BAKU [5 NIGHTS / 06 DAYS ]

ARRIVAL IN BAKU AIRPORT • MEET WITH LOCAL GUIDE AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL • ARRIVAL, CHECK IN HOTEL (CHECK IN START FROM 15:00) • OVERNIGHT IN BAKU

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. • 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". • START BAKU CITY TOUR. • 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) • VISIT TO NIZAMI STREET, FOUNTAIN SQUARE -CENTRAL STREET OF BAKU WHICH IS FULL OF SHOPS, RESTAURANTS • 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. • 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 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) • 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 BACK TO HOTEL

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL • TRANSFER TO SHAHDAG • ARRIVAL AND START TOUR • CABLE CAR • FREE TIME FOR USING ACTIVITIES • FINISH THE TRIP AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL • OVERNIGHT IN BAKU

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL • 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 RESSURIZED 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

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL • TRANSFER TO GABALA • PROCEED GABALA TRIP: • CABLE CAR RIDE WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE TOP OF MOUNTAIN • 7 BEAUTY WATERFALL IS LOCATED IN VENDAM SETTLEMENT OF GABALA CITY. THE NAME OF THE SEVEN BEAUTIES (YEDDI GOZAL) WATERFALL ORIGINATES FROM THE NAME OF THE 7 MOUNTAIN ROADS THAT SHOULD PASS TO REACH THE WATERFALL. THE WATERFALLS FLOW FROM THE HIGHEST PEAKS OF THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS. AMONG THE MOST FAMOUS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. THE WATERFALL IS DARK AND COLD, SINCE IT IS SITUATED IN A THICK FOREST NOT TOUCHED BY SUNSHINE. • NOHURLAKE TRIP ONE OF THE EYE-CATCHING LAKE IN REGION. EYE-CATCHING LAKE NOHUR WITH THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS, FRESH AIR, AND WATER IS ONE OF THE MOST PICTURESQUE PLACES OF GABALA. THE QUIET ATMOSPHERE AND BIRD SOUNDS CREATE AN IDEAL RELAXATION ENVIRONMENT TO ESCAPE FROM THE NOISE OF THE CITY. LAKE IS A PERFECT PLACE FOR FISHING. YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A BOAT AND CATAMARAN RIDE AND ENJOY THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE. • FINISH THE TRIP AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL • OVERNIGHT IN BAKU

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL • CHECK OUT HOTEL • TRANSFER TO AIRPORT