Azerbaijan Highlights: Baku, Shahdag, and Guba

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Azerbaijan

Overview

2 guests

6 days

5 nights

Free cancellation available

Accommodation
Accommodation – 4 nights in Baku at chosen hotel/ 1 night in Guba
Breakfast
Delicious continental breakfast
Transfer
Transportation from/to airport and within mentioned tours with mentioned car typesv
Water
Water (2 bottles per person per day)
English speaking driver
English speaking driver (not guide)
Entrances
Entrances: Funicular, boat at Little Venice, Cable car in Shahdag, Fire Temple and Fire Mountain

Breakfast at the hotel
Excursion day (pick-up at 10:00)
Visiting Highland park – enjoying panoramic view to Baku. From there guests see Milli Majlis, Flame Towers building which become an icon of Baku. Using one way funicular to go down or up (1 ticket to funicular is included)
Baku Boulevard – famous with its Ferris Wheel (works only if no wind), small reproduction of Little Venice (boat ride is included), Carpet museum and long way strolling along the Caspian sea
Old city – Icherisheher – the ancient city with hamams, local mosques, Maiden tower and Shirvanshah’s Palace dated 12th century.
Walking to Nizami Street which also the part of history and oil barons built beautiful buildings along this street. Also, guests may have shopping time in modern shops.
Heydar Aliyev Centre - the unique building designed by famous architecture Zaha Hadid. Taking picture near “I Love Baku” is very popular among tourists, do not miss to take yours!
Return to the hotel (Overnight stay in Baku)

Breakfast at the hotel
Check-out from Baku by 09:00. Way to Shahdag (around 3 hours way)
Reaching Shahdag Mountain resort – here guests may use different types of activities: cable car, Zip Line, Rolling Coaster, buggy cars (All with extra cost except 1 ticket to Shahdag cable car is included) • Spending day in Shahdag.
By 17:00 way to Guba
Reaching Guba, check-in to the hotel by 18:00-18:30
Free time (Overnight stay in Guba)

Breakfast at the hotel
Check-out from Shahdag by 12:00
Way to Guba
Guba district is considered a popular tourist destination due to its proximity to the capital, a combination of a very good climate, the vicinity of a forest zone
Guba is the north centre of carpentry of Azerbaijan with its famous carpet type – Pirabadil carpets. Guests will be able to visit local carpet manufactory where carpets are woven manually with using long term saved traditions of Azerbaijan carpet history.
Spending time in Qechresh forest - the area is covered with forest on all sides. Qechresh is famous for its natural springs and plants. The wild walnuts, hazelnuts, cranberry, hawthorn, hips, apples, pears, and pine trees grew there.
Way to Baku at 17:00
Reaching Baku by 19:00
Check-in to the hotel (Overnight stay in Baku)

Breakfast at the hotel
Excursion day (pick-up at 10:00)
Absheron tour – today you will visit Fire Temple (Ateshgah) and Fire Mountain (Yanardag)
Fire Temple (Ateshgah) - Ateshgah Fire Temple in the village of Surakhani has been attracting crowds of thrill seekers. Built in the 17th–18th centuries around naturally burning flames which were previously worshipped by Zoroastrians, the site was then an important place of pilgrimage for fire-worshipping Hindus until the 1880s. Today it houses a well-designed museum (combo ticket is included)
Yanardag, the Burning Mountain in Mammadli village where a 10-metre wall of flames blazes day and night at the base of a hillside. These natural flames were described by Marco Polo in the 13th century and continue to mesmerize those who visit the site. Today you can learn all about them at the beautifully arranged new museum complex (combo ticket is included)
Return to Baku
Shopping time – visiting local bazaar (Yashil Bazaar), shopping mall – Ganjlik Mall or Daniz Mall
Return to the hotel (Overnight stay in Baku)