Tour Explore Baku And Absheron Peninsula

Others

Daily bottled water (0.5 lt.) per person; Entrance tickets to Heydar Aliyev Center, Carpet Museum and Gobustan Museum

Transport

Our Mercedes Sprinter van is excellent choice to transfer small groups and large families around Baku. The car is capable of carrying eighteen passengers with luggage. It enables our valued guests to travel with style and plenty of room for luggage. The minibus also has air conditioner, WI-FI and built-in microphone for the convenience of your passengers.

Guide

English/ Russian Speaking Guide service is included thorughout the tour.

Accommodation

Accommodation in one of the 3 star hotels- Jirah Hotel, Viva Boutique hotel, Nord West Hotel or Sharg Plaza Hotel in Baku

Not included:

Others

Flight tickets Visa fees Insurance Entrance tickets to museums/ sites unless it is mentioned in inclusion list Lunch and dinner Personal expences Tips and gratitutes (not mandatory)

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrival And Transfer
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrival And Transfer

Welcome to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. Your exciting holiday kicks off as you arrive at the airport. Get acquainted with our professional guide and driver who will transfer you to the hotel for check-in. Overnight in Baku.
Day 2 Day 2: Baku Sightseeing Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Baku Sightseeing Tour

Our tour starts from the highest pick of the city named Highland Park for amazing city panorama and photo stop. The park is located in the center of Baku. It is one of the most popular places of the local residents and tourists. In Soviet period (1920-1991), this park was named after Sergei Kirov. The most unique side of the park and the reason why it is actually, called the “Highland Park” is its impressive panorama looking over Baku city, Baku bay and Baku Boulevard stretching along the Caspian sea. In 1930s when the master plan of Baku was started, Highland park was considered as an important element of the general architectural composition of the city. The park was founded in the place of the old graveyard based on the design of architect Ilyin using the varieties of limestone found in Absheron Peninsula. Another old name of the park – the English park – is originated from the fact that in 1920s, English soldiers who sent to Baku after the fall of the Russian Emperor were buried here along with the victims of March 1918 massacre of Azerbaijan people. Azerbaijan Independence Museum, Martyrs’ Lane where lie the victims of Black January of 1990 and those who were killed in Nagorno Karabakh war are also buried in the Highland Park.

Continue out tour to the old city of Baku- Icherisheher. It covers twenty-two hectares of territory and includes hundreds of monuments; this urban complex is an outstanding testament to architecture. In Icherisheher, there are four monuments of world-class value: Icherisheher, the complex of Shirvanshah’s Palace, Maiden Tower, and Muhammed Mosque. Due to the cultural significance and uniqueness, the entire Icherisheher including Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower are all inscribed on the World Heritage List, which is composed from twenty-six architectural and three archaeological monuments of national value and more than six hundred at regional level. Besides, there are also many magnificent samples of inhabited architecture of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the territory. The history of Icherisheher goes back to the beginning of AD. There are hundreds of mosques from the late Middle Ages as well as caravansaries, baths and “ovdans”, mausoleums and many others. Justifiably, Old city- Icherishekher is regarded as the acropolis of Baku.

Continue to Nizami Street, which was the main trade street of Baku for decades, now one of the favorite places of tourists and local people for shopping and entertainment activities. The sound of the water is taking you away- now you are at the Fountains’ Square of Baku. Tens of fountains all around are creating breathtaking ambiance. Time for a delicious lunch served in one of the local restaurants of amazing Baku. Next pass by the Carpet Museum, a structure built in the shape of a carpet. Displayed here are exquisite carpet and rug collection of Azerbaijan demonstrating several weaving skills of the nation. And now, you are walking along one of the longest boulevards in the world, which runs parallel to Baku’s seafront more then 3,5 kilometers. The boulevard is established on 1909 and now one of the favorite places of people.

Our last stop is “Heydar Aliyev Center”- a building complex designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. The building is very distinctive for its unique architectural design and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. In 2014, the Center won the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award. This made Zaha Hadid the first woman to win the top prize in that competition.
Day 3 Day 3: Wine Tasting Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Wine Tasting Tour

You can discover the taste of Azerbaijani wine and explore the local wine making process during the tour. The tour will introduce you the unique characteristics of Azerbaijani grapes, while exploring the wine factory that uses special technologies to produce famous red and white wines of Azerbaijan. You’ll also learn about the wine making history of Azerbaijan from prehistoric times through Soviet Union to the present time. During the tour you will have a chance to test 6 types of local wines and taste delicious snacks
Day 4 Day 4: Gobustan Petroglyphs Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Gobustan Petroglyphs Tour

Gobustan National Park is one of the most attractive and historically important tourism sights of Azerbaijan. Our excursion to will last about 04-05 hours and we will cover Gobustan museum and petrogyphs. Our guide and professional driver will assist you during the whole excursion. Gobustan is located on the south-east of the Great Caucasian Mountains about 60 km far south of Baku. It is a semi-desert region with numerous gullies and ravines. The meaning of Gobustan in local language means “ravine land”. Caves and rock outcroppings surround the region. Settled since the Stone Age, the area is one of the main and most ancient museums of rock engravings (petrogliphs) in the world. Gobustan petroglyphs contain very important elements of ancient lifestyle of stone age human beings.. Gobustan is declared as a national historical landmark since 1966 to achieve better preservation of the rock paintings. Today, the site is open to visitors and tourists have opportunity to see the paintings by themselves. The local museum is newly renovated as has all features that tourists may ask. The museum staff is doing amazing job in preservation of the site while keeping it open to visitors. Gobustan is included to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Day 5 Day 5: Baku
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Baku

Wake up and start the day with a hearty breakfast buffet. Check out from the hotel soon after.Unfortunately, it is time for airport transfer now. Treasure the lovely memories gathered here with your fellow travellers as you depart to the airport for your return flight.

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Explore Baku And Absheron Peninsula

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Itinerary of your trip Explore Baku And Absheron Peninsula

Day 1: Arrival And Transfer

Day 2: Baku Sightseeing Tour

Day 3: Wine Tasting Tour

Day 4: Gobustan Petroglyphs Tour

Day 5: Baku

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