Weekend in Baku

Overnight in Baku.

  

Breakfast. Excursion begins with a visit to Nagorny Park. It is located on a hill in the western part of the city. This is the best place to see the city itself and the Baku Bay. Tourists will visit and see: Flag Square, Baku Boulevard, the Government House (formerly the House of Soviets), the building of the first casino in the Caucasus, the Philharmonic Hall, City Hall, and they will visit the Governor's Garden. Walking tour in the "Old City": the block of the old Baku "Ichery – Shekher", historical and architectural reserve in the city center, in December 2000, it was included to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage; Maiden Tower (XIIv.), mosque Bibi Heybat (XIIv.) built by Shirvanshahs Abu al-Fath Farruhzadom; Maiden Tower of the Shirvanshahs Palace (XVI c.), where were well preserved mosque, bath and entrance gates.
Next, departure to the reserve "Gobustan". Azerbaijan takes the first position in the world in terms of the number of mud volcanoes. There are as many as 350 pieces (in the world about 800). The dirt there began to spill out of the ground in this particular place only 50 years ago. You will be able to visit and climb up close to the craters of mud volcanoes and watch the bubbling of liquid clay. In 2007, the cultural landscape of the art of Gobustan rock was included in the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage. There are about 6000 images that were created since the Mesolithic period and the Middle Ages. Figures are found mainly in caves and at the ruins of the rocks. Among the pictures, you can find hunting scenes, ritual dances, farming, depict of various animals, boats and various symbolic signs.
The temple of fire worshippers Ateshgah is located 30 km from the center of Baku and was revered at different times by Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Sikhs. This territory is known for such a 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. The pentagonal complex has an open courtyard with temple-altar in the center which was the place of pilgrimage for worshippers.

Return to Baku. 

    

 

Breakfast. Depending on the departure time, free time. Transfer to the airport for your flight to back home.