Explore Azerbaijan

1 Day

Baku

Arrival in Baku (Heydar Aliyev International Airport). Check in the hotel.

2 Day

Baku

Sightseeing tour - visit to Highland Park where you enjoy panoramic views of the entire city. This complex combines a memorial part, an observation deck and a magnificent park, the best view to “Flame Towers”, one of the symbols of Baku.

A walk along Baku Boulevard – pass by State Flag Square, the National Carpet Museum and the Mugam Museum - enjoying the views of the Caspian Sea.

Old City or Icheri Sheher, visit to places: Shirvanshahs Palace, the former residence of the rulers of Shirvan. The palace building is located on the top of Baku hill in the oldest part of the city, called the "fortress".

Visit to the workshop of the artist Ali Shamsi. Here guests can see 90-year-old tree with three female faces, the image of a lion on the facade of the workshop, chat with the artist, enjoy Ali Shamsi's paintings and make a memorable photo against the background of his paintings.

Museum of miniature books - the museum contains miniature books published both in pre-revolutionary Russia and in Soviet times, books published in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, countries of Central Asia, as well as Europe. The hospitable hostess of this museum will tell about the collection and show unique copies.

The Maiden’s Tower, or Giz Galasy, rises in the southeastern part of the Old City and has long been considered a symbol of the city. The unique stone tower is 28 m high and 16.5 m high, it keeps many secrets.

Visit the famous Nizami Street. The street crosses the central part of the city from west to east.

3 Day

Baku

Trip to Gobustan National Park. The reserve is widely known for its excellently preserved rock paintings - petroglyphs, a kind of artistic "archive" of human evolution on the planet Earth. The rocks of Gobustan are not only witnesses of the prehistoric period of human existence. They have reflected the history of this region at the level of almost 15 thousand years - from the end of the Upper Paleolithic era to the Middle Ages.

Before the start of the tour of Gobustan, guests will visit the eponymous interactive museum, where they will be able to get information about the flora and fauna of Gobustan with the help of special multimedia programs and touch screens. Few people know that Azerbaijan ranks first in the world in terms of the number of active mud volcanoes. Traces of their activity can be found in Gobustan as well. These volcanoes are formations in the form of a cone-shaped hill with a crater in the soil.

4 Day

Visit to the Heydar Aliyev Center.

The project of the center was designed by the famous architect Zaha Hadid. The Center is considered one of the symbols of modern Baku.

The exhibition "Masterpieces of Azerbaijan" is presented on the first floor of the Center. It exhibits unique exhibits, reflecting the inexhaustible natural wealth, the country's centuries-old history, its cultural heritage. One of the most important features of the exposition is that all periods of the history of Azerbaijan are represented on it, exhibits relating to different areas of Azerbaijani culture are displayed. The ancient Azerbaijani musical instruments are presented in the original sound form. The exhibition features national clothes and ancient coins.

5 Day

Baku

Visit the Baku Ateshgah and Qala Fortress.

The Baku Ateshgah is often called the "Fire Temple of Baku" is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town, a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple used as a Hindu, Sikh, 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 tetrapillar-altar in the middle, built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural "eternal flame" went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but now lit by gas piped from the nearby city. The Temple of Fire "Ateshgah" nominated for List of World Heritage Sites, UNESCO in 1998

The Qala Fortress related to the 10-14th centuries includes a tower and a stronghold. The tower is 13.8 meters tall and was used for surveillance and defense,. Golden coins, remnants of a golden bracelet and ceramic samples related to the 10-16th centuries are displayed in a stronghold. This accomplished project contributes to turning our country to one of the tourist places, in addition to preserving Azerbaijan’s historical past.

6 Day

Baku

Free time.

Check-out from the hotel. Transfer to the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.