2-day Shamakhi-Gabala-Shaki Private Tour
2 days
Private
Multi-Day
Instant confirmation
About this activity
After a spending couple of day in urban life in capital city, you’re probably going to want to relax when you arrive in Shamakhi. The ancient town dates back almost two and a half thousand years and became the Shirvan Empire’s capital between the 9th and 16th century. Historical attractions include the 900-year-old Gulistan Fortress, various medieval archaeological sites and mausoleums of former rulers. Shamakhi, the birthplace of many Azeri poets, produce wine and traditional carpets today. Shamakhi is also famous with it's Astrophysical Observatory. The observatory located on the south-eastern foothills of the Great Caucasus Mountain ridge.
After lunch break in the roadside local restaurant time to visit and see Gabala former capital of the Caucasus Albanians who ruled for 600 years (no relation to modern day Albania). With our private transport it takes less than two hours to reach Gabala from Shamakhi. Once strategically located in the centre of the Silk Road, rulers fought to control an influential part of trade between East and West. You can see several ancient monuments including a 1000-year-old defence tower, a 13th-century mosque, and a mausoleum from two centuries ago as well as modern architecture. Old Gabala’s partially excavated ruins are 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from the centre. Activities also includes riding cable car for breathtaking views over the stunning Caucasus Mountains. As soon as complete discovering top attractions of Gabala, delicious meals will be waiting for us in traditional local Azeri restaurant.. Overnight stay in Gabala.
In early morning we are going to head to Sheki - one the oldest settlements in the Caucasus and oozes with history and beauty in the form of gorges, waterfalls, and rivers. Caravansarai, once housing Silk Road traders and the Palace of the Sheki Khans are the town’s most important historical attractions. We invite you to our amazing hiking tour starting from the pine forests and goes on with climbing forest trails that lead up to top of mountains. This 3-hour Hiking tour is organized as an additional outdoor activity after the lunch for extreme lovers and gives you life-time and unforgetable nature experience.
You will have 1-hour leisure time to prepare before departure from Shaki.
Arrival to Baku by 10:00 PM
Read more
Show less
After lunch break in the roadside local restaurant time to visit and see Gabala former capital of the Caucasus Albanians who ruled for 600 years (no relation to modern day Albania). With our private transport it takes less than two hours to reach Gabala from Shamakhi. Once strategically located in the centre of the Silk Road, rulers fought to control an influential part of trade between East and West. You can see several ancient monuments including a 1000-year-old defence tower, a 13th-century mosque, and a mausoleum from two centuries ago as well as modern architecture. Old Gabala’s partially excavated ruins are 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from the centre. Activities also includes riding cable car for breathtaking views over the stunning Caucasus Mountains. As soon as complete discovering top attractions of Gabala, delicious meals will be waiting for us in traditional local Azeri restaurant.. Overnight stay in Gabala.
In early morning we are going to head to Sheki - one the oldest settlements in the Caucasus and oozes with history and beauty in the form of gorges, waterfalls, and rivers. Caravansarai, once housing Silk Road traders and the Palace of the Sheki Khans are the town’s most important historical attractions. We invite you to our amazing hiking tour starting from the pine forests and goes on with climbing forest trails that lead up to top of mountains. This 3-hour Hiking tour is organized as an additional outdoor activity after the lunch for extreme lovers and gives you life-time and unforgetable nature experience.
You will have 1-hour leisure time to prepare before departure from Shaki.
Arrival to Baku by 10:00 PM
Included
- Transport by private vehicle
- Hiking tour
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional art historian guide
- Bottled water
- Coffee and/or Tea
Not included
- Accomodation for overnight
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We provide full support to find decent accomodation places to stay and take you best local restaurants to taste mouth-watering national Azeri cuisine.
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
70%
Aquatic
35%
Collections
This experience is part of these collections
You may also like
See all 17 Collections
Click to discover other experiences
See all
Collections
Ateshgah & Yanar Dag
33 Activities
Collections
Gobustan National Park & Mud Volcano
54 Activities
Collections
Absheron Peninsula
22 Activities
Collections
Nightlife
23 Activities
Collections
Hiking
5 Activities
Collections
Wine
26 Activities
Collections
Gourmet
11 Activities
Collections
New Year Celebration
5 Activities
Collections
Sightseeing Tour
10 Activities
Collections
City Tour
95 Activities