Ancient Azerbaijan Trails

Day 1: Arrival

 Arrival in Baku airport

 Meet with local guide and transfer to city

 Start Panoramic tour

 Visit to Nizami street, Fountain Square -central street of Baku which is full of shops, restaurants

 Visit to Upland Park for panoramic view to the city-The highland park Baku is the highest point of the capital of Azerbaijan, from where a beautiful panorama of the city and the bay opens. People from Baku and tourists often come here to see Baku from a bird’s eye view, as well as just take a walk.

 Finish the trip and transfer to hotel

 Arrival, check in hotel

 Overnight in Baku

Day 2: Full day Baku city tour

 Breakfast at hotel

 Start Baku city tour.

 Visit to Old city of Baku and having a trip around the city walls, discover rare monuments which list to UNESCO World Heritage List-Maiden tower, Karavansarays. The historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls which were easily defended. 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 UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 Miniature book museum

 Juma mosque

 Baku Boulevard- established in 1909 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.

 Little Venice- The Little Venice in Baku is the great & clean refreshing park to walk and relax with kids or the family. Very beautiful & astonishing surroundings. Feels like you are away from city yet in the city. Unique & lovely relaxing atmosphere. You can take a ride in gandolas (venetian boats), take the pictures, and just enjoy the trip(entry ticket is not include)

 Finish the trip and back to hotel

Day 3: Absheron tour

 Breakfast at hotel

 Start Absheron tour

 Ateshgah temple- is an authentic Azerbaijani exotic. It is well-known practically all over the world. It is located 30 km from the center of Baku in the suburb of Surakhany. This territory is known for such unique natural phenomenon as burning natural gas outlets (underground gas coming onto surface contacts oxygen and lights up). The temple in its present state was constructed in the 17th-18th centuries and built by the Baku-based Hindu community related to Sikhs.

However, the history of the Temple is even longer. From immemorial times this was the holy place of Zoroastrians- fire worshippers (approximately beginning of our era). They attributed mystical significance to the inextinguishable fire and came there to worship the relic.

 Burning mountain- Yanar Dag or the Fire Mountain is one of the magically attractive sites, which surprises and enchants visitors. It seems like a brilliant sparkling on the mountain surface. People have always regarded the magnificent view of Yanar Dag as something "sacred".

 Heydar Aliyev center- Construction of the Center’s facility was launched in 2007 and completed on May 10, 2012, to celebrate the National Leader’s 89th anniversary. Recognized as one of the world’s masterpieces in architecture, the Heydar Aliyev Center has immediately grown into a signature architectural landmark of modern Baku. Zaha Hadid, the author of the building's design, is a worldwide recognized architect and the winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize.(outside photoshooting)

 Finish the trip and back to hotel

Day 4: Shahdag day trip

 Breakfast at hotel

 Transfer to Shahdag

 Arrival to Shahdag mountain resort

 Cable car activity

 Free time

 Finish trip and back to Baku

Day 5: Qobustan tour

 Breakfast

 Visit to Qobustan mud complex

 Mud museum- In the Natural History Exhibition, you can acquaint yourself with a collection of animal skeletons and remains that have left their mark on history. The exhibits here will provide you with a deeper understanding of the rich biodiversity surrounding the mud volcanoes and the intriguing interplay between these creatures and the volcanoes. The exhibition displays nearly 100 animal skeletons related to the fauna of Azerbaijan and the rest of the world, up to 900 species of dried insects and creatures preserved in formalin solution

 Mud volcano- Mud volcanoes are incredible geological phenomena that summon a mixture of mud, gases and water to the Earth’s surface. Unlike traditional volcanoes, they do not spew out molten lava but instead deliver a unique spectacle of thick, bubbling mud. They arise when pressurised pockets of gas and liquids beneath the Earth’s surface force their way upward, pushing mud and sediments along with them.

 Bibiheybat Mosque  First drilled oil well-The world's first-ever mechanically drilled oil well (World's First Oil Well) in 1846, located in the Bibi-Heybat settlement 10 kilometers west of Baku. The well produced the first gush of oil in 1847 and was just 21 meters deep at that time.

 Transfer to hotel

Day 6: Departure

 Breakfast

 Check out hotel

 Transfer to airport