7 DAYS AZERBAIJAN

Day 1
• Arrival in Baku
• Check in at the hotel (from 14:00)
• Free day
• Overnight in the hotel

Day 2
• City tour (4 hours) in Baku with a visit and tour of the monumental, historical and architectural monuments of the city, including:
• Motorways and the town square; Baku attractions and Heydar Aliyev Center
• Panorama of the city and the Baku Bay from the Upland Park
• Visit the medieval part of the city "Icheri Sheher" / "Inner City": ramparts, the main gate of the city, "Gosha Gala gapi" Shirvanshahs Palace, Tower Temple "Maiden Tower", medieval baths, caravanserais, handicraft workshops, carpet and antique shops, the Museum of Azerbaijani carpet and folk-applied art.
• A walk along the Seaside Boulevard
• Boat trip on the Baku Bay
• Walking and shopping in the central part of Baku / area of “Fountains square”
• Free time: Night in the hotel

Day 3

Absheron Peninsula:
• 1- day auto – excursion trip to the natural, historical and architectural moments of Absheron peninsula ( near Baku in a radius of 50 km)
• Including a visit and inspection:
- a place of natural combustible gases entering the mountain Yanardagh in Mammadli village
- old oil fields in land and medieval tower temple-castle in Ramana settlement
- temple of fire-worshipers “Ateshgah” in SurakhanI settlement
• Visit of National History Museum
• Free time: Night in the hotel

Day 4
• Road with bus from Baku to Shamakhi
• Sightseeing tour of the Shamakhi, visit temple “Diri Baba” and Observatory
• Driving to Gabala
• Check-in in the Hotel, free time

Day 5
• Excursions in Gabala. Waterfall “7 beauties”, lake “Nohur”
• Visit to “Ivanovka” village
• Visiting Winter and summer tourist complex “Tufandagh” Entertainment Complex “Gabaland”
• free time

Day 6
• Driving to “Lahidj” village, visiting villages sightseeing’s
• Driving to Baku
• Check in the hotel and free time

Day 7
• Breakfast in the hotel
• Gobustan

Drive to the historical and artistic reserve under the open sky "Gobustan" for the purpose of inspection of rock art sites of ancient human Neolithic period, as well as the introduction of other excursion information:
- old oil fields and the ancient temple in the area of Bibi Kheybat;
- review of offshore oil platforms in the Caspian Sea
- visiting mud volcanism on Mount Dashgil / hill, griffin, salsas

Day 8
• Free time
• Check-out from the hotel and Departure