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7 days 6 nights

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About this tour

Soak up the spirit of the Silk Road

Once an important stop on the legendary Silk Road, this charming city in the north-west of Azerbaijan is one of our true travel gems. Head to the historic centre and Azerbaijan’s latest UNESCO World Heritage site to soak up the spirit of an old Caucasian trading hub, and enjoy exploring the city’s craft shops and caravanserais, cobblestone streets and colourful sweet shops.

Highlights

  • Walk through the historical part of Old Baku - Icheri Sheher
  • Walk along the Seaside Boulevard and a boat trip
  • Visit to the Carpet Museum
  • Visit to Highland Park
  • On the road you can visit the oldest mosque in the South Caucasus – Shamakhi Juma Mosque; Yeddi Gumbez Mosque, the Shirvan Shah's family grave yard.
  • Visiting “Nohurgol” (lake)
  • Visiting “Yeddi Gozel” (waterfall)
  • Complex of Summer-Winter Recreation Zone "Tufandag"
  • visit the Winter and Summer residences of the Shyakin khans
  • visit the first Albanian church in Caucasus
  • Visit the colorful Sheki Bazaar
  • Visiting local mosque, handicrafts workshop, madrasah, and bazaar
  • Visiting Oguz tour and Visiting Khal-Khal waterfall
  • Visiting Atesgah (Fire Temple)
  • Visiting Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, meaning "burning mountain") Fire mountain
  • Visiting Heydar Aliyev Center

Included/Excluded

  • 6 nights in a hotel with breakfast (2n Baku+2n Sheki+2n Baku)
  • Transportation service
  • Guide service (English, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, German and etc.)  Sightseeing tour in Baku
  • Sightseeing tour in Absheron
  • Sightseeing tour in Shamakhi, Gabala, Sheki, Oguz
  • Personal expenses such as tips, porterage, telephone calls, room’s service, etc
  • Flight
  • Travel Insurance
  • E-Visa
  • Any Meals other than specified in inclusions
  • Surcharge will be applicable on particular events, festival, exhibition & fairs  Any security deposit asked by the hotel during check in

Itinerary

<span> Day 1 </span>Arrival airport transfer

Arrival in Baku, meeting at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport with a professional English - speaking guide. Transfer to the hotel Information about the city and the country on the way to the hotel Check in and hotel accommodation Lunch in the restaurant Free time for leisure Dinner in the restaurant Overnight at the Hotel

<span> Day 2 </span>Baku city tour

Breakfast in the hotel Walk through the historical part of Old Baku - Icheri Sheher. If the city has an old city, then it has a heart. And it doesn’t matter how the metropolis is built and grows, this little piece of antiquity, like the roots of a tree, contains the entire crown of history. The historical complex includes many architectural monuments that have survived to our times: mosques, towers, churches, squares and other important buildings of the Shah's reign. You will visit: Museum and palace complex of the Shirvanshahs (XV century) Maiden's Tower (XII century) . The Maiden’s Tower is the oldest symbol of the city of Baku. Most scientists believe that the tower was built in two stages: half in the V century, and the upper part in the XII century. But there are versions with dating that hint at the construction of the tower BC. Museum of miniature books. The world's only museum of miniature books is located on one of the streets of the Old City (Icheri Sheher) in Baku. All books are smaller than a palm. The size of many publications is not more than 1 centimeter, and the "area" of the smallest book in the collection is 2x2 millimeters. Workshop of Ali Shamsi. Tourists, walking along Kichik Gala street, have to stop near a 90-year-old tree with three female faces, take a picture with a lion on the facade of the workshop and go through the open door to admire Ali Shamsi's paintings, talk with the master and take a picture with him as a keepsake. Walk along the Seaside Boulevard and a boat trip (depending on weather conditions). Coming to Baku you should definitely visit the Seaside Boulevard. Visitors to the city will find many attractive places here: museums, attractions, parks, cafes, restaurants and much more. The boulevard itself is unusually beautiful and diverse. Its central part amazes with the richness of greenery and flowers, and the steps of the coastal strip end right at the sea water. Visit to the Carpet Museum. It is a sort of fairytale place that promises you a journey in time full of enjoyments. The first charm that grabs the attention is the shape of museum being a rolled carpet on the seaside park. It’s a museum displaying carpet culture of Azerbaijan throughout the centuries. Here you can see mainly carpets, jewelries, traditional clothes and many other crafts, which represent Azerbaijani culture. As Azerbaijan has strong historical background, the carpet culture contains various schools and techniques with variety of motives and ornaments covering all parts of Azerbaijan in a different timeline. Walking through the museum allows traveling across the country as the exhibits in the museum are divided by regions. Apart from that, the structure of museum gives an opportunity of seeing carpets and other exhibits closely. Visit to Highland Park, from where a beautiful view of the city opens. Climbing the stairs higher and higher, you seem to climb the mountain. Your chest is filled with the cool and refreshing air of the highlands, your wings are spread, and you, like a bird, fly over this ancient, majestic city Highland park, well known as ‘’Viewing Square’’, and earlier in Soviet era as ‘’Sergei Kirov park’’ is one of the most favorite places in Baku to have walk, rest, and enjoy the sea view. There you can take rest by breathing fresh air, viewing the city, drinking tea in the Highland Park Café, while listening to the classic lounge music. It’s the best place to relax, that is located right in the heart of Baku. Transfer to the hotel Overnight at the Hotel

<span> Day 3 </span>Transfer to Sheki

Breakfast in the hotel Meeting at the hotel lobby with a friendly tour guide. Check out from the hotel in Baku Transfer to Sheki. Sheki is located 675 m above sea level in the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus about 370 km away from Baku. The region around the city is a real natural wonder with beautiful landscapes, mineral water springs, forests and rivers. The majestic Palace of Sheki Khans is considered as one of the most beautiful architectural monuments of medieval Azerbaijan. On the road you can visit the oldest mosque in the South Caucasus – Shamakhi Juma Mosque; Yeddi Gumbez Mosque, the Shirvan Shah's family grave yard. Diri-Baba Mausoleum-Mosque - On the way from Baku to Shamakhi there is Maraza village known for its unique monument - two-storied mausoleum-mosque of the 15th century called Diri-Baba, located across from the old cemetery. For a long time, the local residents have kept the legend that their imperishable Saint Diri-Baba had been buried. On the way, you will have a stop in Shamakhi Juma Mosque that is built-in 743 which is the most ancient known mosque in the Caucasus region. This oldest and largest mosque in Azerbaijan, Shamakhi Dzhuma, according to the legend was built in the 8th century when Shamakhi was chosen as residence by an Arabian caliph. The initial Arabian inscription on the portal of the mosque said that the mosque had constructed in 744. Visiting “Nohurgol” (lake) - Lake Nohur in Gabala is one of the most popular tourist destinations in our country and you will tale a tour this lake during our Gabala tour. The lake is unusual, beautiful, surrounded by mountains and reed beds, and resembles a mirror in which wooded slopes look. The peculiarity of this reservoir is that although it is located high in the mountains, it is easily accessible, you can get here by car and even stay in a local recreation area. Located 3km east of Gabala with its unique nature, the lake Nohur resembles a ring spur, located in a natural hole between the Gullurun, Goydag and Yumru mountains. At times of severe winter, the surface of Nohur Lake is completely frozen. In the winter of 1953, the ice cover on the lake surface was 40-50 cm. It was. The residents of the nearby village of Nohurqishlag using this force brought fire and building materials from the sky to the north of the lake, passing through the force of live power and technology. The fact that the surface of the dam was completely covered with ice was repeated in the winter of 2007-2008. Visiting “Yeddi Gozel” (waterfall) - Seven Beauty Waterfall. iT is located in the outskirts of Gabala, near the village of Vandam. The waterfall consists of seven cascades, hence its name. If you want to admire this natural wonder, then you should go there very early. A waterfall is a place of pilgrimage for tourists from all over the world, the pedestrian route is usually crammed with cars and buses, and there is always a crowd of admiring spectators on a narrow wooden staircase. Lunch in the restaurant Complex of Summer-Winter Recreation Zone "Tufandag", including Tourist Complex "Tufandag”. Tufandag Winter-Summer Tourist Complex is located 4 kilometers far from Gabala city. The resort allows visitors to enjoy different extreme sports and tourism activities in the harmony with nature. Tufandag complex provides skiing in winter, going up to the mountains by cable cars in summer, mountain climbing by ATV quad bikes and other types of entertainment. After Gabala tour you can go to Sheki Check in and hotel accommodation in the hotel in Sheki Free time for leisure Dinner in the restaurant Overnight at the Hotel

<span>Day 4</span>Sheki - Oguz Tour

Breakfast in the hotel Meeting at the hotel lobby with a friendly tour guide. Starting tour in Sheki City. During the trip you will take a walk-in historical place, see the work of craftsmen in craft workshops, and visit the Winter and Summer residences of the Shyakin khans, built without a single nail and considered one of the most valuable monuments of the XVIII century. You'll also taste the famous Sheki halva. On the way, visit the first Albanian church in Caucasus, dating back to the 1st century AD. The Church of the Udi is located near Gabala, in the village of Nij. This small church is special. It belongs to the native people of this part of the world – The Udi people. One of the most ancient of the Caucuses with mentions dating back to 5BC. There are only a few thousand Udi people in the world today and the majority, approx. 4.000 live in this area and village in Azerbaijan. Today they practice Orthodox Christianity and you will be welcomed with their kindness to see their church, renovated and used. In their homes, a flame always burns and the moon plays a great part in their beliefs. All signs that they followed much more before Christianity. They have kept their own language but of course, most are bilingual. Farming plays an important role in the Udi language naming calendar months after things like grapes and seeds Sheki Khan’s Palace, a medieval fortress, and local History Museum. Sheki’s pearl is the Palace of the Sheki Khans, built in the 18th century without a single nail. The unique in its beauty the two-story building of the palace amazes with the magnificence of its decoration, both external and internal. The facade of the palace is richly painted with plot drawings depicting hunting and war scenes, as well as intricate geometric and floral patterns. In front of the palace, at one time a marvelous garden was divided; sixteen tall Italian poplars arranged symmetrically divided it into four alleys. On the sides of this garden – when the outbuildings were located, in which the court, the Khan’s wives lived, their servants followed them a big terrace of one and a half human height. A small two-story building used to be part of a vast complex and was the summer residence of the Sheki Khans. The entire palace is painted with beautifully preserved drawings, in the center of the building there is a large, stunningly beautiful stained-glass window made of multicolor glass mosaic. The palace is under the protection of UNESCO and is among the most valuable architectural monuments of Azerbaijan. The Caravanserai one of the attractions of Sheki during the Sheki tour. Caravanserais were built in the form of locks with a closed courtyard, with one gate, which closed in case of danger, resulting in an impregnable fortress. The complex consists of two caravanserais, called “Yukhary” (Upper) and “Ashagy” (Lower). Their construction dates back to the XVIII-XIX centuries. Part of the caravanserai is now used as a hotel. Then you walk along the streets of the city, admire the panorama of the city from the mountainous part. You will get acquainted with the manufacture of stained-glass windows “shebeke,” visit craft workshops and pastry shops with sheki sweets. Visit the colorful Sheki Bazaar. Here, you can find virtually everything you may want to eat: local fruits and berries, spices, freshly-baked bread, honey, cheeses, and Sheki sweets. Visiting local mosque, handicrafts workshop, madrasah, and bazaar Panoramic view of the town Lunch in the restaurant After lunch visiting Oguz district. Oguz tour and Visiting Khal-Khal waterfall. Oguz is located on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus, and the highest point district – Malkamud mountain (3879 m). This city is called Switzerland Azerbaijan. The nature of these places is extraordinarily beautiful: mountain rivers and valleys, geysers and waterfalls, sulfur springs and harsh rocks. One of the most beautiful places in Azerbaijan is the village of Khal Khal, located on the territory of Oguz district. Here we will visit the center family vacation “Trout”, in which the most beautiful waterfall Oguza Hal Hal. On the territory of the recreation center there is a small beautiful lake where visitors fish, and also ride on boats. The water of Hal-Hal is very impressive. You’ll get a lot of positive energy, watching the descending from the rock’s silvery streams of water. If you want to swim closer to the waterfall, you can rent a small rubber inflatable boat, and surely swimming will give you a lot of fun. Oguz is a place where still have corners of unspoilt virgin nature, suitable for the beautiful country rest. Dinner in the restaurant Overnight at the Hotel

<span>Day 5</span>Transfer to Baku

Breakfast in the hotel Meeting at the hotel lobby with a friendly tour guide. Check out from the hotel in Sheki Transfer to Baku Check in and Baku hotel accommodation Lunch in the restaurant Free time for leisure Dinner in the restaurant Overnight at the Hotel

<span>Day 6</span>Absheron Tour

Breakfast at the hotel Starting Absheron tour Absheron tour covers three historical places. You will get an opportunity to become acquainted with old household and ethnographic traditions at Gala open-air museum. During the tour you will see Quadranqular Tower, one of the ancient Absheron towers located in Mardakan village. Moreover, you will also learn legends about Ateshgah Temple and Burning Mountain and the streams located nearby. Firstly, to Atesgah (Fire Temple) it is the first main settlement of worshippers in Azerbaijan since the second century. Ateshgah often called the "Fire Temple of Baku" is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town, a suburb of Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. Ateshgah – is temple of fire exotic of Azerbaijan. It is known almost all over the world. It is situated 30 km away from Baku, in Surakhani district. This territory is well known with it is phenomen - natural gas which comes from ground and and burns. The temple was built in XVII-XVIII centuries. It was built by a Hindu community in Baku, belonging to the Sikh caste. But the history of Ateshgah is more ancient. Long ago in this territory was located the sanctuary of Zoroastrians - fire worshipers (approximately the beginning of our era). Lastly, we will visit: Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, meaning "burning mountain") Fire mountain — is one of the most incredible natural sightseeings of Absheron peninsula. This is a mountain hill which is impossible to put out neither with rain nor with sand. And it is several thousand years that it burns. The frightening and simultaneously mesmerizing fiery landscape are actually explained very simply: From the upper layers of the soil natural gas is released, and when it comes into contact with oxygen, it turns into a flame. Trip to “Fire Mountain “- “Yanardag” – (25 km from Fire Temple) is 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.” Lunch in restaurant Visiting Heydar Aliyev Center. Heydar Aliyev Center is considered as is one of the main attractions for tourists and has also become a symbol of modern Azerbaijan and modern Baku. The iconic Heydar Aliyev Centre was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and is famous for its distinctive flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. As a brilliant piece of post-modern architecture, the building’s shape is an eternal cycle, connecting the past with the present. The building houses a conference hall, gallery halls, museums and more and seeks to unite people of diverse backgrounds in a place of shared ideas. The building won the London Design Museum award in 2014. Dinner in the restaurant Back to the Hotel

<span>Day 7</span>Farewell Day

Breakfast in the hotel Departure from the hotel Airport transfer During the trip

Durations

Multi day

Language

English

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Rates offered are valid until Mar. 15, 2023 only Rates are quoted in US Dollar Rates offered are non-commissionable Rooms subject to availability on the actual date of booking Check-in and Checkout Timing of the Hotel will be according to the timing of the respective Hotels. Check-in time is 1500 hours and Check-out time is 1200 hours. Early check-in and late check- out are subject to availability. Late check-out from 1200 hours to 1800 hours will be charged 50% of the Best Available Rate of the day. Package rates are subject to change without prior notice The package cannot be combined with any other offer The above package is not valid during national holidays, festivals, long weekends and New Year MWA reserves the right to change/modify or terminate the offer any time at its own discretion and without any prior notice

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