What to Expect
Itinerary
Day 1: ARRIVAL IN BAKU & EVENING CITY TOUR
Stop At: Highland Park, Baku Azerbaijan
Highland park. well known as ‘’Viewing Square’’ and Panoramic view of Baku Bay from the highest point of the city, Funicular that connects a square on Neftchilar Avenue with Highland Park and Martyrs' Lane, Baku Boulevard (Seaside Park) and Flame Towers.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ferris Wheel, Neftyanikov Ave., Baku Azerbaijan
Baku Eye – also known as a Baku Ferris Wheel, is a Ferris wheel on Baku Boulevard in the Seaside National Park of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Baku Boulevard, Neftchilar avenue, Baku Azerbaijan
The Boulevard along the Caspian is a beautiful, several kilometer long parkway that is a real gem of the city. Baku Boulevard (also known as National Park) is a promenade 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.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Auroom Hotel or similar
Day 2: BAKU CITY TOUR
Stop At: Maiden Tower, Downtown Baku Old City, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan
The Maiden Tower is a Baku landmark, a much loved symbol of the city and of Azerbaijan. It looms dark and enigmatic, looking out to sea from the southern edge of Baku´s old, walled city, the Icheri Sheher. The origins of the tower are shrouded in mystery - no-one knows for certain when it was built or what it was built for or even how it acquired its name Maiden Tower (Qiz qalasi). No written sources survive that record its construction or original function.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Palace of the Shirvanshahs, Zamkovskaya Side-street, 76 Icherisheher, Baku 1000 Azerbaijan
The palace was the former residence of the rulers of the Shirvanshahs. It is a complex where, in addition to the palace itself, can also be found a courtyard of the Diwankhana, the courthouse, the Shirvanshahs’ burial vault, the palace mosque of 1441 with its minaret, the bathhouse and the mausoleum of the court scholar, Sayid Yahya Bakuvi. The palace complex was built in the period from the XIII to the XVI century. On the palace itself, no inscriptions have survived. Therefore, the time of its construction is determined by the dates on the inscriptions on various architectural monuments, which relate to the palace complex. In 1964, the palace complex was declared a museum-preserve. In 2000, a unique architectural and cultural ensemble, along with the fortified walls enclosed by the historic part of the city and the Maiden Tower, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Shirvanshahs Palace is considered one of the pearls of the architecture of Azerbaijan.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Palace of Happiness, 6 Murtuza Mukhtarov, Baku 1005 Azerbaijan
The Happiness Palace or Marriage House – is the enchanting building, the most beautiful architectural pearl of Azerbaijan, was founded by Azerbaijani oil tycoon Murtuza Mukhtarov. It has a very interesting and fascinating history, which could be an inspiration for poets and romantic writers.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Heydar Aliyev Avenue, 1/1, Baku 1033 Azerbaijan
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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: House Museum of Nobel Brothers in Baku Villa Petrolea, Nobel Avenue, 57/2 Behind Luna Park, Baku 1025 Azerbaijan
Constructed in 1884, Villa Petrolea was a residence for Nobel brothers for almost 40 years. In 1879 they established the Brothers Nobel Oil Company – “Branobel”, which very soon became one of the biggest oil companies in the world and the only vertically integrated.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Auroom Hotel or similar
Day 3: GOBUSTAN& ABSHERON PENINSULA&MUD VOLCANO
Stop At: Gobustan Rock Art, Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District 60 km South of Baku, Qobustan 1080 Azerbaijan
Visit Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Reserve - Gobustan National Park officially Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is a hill and mountain site occupying the southeast end of the Greater Caucasus mountain ridge. It is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Baku city centre on the west bank of the Caspian Sea.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mud Volcanoes, Gobustan National Park, Baku Azerbaijan
Mud Volcano - Azerbaijan or as it is called here the Land of Fire has the highest number of mud volcanoes in the world. Some 350 out of over 1,000 mud volcanoes in the world are located here. Mood Volcanos are very effective for health and you can take a bath there.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ateshgah - Fire Temple, Сураханский район, Baku Azerbaijan
Zoroastrian Atesgah Temple, located on the Absheron Peninsula on the outskirts of Surakhani village, 30 km from the centre of Baku, was a shrine at different times for Zoroastrians, Hindus and Sikhs.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Yanar Dag, Binagadi-Balakhany Highway Absheron Peninsula - Village of Mammadli, Baku 0125 Azerbaijan
Yanardag. A natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Auroom Hotel or similar
Day 4: DEPARTURE
Stop At: Taza Bazar, 73, Samed Vurgun Street, Nasimi District, Baku Azerbaijan
The Taza Bazaar is one of the oldest street markets in Azerbaijan. It is a place where you can find potatoes, onions, sweet and juicy tomatoes, carrots, Azerbaijani watermelons, pears, apples, cherries, strawberries, different spices, fish, meat and all you need. You can also buy various pickles and marinades, jams, syrups, drinks ... and, of course, tea.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
