Grand Heritage Journey Through Azerbaijan and Georgia

5 Days 4 Nights

PACKAGE INCLUDES:

• 4 nights’ accommodation in Baku – 1 Standard DBL Room
• 3 nights’ accommodation in Tbilisi – 1 Standard DBL Room
• Daily Breakfasts & lunches & Dinners
• All tours and transfers on a PVT Sedan
• Sim card
• 1 bottle of water per day per person
• Professional English-Speaking Driver
• Airport Transfers
• Excursions as per the program
• Tickets for Fire Temple + Gabala Cable Car + Burning Mountains + Gobustan + Mud Volcano + Little Venice + Funiclior

EXCLUSIONS:

1. Flight tickets
2. Dinner and Lunch
3. Visa
4. 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 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.

2. 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

3. DAY: Gabala Tour

1. Brekfast at Hotel
2. Transfer to Gabala
3. Shamakhi: Upon reaching Gabala, consider visiting Shamakhi. It's about a 2-hour drive from Baku. In Shamakhi, you can explore historical sites like the Juma Mosque and the Shirvan Shahs' Palace
4. Yeddi Gozel Waterfall

1. Visit Nohurgol lake
2. 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
3. Transfer to Tufandag mountain resort
4. 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.
5. Overnight in Baku

4. DAY: Absheron + Gobustan Tour

1. Breakfast 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. Mud volcano visit by lada ride

1. Visit of Ateshgah ( Fire Temple) & Yanardag (Fire mountain).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Overnight in Baku

5. DAY: Departure Day and Arrival  in Tibilisi

1. Breakfast at Hotel
2. Check – out and transfer to airport
3. Arrival in Tbilisi, meeting at the airport.
4. Transfer to the Hotel, Check in and rest.
5. Overnight in Tbilisi

DAY 6: Tbilisi

• Breakfast at the Hotel.
• Explore the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi and wander the old districts of the city with its narrow streets, patterned balconies and colorful houses.
• Abanotubani (Literally “bath district”) and the well-known Sulfuric Baths. Abanotubani is an important historic part of the city: it is where according to a legend the King of Iberia, Vakhtang Gorgasali’s falcon fell, leading to a discovery of the hot springs and, subsequently, to founding of a new capital.

• Legvtakhevi – a beautiful pedestrian street with a little waterfall.
• «Peace Bridge»: Within the bridge walkway, the low-power linear LED arrays embedded in the glass railings are triggered by 240 motion sensors as the pedestrians pass, giving an impression that the bridge lights come on for each person setting foot on the bridge. Additionally, a message in Morse code that renders the periodic table of elements goes across two parapets every hour. The lights designer Martinaud considers this communication celebration of "life and peace between people ''.
• Walking through the street «Bambis rigi»
• Rezo Gabriadze Famous Puppet Theater with a clock tower.
• Overnight in Tbilisi

DAY 7: Tbilisi-Ananuri-Gudauri-Kazbegi

1. Breakfast at the Hotel.
2. Departure to Aragvi Valley via military road. On the way, we will visit Fortress Ananuri. It is not only a historical place, but from here, you can also see the Zhinvali reservoir with an amazing panoramic view. 
3. We will have a Kazbegi tour in Stepantsminda: Go up to Gergeti Trinity church to enjoy the amazing views, traveling by 4x4 Jeeps (2170m above the sea level). When the weather is fair, you will enjoy the stunning view on the Mountain Kazbegi (5147m), one of the highest peaks in Georgia.

• Departure to the famous ski resort Gudauri-photo shooting.
• Overnight in Tbilisi

DAY 8: Tbilisi

1. Breakfast at the Hotel and check out
2. Departure to the airport