotel & Spa” Hotel 4*

- Entrance fees to museums

- Drinking water (0.5 liters) per day per person

Not included:
- Visa

- Flights

- Single room

- Medical insurance

- Photo and video charges in museums and monuments