(Baku- Gandja- Shaki- Gabala- Ismayilly- Baku)
Day 1
Arrival with evening flight
Meeting with the tour guide at the airport, transfer to Baku
Short night auto-excursion-“Fire of Baku” to the main streets and avenues of the city
“Welcome dinner” at local restaurant with national cuisine
Transfer to Hotel, accommodation in hotel, overnight
Day 2
Breakfast at hotel
Leaving hotel for Old City (Altstadt of Baku)
Walking excursion in Old city: visiting Maiden tower (IX century), Shirvanshakhs Palace (XV century), Karvansarai Multani and Bukhara (XV century), places where Soviet movie “Brilliant hand” was filmed, Amphibian Man, Tehran 43 and so on.
Visiting Martyrs Avenue and watching panorama of the city
Coming to Baku Boulevard by using funicular
Walking excursion in Boulevard (optionally, tourists can rent a bicycle)
Day 3
Breakfast at hotel
Check out, leaving the hotel
Visiting Gobustan National Park (Site is under UNESCO World Tangible Heritage List) and watching the petroglyphs dating back to Stone Age
Departure towards the western region of the country
Visiting the German colonies: “Annenfeld” (Shamkir) and “Yelenedorf” (Khanlar)
Built by German colonists from Baden-Wuerttemberg settled in these regions during the Ekaterina II period of Russian Empire
Leaving for Gandja
Lunch on the way
Sightseeing tour in Gandja: visiting Mausoleum of Medieval Age Azerbaijan poet Nizami Gandjavi, walking excursion to Alexander Nevsky church, Agyan church, Shakh Abbas Mosque, Mausoleum of khan of Gandja- Javad Khan
Dinner at local restaurant
Overnight in Gandja
Day 4
Breakfast at hotel
Leaving the hotel for Shaki
Visiting the mountainous village Kish where ancient Alban Churches remains
Visiting “Galasan-Gorasan” fortress (the name of fortress means “ if you will come, you will see )
Lunch at local restaurant and tasting the main dish of Shaki “the Piti”Walking excursion in the oldest sites of Shaki city (Yuxari Bash)
Visiting the Shaki Khan’s Palace (excellent example of Palace architecting during the late Safavids’ period)
Visiting the Shaki Karavansarai
Dinner at Karavansarai
Overnight in Shaki
Day 5
Breakfast at hotel
Leaving the hotel for Gabala
Visiting Oguz city on the way to Gabala
Familiarization with the local synagogues of Oguz
Visiting the ancient Nij village and Udin’s church. (Udins are the descendants of the ancient Albanians and they kept their language and religions)
Lunch
Arriving in Gabala
Accommodation at hotel in Gabala
Free time (depending on the wish tourists can visit skiing resort Tufandag which is located 1660 meters above the sea level)
Dinner. Overnight in Gabala
Day 6
Breakfast at hotel
Leaving the hotel for Ismayilly
Visiting the Ivanovka village (people of the Ivanovki are Molokans, Russian colonists who were moved here during Ekaterina II period of Russian Empire.
Learning about the welfare of Molokans
Lunch in Ismayilly
Moving to Baku through Muganly Pereval (photo capture in the most beautiful place of Caucasian Ridges)
On the way, visiting Yeddi Gozal (7 beauties) Mausoleum in Shamakha
Arrival in Baku
Visiting the “Burning mountains” (Yanardag) where natural gas output in suburban area of Baku
Dinner. Overnight
Day 7
Breakfast at hotel
Leaving for Absheron Peninsula
Visiting the temple of fire worshippers- Ateshgah
Lunch at local restaurant
Visiting the Mardakan Castle
Transfer to Baku
Visiting the local Hamam (Bath)
Dinner
Day 8
Breakfast at hotel
Visiting the local market (Bazar)
Free time in Bazar for shopping and tasting local caviar
More free time, if requested we can organize wine tour
Transfer to Airport
Departure with the night flight
Included in the price
Transfer aeroport – Hotel – aeroport.
Hotel 4* ( according to your desire 3* 5* )
Breakfast in hotel,lunch and dinner at restaurant
Entrance tickets in the museums.
Professional guide.
Transport service according to the program.
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