Baku & Gabala: A Week of Wonders

7 Days 6 Nights          

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• 4 nights’ accommodation in Baku
• 2 nights’ accommodation in Gabala
• Daily Breakfasts
• All tours and Transfers on a PVT Basis
• Professional English-Speaking Driver (professional Guide for more than 6 pax)
• Visa
• Airport Transfers
• Excursions as per the program
• Tickets for Fire Temple + Burning Mountains + Gobustan + Mud volcano +Gabala cable car

EXCLUSIONS:

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

DAY 1: ARRIVAL DAY

1. Arrive at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Baku.
2. Meet and greet by Aristokrat Travel representative
3. Transfer to your hotel for check-in.
4. Spend the remainder of the day at your leisure, relaxing and getting accustomed to your surroundings.
5. Overnight stay in Baku.

DAY 2: 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’’

1. 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.
2. Departure for evening tour - Famous Baku Boulevard tour
3. 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.
4. Stay Overnight in Baku

DAY 3: Flame tour

1. Breakfast in Hotel.

1. Tour starts with Ateshgah (Fire Worshippers Temple) Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu and Zoroastrian place of worship.  “Atash» is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetra pillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries.

1. Trip to “Fire Mountain “-“Yanardag” –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.”
2. Tour continues with the visit to the charming example of modern achticture -  The 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 and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003. (Photoshoot outside)
3. Back to Hotel.

DAY 4: Gobustan Tour

1. Brekfast at Hotel
2. Departure for Gobustan National Park and Mud Volcano
3. 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.
4. 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
5. The Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, which was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936. The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of The Islamic Prophet Muhammad), and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.
   
6. Back to Hotel.

DAY 5: GABALA TOUR

1. Breakfast at the hotel
2. Check-out for Gabala
3. Yeddi Gozel Waterfall
4. Visit Nohurgol lake
5. 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

1. Overnight In Gabala

DAY 6: GABALA TOUR

1. Transfer to Tufandag mountain resort
2. 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.

1. Explore Gabaland Entertainment Center, featuring amusement rides and activities for all ages.
2. Overnight in Gabala 

DAY 7: Departure Day

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