Baku Fix Departure 5 nights 6 days

INDICATIVE ITINERARY
DAY – 1 WELCOME TO BAKU
❖ Arrival at Airport.
❖ Transfer from Airport to Hotel
DAY – 2 BAKU CITY TOUR + PANAROMIC TOUR
❖ Breakfast in Hotel
❖ 10:00 Tour starts with the visit to the charming example of modern architecture – 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. (Photo shoot outside)
❖ 13:00 lunch
❖ 17:00Assembly at lobby. Start tour. Visit toHighland Park-Alley of Martyrs, The National Assembly- also transliterated as Milli Majlis, Flame
towers-the tallest skyscraper in Baku.
❖ Walking through Baku Boulevardwhich stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square
continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the Yeni Bulvar (New Boulevard) has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km.
❖ 20:00 dinner
❖ Free time – can explore night activities at you own
❖ Overnight in hotel
❖ Meals: Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner
DAY – 3 FLAME TOUR + OLD CITY TOUR
❖ Breakfast in Hotel
❖ 10:00 Assembly at hotel lobby. 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. It was 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 is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city
❖ Trip to “Fire Mountain “-“Yanardag” – a mountain on Abs heron 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.”
❖ 13:00 Lunch
❖ 10:00Our tour program starts with Old City or Inner City 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 were 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 by UNESCO (walking tour)
❖ 20:00Transfer for dinner at Indian restaurant at 2000 hrs
❖ Transfer to hotel at 2230 hrs
❖ Free time – can explore night activities at you own
❖ Overnight in hotel
❖ Meals: Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner
DAY – 4 GABALA TOUR
Breakfast in Hotel
08:30Proceed to Departure to Gabala, the north-west of Azerbaijan The distance up to Baku 225 km (3hours)
Arrival.
Tour In Gabala: Excursion in: Tufandaq”Winter-Summer Tourism Complexoffers cable car rides at any time of the year,
skiing on the ski tracks of different difficulty level, ski training and ski school, catering service (cafe and restaurants),
entertainment centres for kids, hotel and other services
14:00 lunch
Nohur Lake-It is located in Qabala, another region of Azerbaijan that one passes when travelling to Sheki. Lake is not on
the way but if you go a bit deeper towards the mountains this beautiful view opens up in front of you.
21:00 dinner
Free time – can explore night activities at you own
Overnight in hotel
Meals: Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner
DAY – 5 GOBUSTAN + SHOPPING TOUR
Breakfast at the hotel
10:00Tour starts with Qobustan which is best known for being the home to the famous rock petroglyphs. The area has been settled since the
8th millennium BC. It is known for hosting thousands of rock engravings spread over 100 square km depicting hunting scenes, people, ships,
constellations and animals. Its oldest petroglyphs date from the 12th century BC. In 2007, UNESCO included the ‘Gobustan Rock Art Cultural
Landscape’ in the World Heritage list.
Visit to the Bibi – Heybat Mosque– 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
14:00 lunch
16:00 Start Shopping tour with Local Sweet Shop, Azerbaijan Brand: Aliahmad’S
Proceed to Local vine and alcoholic drinks shop
Continue with “Xurcun”dry fruits and sweets shop
Genclik Mall: – located in 10 minutes’ distance form city center with taxi. Genclik mall is the biggest Mall in Baku and contains over 80 stores,
big bowling halls, the biggest movie halls, 3D cinema, Playground for children, Bravo supermarket, VIP restaurants, food courts
20:00 dinner
Free time – can explore night activities at you own
overnight in hotel
Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
DAY – 6 DAY AT LEISURE + DEPARTURE
Breakfast in Hotel
12:00 Check out Hotel.
Day free for shopping
Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
Transfer to airport at 2200hrs to catch flight back home