What to Expect
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Baku, Azerbaijan
Pass By: Heydar Aliyev International Airport, AZ1109, settlement, Baku, Azerbaijan
Arrival to Baku. Meeting at airport. Transfer to hotel. Free time for rest. Romantic dinner at hotel.
Meals included:
• Dinner: Romantic dinner at Desire 4* hotel.
Accommodation included: Desire 4* hotel, Standard DBL room, decorated for honeymooners
Day 2: Baku city tour
Stop At: Upland Park, Baku Azerbaijan
Baku panorama viewing with the Upland Park, and have the opportunity to look at Baku hotel complex «Flame Towers Baku» – a new business card of the city. Towers is considered to be the best in the world according to the survey of Skyscrapercity web-site. The surface of the Towers is fully covered with LED screens which reflect different visual characters in motion, easily visible from the far corners of the city.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Little Venice, Baku Boulevard, Baku 1005 Azerbaijan
Visiting "Little Venice" in Baku Boulevard is a small town built in 1960. It was expanded up to 10.000 sq.m. in 2012. The town has two large and several small islands, which are connected by decorative stone bridges, and gondolas can be seen travelling in the channels full of still and clean water.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Baku Boulevard, Neftchilar avenue, Baku Azerbaijan
Visiting famous Baku Boulevard established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.
Stop At: Baku Old City, Neftchilar Ave, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan
Icheri Sheher (Old City), known as a “fortress” – is a unique historical and architectural conservation area in the center of Baku. This is one of the ancient and densely populated places of the country and even of the Middle East. Archaeological excavations revealed burial vaults of the Bronze Age. The Maiden Tower (the 12th century) and the Shirvanshah palace (the 13th-16th century) are well-known historical monuments also located in Old City. Besides them there are a lot of other unique monuments of Icheri Sheher: mosques, minarets, the remnants of caravanserais "Multani" and "Bukhara", ancient baths.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Heydar Aliyev Avenue, 1/1, Baku 1033 Azerbaijan
Visiting Heydar Aliyev Center. Heydar Aliyev Center represents a fluid form which emerges by the folding of the landscape’s natural topography and by the wrapping of individual functions of the Center. An internationally recognized architectural work, the building of the Heydar Aliyev Center has become a signature landmark of modern Baku due to its innovative and cutting-edge design.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Desire 4* hotel, open buffet
Accommodation included: Desire 4* hotel, Standard DBL room
Day 3: Baku - Gakh transfer, Gabala tour on the way
Stop At: Nohur Lake, Azerbaijan
Gabala was located in the middle of the 2,500-year-old Silk Road, and was mentioned by Pliny the Younger as "Kabalaka", Greek geographer Ptolemy as "Khabala", Arabic historian Ahmad ibn Yahya al- Baladhuri as "Khazar". In the 19th century, the Azerbaijani historian Abbasgulu Bakikhanov mentioned in his book Gulistani Irem that Kbala or Khabala were in fact Gabala. We will visit Nohur Lake, Yeddi Gozel Waterfall and old part of Gabala – Chuxur Gabala.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Gabaland, Kh. Gasymov St. 1, Qabala 3600 Azerbaijan
Gabaland is the largest theme park in the open air in Azerbaijan and in the region, and favorite destination both for foreign guests coming to Gabala and local people. Entertainment and leisure park is intended both for adults and children. The park is located in one of the most beautiful areas of Gabala and is open all the year round. Over 50 attractions are functioning in the entertainment centre.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tufandag Winter Summer Tourism Holiday Complex, 4 km from Qabala City, Qabala Azerbaijan
Tour will finish with visiting Tufandag Winter-Summer Complex where you will have trip on cable road. Tufandag Mountain Resort offers its visitors a natural scenery of incomparable beauty and harmony. Set like a jewel in the crown of mountains that surround it, Tufandag Mountain Resort is a must see place for nature lovers and sports enthusiasts.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Desire 4* hotel, open buffet
• Dinner: Romantic dinner at Yurd 4* hotel
Accommodation included: El Resort 5* hotel, Standard DBL room, decorated for honeymooners
Day 4: Gakh and Sheki tour
Stop At: Ilisu, Ilisu
Gakh is located in the north-west of Azerbaijan and attracts hunters and fishermen from all over the world. Unique nature of this region of the country fully discloses its beauty in the Ilisu reserve located not far from Gakh. Most popular ones are Mamirli waterfall located in the village of Lakit-Kotuklu in the depth of a dense forest and Ilisu waterfall with height of 25m.
There are also many historic monuments on the territory of Gakh district, such as castle ruins and towers.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Sheki Khan's Palace, Sheki 0055 Azerbaijan
After tour in Gakh region, transfer to Sheki. The main must see place in Sheki city is the Palace of Sheki Khans, which used to be a summer residence for the Sheki Khans. It was built in 1797 by Muhammed Hasan Khan.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sheki Karvansaray, Mirza Fatali Akhundzada 185, Sheki 5500 Azerbaijan
Karvansaray is a historical complex of two magnificent caravansary which reached present days and traditionally named “Yukhary” and “Ashaghy” Caravansary, which means “Upper” and “Lower” Caravansary in translation from Azerbaijani into English. Castle walls, ethnographic museum and handicraft shops are also very popular places of attraction. Sheki has itself been a major silk producer over the past four centuries, and is famous for its various silk products.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Church of Kish, Sheki Azerbaijan
Albanian Church in Kish village, located 5 km north from Sheki, is one of the gems of Sheki region. In the 1st century A.D. St. Elishe, the first patriarch of the Church of Caucasian Albania, arrived to a place called Gis, where he built a church and recited a liturgy. What we see today is an 800 year old construction.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at El Resort 5* hotel, open buffet
Accommodation included: El Resort 5* hotel, Standard DBL room
Day 5: Gakh-Baku transfer
Pass By: Baku, Baku, Absheron Region
Transfer from Gakh to Baku. Check in to hotel. Free time. Overnight.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at El Resort 5* hotel, open buffet
Accommodation included: Desire 4* hotel, Standard DBL room
Day 6: Baku hotel-Airport transfer
Pass By: Heydar Aliyev International Airport, AZ1109, settlement, Baku, Azerbaijan
Transfer from hotel to airport. Departure.
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at Desire 4* hotel, open buffet
Accommodation included: Desire 4* hotel, Standard DBL room
