Private Tour: 3 Day Baku Tour with Unique Crude Oil Spa and Cooking Class

Itinerary

Day 1: Incredible Baku

Stop At: Baku Old City, Baku, Absheron Region
Get an early start this morning to take in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. The Walled City of Baku represents an outstanding and rare example of an historic urban ensemble and architecture with influence from different cultures. See natural flaming gas vents on the Absheron Peninsula, where Baku is located, include fire rituals into the Zoroastrian religion. Discover the highlights of the city center and Icheri Shere (the Old Town), including a visit to the Fountain Square, the Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower. Baku’s UNESCO-listed Old Town was once the whole city, and is the best place to picture its history.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: House Museum of Nobel Brothers in Baku Villa Petrolea, Baku, Absheron Region
Visit Villa Petrolea, the Nobel Brothers’ Museum. The history of Baku’s oil boom is inextricably bound up with the Nobel family, including Alfred, the man who established the Nobel Prizes.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Baku, Absheron Region
You will then be taken to the main fascinating cultural sights such as Martyr’s Lane and Bibi-Heybat Mosque.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: World's only crude oil spa

Stop At: Chinar Hotel Naftalan
After a picnic lunch en-route arrive in the incredible city of Naftalan, 320 kilometers north-west of the capital Baku. Naftalan’s famous crude oil baths draw tourists from all over the world. Naftalan oil’s magical properties were discovered way back in the 5th century BC. Complex SPA treatment, including world's unique crude oil bath, lasts 3-4 hours. Visitors lie naked in a pool of oil up to their neck and relax. The oil is made up of naphthalene hydrocarbons, which he claims are of a similar composition to natural, human steroids. The oils heal about 70 diseases, including: joint problems, neurological diseases, skin conditions, fungus's, and impotence. During Soviet times, it was impossible for western people to visit this spa, and now you have an unique opportunity to enjoy it.
Afterwards you will have a tasty dinner in one of the best restaurants. Return back to Baku in the evening and overnight at the hotel.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Gobustan

Stop At: Gobustan Rock Art, Baku, Absheron Region
Just 30 miles from Baku visit an important site of ancient petroglyphs, the UNESCO World Heritage, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves and settlements, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age. Explore the magnificent landscape and then make like a real Azerbaijan cook on the cooking class in a historical Gobustan. Working in a modern kitchen in the old building, learn how to create a quintessential Azerbaijan dinner. Gain valuable insider tips from an expert local chef, and then enjoy your tasty dishes during a convivial dinner, complete with well-matched Gobustan wine.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
No accommodation included on this day.