ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Individual tour to Azerbaijan Baku-Shamakhi-Lahich-Qabala-Sheki-Baku 8 days/7 nights Day 1 . Baku Arrival to Baku Airport. Meeting and greeting at the Airport. Private transfer to Hotel. Free Time. Day 2. Baku Tour highlights - Highland Park, National Flag Square, Seaside Park (Baku Boulevard), Mugam center, Little Venice on Baku Boulevard, Shirvanshahs` Palace, Maiden Tower, Juma Mosque, Double Gates, Bazar Square, Caravan Saray and etc. 08:00-09:30 Breakfast. 10:00-12:00 Departure from the Hotel and the starting of the sightseeing tour in Baku. 12:00-14:00 Old Town Walking Tour. 14:00 Individual transfer to Hotel or Restaurant. Free time. You will see famous squares and monuments from the comfort of your air conditioned vehicle with commentary of a professional local guide. At Highland Park your sightseeing tour across www.itsrussia.ru [email protected] ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 the Baku will start. Take a fresh breeze of the Caspian Sea and take incredible panoramic views of Baku and admire the miraculous architectural mix of east and west contrasts. After Highland Park you will proceed to the National Flag Square, where you will able to enjoy fluttering one of the highest flags of the world which is Azerbaijani flag. The height of the constructed pillar is 162 meters. After visiting Flag square you will pass along the Baku Boulevard you will face Morgan Center, Little Venice, Carpet Museum and other miracles which are located on Neftchiler prospect. The Boulevard is a promenade that runs parallel to Baku’s seafront. This area is popular for strolling and taking in views of the Caspian. Baku highlights includes one of the most modern architecture miracles is the center of Heydar Aliyev. Heydar Aliyev center was constructed in 2012– and it’s worth every effort. Here you will chance for short photo stop, but visiting inside the building is not free so we highly recommend that you take some time after your visit to do so. Near Gosha Gala your walking tour will start. Stroll the medieval heart of Baku the Icheri sheher castle, discovering the mysteries and legends of Icheri Sheher (Old Town). Learn about the ruling dynasty of Azerbaijan lived in 11-14 centuries by visiting the Shirvanshah’s Palace, which is the biggest monument of Shirvan-Apsheron Azerbaijan architecture school. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi’s mausoleum, a portal in the east – Murad’s gate, a reservoir and the remnants of the bathhouse. You will leap back in time by taking little walk before visiting the Maiden Tower. The Maiden Tower also known locally as Giz Galasi, located in the Old City, Baku, in Azerbaijan, was built in the 12th century. Together with the Shirvanshahs’ Palace, it forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property. Juma Mosque Located in the historic Icheri Sheher, the mosque has been rebuilt several times. The present Friday Mosque was built in 1899 under the financing of Baku merchant Haji Shikhlali Dadashov. A minaret, constructed in 1437, adjoins Friday Mosque. After climbing the Maiden’s Tower for some orientating views, wander randomly in the alleyways of İçəri Şəhər, making an active attempt to get lost. You’re never more than a few www.itsrussia.ru [email protected] ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 minutes’ walk from the fortified perimeter wall, and this way you get to absorb some of the atmosphere of the real Old City, small corners of which remain delightfully ‘lived-in’ despite the encroachment of neo historical office buildings and multiplying carpet sellers. Day 3. Baku- Ateshgah Fire Temple Tour highlights - Ateshgah Fire Temple, Yanar Dag, Qala Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum. 08:00-09:30 Breakfast. 10:00 Departure from the hotel and the starting of the Apsheron peninsula tour. 14:00 Individual transfer to Hotel or Restaurant. Free time. Apsheron Peninsula tour includes a combination of the three most interesting places not far from Baku such as Atashgah Fire Temple, Gala ethnographic museum and Yanardag. Our guide, will help you not to get lost in the maze of the history of the Apsheron Peninsula. Your tour starts at Atashgah (Fire Temple) which located in the village Suraxani 30 km away from Baku. It is situated on a rock where natural emergences of gas on the surface have been burning for thousands of years. Here you will learn more about one of the most remarkable Zoroastrian temples which was actually built by 18th-century Indian Shiva devotees. Your excursion continues on the other most famous and popular tourist places of the “eternal flame” in Azerbaijan is the mountain of Yanar Dag, which is located near Mammadli village 25 km to the north from Baku. In the 13th century, Marco Polo mentioned many natural gas flames burning spontaneously from the territory of Abşeron Peninsula. One of such places Yanardag (burning mountain from azerb) still exists. Natural gas burning on its slope from ancient times. Meter long tongues of fire are licking the stratified earth approximately for 10 m in width, searing those who approached too close. People occupy the benches to watch the blazing hill in the evening, when its sight is most effective. Here you will chance to discover why Azerbaijan nickname is “Land of Flames”. Our Apsheron peninsula tour will finish at the Qala State ethnographic Museum, which is an ideal place to get acquainted with traditions and way of life of…. This open-air park features several furnished traditional-style Apsheron buildings (house, smithy, potters workshop) set www.itsrussia.ru [email protected] ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 amid a wide range of archaeological finds and petroglyphs, both originals and reconstructions. All together, they help to get an idea of the life of the medieval people in Azerbaijan. Petroglyphs covering the period from the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. to the Middle Ages, gavaldash (tambourine stone), ceramics, domestic and adornment items, weapons and coins, conserved remnants of an ancient residential complex etc. found in the Absheron peninsula were placed at the Complex. As long as the museum is interactive, you have a chance to see, touch, and take pictures. During the excursion, you can even try to bake Azerbaijan traditional bread in a common oven, weave a carpet, muddy in pottery or iron forge from professional masters for extra payment. Day 4. Baku Tour highlights - Bibi Heybat Mosque, Shikhov Beach, Old oil pumps, Qobustan Museum, Mud Volcano. www.itsrussia.ru [email protected] ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 08:00-09:30 Breakfast. 10:00 Departure from the hotel and the starting of the excursion to Qobustan and Mud Volcano. 14:00 Individual transfer to Hotel or Restaurant. Free time. One of the most popular half day trips from Baku takes visitors to the mud volcanoes and petroglyphs around Qobustan, 60km south of the capital. Qobustan tour is an ideal place to discover that Azerbaijan is one of the ancient human settlements then you will chance to enjoy Mud Volcanos near Qobustan. On the way to Gobustan you will see the Bibi Heybət Mosque, a fascinating view of Şixov Beach, old oil pumps, dazzling seascapes, and intriguing semi-deserts. The Gobustan State Reserve is full of archaeological monuments and has over 600,000 cave painting. Here you will see ancient human bones, work tools used in back to thousand years ago during the Mesolithic period. Then, you will advance to the mountain in order to see real rock paintings in the open air museum. Distinctive, highly stylized thousand images showing of early man, animals, battles, ritual dances, bulls, warriors with spears in hand, camel caravan, and depictions of the sun and heavens, called petroglyphs, distinguishes Gobustan art. Most of these images were made by pecking, grinding, or scratching and carved a design into a rock’s surface and dating back between 5-20,000 years left by the hunter-gatherer people who populated this region in times past. This is one of the largest known concentrations of petroglyphs and is located on the Gobustan State Preserve. Rock art provides a window into the past rituals, beliefs, and artistic abilities of www.itsrussia.ru [email protected] ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНЫЙ ТУРИСТИЧЕСКИЙ СЕРВИС INDIVIDUAL TOURIST SERVICE Малая Морская ул., 17 190000 Санкт-Петербург 17, Malaya Morskaya str. 190000 Saint-Petersburg Тел/Факс +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 Tel/Fax +7 (812) 3268660, 7034434 / 3268659 its creators. Because of its scientific, aesthetic, and religious significance, Gobustan become most popular state park and a valuable mine of Azerbaijan. People interested in visiting the petroglyphs can take our half day tours to Gobustan all year long.