Azerbaijan Tour Package

Breakfast in Hotel
Our tour program starts with Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the
capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is
surrounded by walls were well protected. 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 World Heritage Site by UNESCO (walking tour)Later group will
experience the happening street of Nizami Street known for shopping. The street’s
history could be traced back to Baku’s town-planning project of 1864. The street runs
through the city’s downtown from west to east. It begins from Abdulla Shaig Street, in
mountainous part of the city and ends at railroad bed on Sabit Orujov Street, near a
monument to Shah Ismail Khatai in “Black City”.
Tour continues with the visit to the charming example of modern achticture – The
Heydar Aliyev Center – a 57,500 m2 building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed
by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and
flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar
Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of
Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003. (Photoshoot outside)
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Breakfast in Hotel
Tour starts with Ateshgah (Fire Worshippers Temple) Based on Persian and Indian
inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu and Zoroastrian place of
worship. “Atash» is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex , which has a
courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetra pillar-altar in the middle, was built
during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Trip to “Fire Mountain “-“Yanardag” –a mountain on Absheron peninsula , 25 km from
north of Baku.Literally, word “Yanardag” means “Blazing mountain”. Blazing bodies
of flame dance on stones and floor. Yanar dag is a natural gas fire which blazes
continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku,
the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the “land of fire.”
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing
structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque with the same name built
in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, which was completely
destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936. The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes the tomb of
Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of The Islamic 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.Back to Hotel

Breakfast in Hotel
Proceed to Departure to Gabala in the north-west of Azerbaijan The distance up to
Baku 225 km (3hours)
Tour In Gabala
Excursion in: Tufandaq ”Winter-Summer Tourism Complex offers cable car rides at
any time of the year, skiing on the ski tracks of different difficulty level, ski training and
ski school, catering service (cafe and restaurants), entertainment centres for kids,
hotel and other services.Seven Beauties Waterfall – You can enjoy climbing up the
Gabala rocks to reach the last of the “seven beauties”, a multilevel waterfall. (Visiting
this place depends on weather conditions)
Nohur Lake -It is located in Qabala, another region of Azerbaijan that one passes
when travelling to Sheki. Lake is not on the way but if you go a bit deeper towards the
mountains this beautiful view opens up in front of you.Back to Baku

Breakfast in Hotel
Departure to Airport for return flight