Relaxable and Knowledgeable 9 days Tour in Azerbaijan

Day 1 · Arrival to the country - Transfer to your hotel and free time

1. 1

   Baku Boulevard

   Passing by

   Free time at Baku city

Accommodation (4 stars or boutique hotel included in a radius of 5-6 km in Baku.)

Day 2 · Baku city tour

1. 1

   Baku Old City

   2 hours Admission included

   History of Maiden Tower, Shirvanshah`s Palace and traditional hammams. Then we will visit ABAD handmade souvenirs shop which is a social project for supporting small family businesses.

2. 2

   Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center

   one hour Admission included

   Exhibitions and museums about the history of Azerbaijan (Entrance fees included)

3. 3

   Highland Park

   one hour Admission included

   The best view to Baku

4. 4

   Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum

   one hour Admission included

   Entrance fees included

5. 5

   Baku Boulevard

   one hour Admission included

   Boat tour on the Caspian Sea (VIP tickets included. Note: Boats are operating only in clean weather)

Accommodation (4 stars or boutique hotel included in a radius of 5-6 km in Baku.)

Day 3 · Qobustan + Mud Vulcano + Ateshgah Fire Temple + Yanardag Fire Mountain

1. 1

   Stop 1

   2 hours Admission included

   Qobustan National Park and Museum

2. 2

   Mud Volcanoes

   one hour Admission included

   Azerbaijan also famous with its Mud Vulcanos which is very rear in the world. We will have a chance to see these Vulcanos which are near to Qobustan Museum. As the road to Mud Vulcano is so bad, we will change our car to Soviet cars with brand name Lada. It will be another Safari adventure for you. ;)

3. 3

   Ateshgah - Fire Temple

   one hour Admission included

   Is one of Azerbaijan’s most remarkable sight. According to historical sources, before the construction of the Indian Temple Of Fire in Surakhani at the end of the 17th, the local people also worshiped at this site because of the “seven holes with burning flame”.

4. 4

   Yanar Dag

   one hour Admission included

   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 (a country which itself is known as "the Land of Fire"). Flames jet into the air 3 metres (9.8 ft) from a thin, porous sandstone layer.

Accommodation (4 stars or boutique hotel included in a radius of 5-6 km in Baku.)

Day 4 · Qala Open Air Ethnographic Museum, From Waste to Art Museum, Mardakan Castle and Ramana castle

1. 1

   Qala Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum Complex

   one hour Admission included

   Qala Open Air Ethnographic Museum - In the open air museum with 1.2 hectares you will see barrows, houses and other architectural monuments belonging to 3rd-2nd millennium BC, are set as their originals in this area.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   one hour Admission included

   On this are we will also see the museum of "From Waste to Art"

3. 3

   Mardakan Castle

   one hour Admission included

   The castle was built in the middle of the 12th century by Akhsitan I, son of the Manuchihr III. The castle was used as a shelter and observation point of feudal.

4. 4

   Ramana Castle

   one hour Admission included

   is a tower in Ramana village of Baku and dated back to the 12th century. Height of the tower is 15 meters (49 ft). The exact construction date of the tower, which is built of white stone, is not known.

Accommodation (4 stars or boutique hotel included in a radius of 5-6 km in Baku.)

Day 5 · Diri Baba Mausoleum - Juma Mosque in Shamakhi - Seven Beauty Waterfall - Nohurgol Lake

1. 1

   Diri Baba Mausoleum

   one hour

   A mausoleum that built 1402 for a holy person and still attracts locals as a pilgrimage place.

2. 2

   Juma Mosque

   one hour

   The oldest and largest mosque in Azerbaijan, Shamakhi Juma, 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 743.

3. 3

   Yeddi Gumbaz Mausoleum

   one hour

   Mausoleums that built for the family member of the Khan of Shamakhi around 17 th centuries.

4. 4

   Seven Beauties Waterfall

   one hour

   3 step waterfall in Qebele city.

5. 5

   Stop 5

   one hour

   Great Lake surrounded with forest. You can walk on the shore and you can sail a boat. We will have 1 hour time to enjoy there and there is restaurant which you can get a lunch.

Stay in a boutique hotel in Sheki city.

Day 6 · Upper Caravanserai - Palace of Sheki Khans - Historical Museum - Albanian Church at Kish village

1. 1

   Palace of Shaki Khans

   one hour Admission included

   The Palace of Shaki Khans in Shaki, Azerbaijan was a summer residence for the Shaki Khans. It was built in 1797 by Muhammed Hasan Khan.

2. 2

   Church of Kish

   one hour Admission included

   In the 1st century A.D. St. Elishe, a disciple of Thaddeus of Edessa, arrived to a place called Gis, where he built a church and recited a liturgy. The church became the "spiritual center and the place of enlightenment of people of the East".

3. 3

   Museum of Folk and Applied Arts

   one hour Admission included

   House of Hand Crafts which you can buy original handmade works for a very reasonable price.

Stay in a boutique hotel in Sheki city.

Day 7 · Day at Sheki - Gelersen-Gorersen fortress visit

1. 1

   Stop 1

   one hour

   Construction of the fortress is dated back to the 8th or 9th century. Gelersen-Gorersen was thoroughly consolidated and was used for defense.

Stay in a boutique hotel in Sheki city.

Day 8 · Transfer to Qakh city - Sangar Fortress - Sumuq Fortress - Marmirli Waterfall

1. 1

   Stop 1

   one hour Admission included

   Marmirli Waterfall

2. 2

   Stop 2

   30 min Admission included

   -Sumuq Fortress

Stay in a boutique hotel in Sheki city.

Day 9 · Transfer to Baku to Heydar Aliyev International Airport

1. 1

   Stop 1

   one hour

   Village is one of the most ancient inhabited cities in Azerbaijan that located in Ismailli region. Lahij is the best example of original architecture that preserved by villagers more than centuries. Lahij Village entered to List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO because the village was one of the best handcraft and trading centers in the Caucasus. The main fame of the village comes from handmade copper products with a magnificent design that all made in the village with traditional way.