Azerbaijan Unveiled: Peaks, City Lights & Natural Wonders

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• 4 nights’ accommodation in Baku – 1 Standard DBL Room
• 2 nights’ accommodation in Gabala – 1 Standard DBL Room
• Daily Breakfasts
• All tours and transfers on a PVT Sedan
• Professional English-Speaking Driver
• Airport Transfers
• Excursions as per the program
• Tickets for Fire Temple + Gabala Cable Car + Burning Mountains + Gobustan + Mud Volcano + Shahdag cable car + Shahdag coaster

EXCLUSIONS:

1. Flight tickets
2. Visa
3. Early Check-in or Late Check-out

1. DAY: ARRIVAL DAY

1. Arrive at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku.
2. Meet and greet by Aristokrat Travel representative
3. Transfer to Gabala

1. Spend the remainder of the day at your leisure, relaxing and getting accustomed to your surroundings.
2. Overnight stay in Gabala.

2. DAY: GABALA TOUR

1. Breakfast at the hotel
2. Yeddi Gozel Waterfall
3. Visit Nohurgol lake
4. The Nohur Lake (Nohurgöl) is one of the most picturesque places in Gabala that have a magnificent view of Caucasus Mountains and surrounding villages with fresh air and water where you can take a boat and catamaran ride to enjoy the surrounding landscape
5. Transfer to Tufandag mountain resort

6. Tufandag just 4 kilometers from Gabala city center, offers 12 kilometers of slopes, with a mix of challenging reds and blacks for experts and easy options for beginners. Guests can also take advantage of snowmobiles, sleds, and quad bike tours. In summer visitors can enjoy plenty of outdoor adventures, from hiking and cycling to paragliding and jeep tours. There is also a Cable Car that lets you go up to the higher peaks and explore the beauty of the mountains and nature from up.

7. Overnight in Gabala 

3. DAY: Back to Baku + Panoramic Tour

1. Travel to Baku: Depart from Gabala and head back to Baku. The drive typically takes around 4 – 4,5 hours, so plan accordingly.
2. .Visit to Highland Park-Alley of Martyrs, The National Assembly- also transliterated as Milli Majlis, Flame towers- the tallest skyscraper in Baku
3. View to Baku Boulevard which stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the Yeni Bulvar (New Boulevard) has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km.

         4. Overnight stay at Baku

4. DAY: BAKU CITY TOUR

1. Breakfast at Hotel
2. Transfer to the famous Nizami Street ( Fountain Square ) Nizami Street is a large pedestrian and shopping street with a fascinating view.  The street also accommodates the embassies of many countries. The architecture of the street reflects a harmony of old and new period

1. Transfer to Baku Old City Tour also known as “ICHERI SHEHER’’
2. Old City or İçərişəhər 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 that are 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 visit to the Carpet Museum & Miniature Books Museum.

1. Departure for evening tour - Famous Baku Boulevard tour
2. Baku Boulevard was established in 1909 and is also known as the National Seaside Park in Baku. The Boulevard is popular with museums, shopping malls, and entertainment centers including the modern panoramic amusement ride – The Devil’s Wheel, which has a beautiful view over Baku Bay. Clients can get acquainted with the main points of Boulevard – Crystal Hall, Flame Tower, Little Venice, and Ferris Wheel funicular ride offering stunning views of the surrounding landscape.
3. Stay Overnight in Baku

5. DAY: SHAHDAG TOUR

1. Breakfast at hotel
2. Morning - Departure from Baku to SHAHDAG
3. Proceed for departure to Shahdag Mountain Resort. Shahdag houses summer activities as Shahdag coaster,  hiking, off- road tours, sking, snowmobile, sledging, ice rink, Segway, winter paitnball,  Polaris tour, camping, cable car, sport games, horse riding, Observation point and etc.
4. Shahada Coaster Shahdag Coaster is a family thrill ride offering unforgettable adrenaline rushes in all seasons at the Shahdag Mountain Resort, which has no analogs in the South Caucasus. The route length is 2590 meters, 920 meters uphill, and 1670 meters downhill. Double sleds run at intervals of 10 seconds, the speed of which can reach 42 km / h. The sled has brake levers, allowing you to control your journey thoroughly. The Shahdag Coaster route consists of 9 sharp turns, one of which is 3-levels, and the other is 1-level.
5. Shahdag Cable car -  Shahdag Mountain Resort boasts a total of 17 lifts, each falling into one of five distinct types: Mono-gondola, Carpet, Detachable, Non-detachable, and Bugel. These elevators vary in structure, seating capacity, safety features, comfort, and standard amenities. Notably, the gondola takes guests to the highest restaurant in Azerbaijan, aptly named '2351'

1. Overnight in Baku

6. DAY: Absheron + Gobustan Tour

1. Breakfast at hotel
2. Departure for Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcano

1. Gobustan petroglyphs are exceptional testimony about the life style of ancient people: collective labor, hunting, harvest, ritual dance yalli, images of animals, food around the fire, images of women and men etc. On this territory there are many traces of primitive inhabitance of people belong to the period of the Paleolithic and Mesolithic.
2. There are over 300 mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan. 100 of them are located near the Gobustan reserve alone. There are giant volcanoes, such as Toragay and Great Kanizdag in Gobustan, with a total elevation of 400 metres. The Goturdag volcano in Gobustan is the world’s only continuously erupting volcano; mud squeezing as the specialists put it, has been observed there for many years
3. Visit of Ateshgah ( Fire Temple) & Yanardag (Fire mountain).
4. The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgah - The Baku Ateshgah also known as "Fire Temple, is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. built during the 17th and 18th centuries.
5. Yanardag – Fire Mountain -  is 116 meter hill located on the top of natural gas pocket causing continuous flame eruption. This is the nature of this burning mountain.This natural gas fire blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea 25 KM northeast of the Baku city.
   
6. Overnight in Baku

7. DAY: Departure Day

1. Breakfast at Hotel
2. Check – out and transfer to airport