ACROSS AZERBAIJAN

Day 1 – Arrival to Baku
Upon arrival to International airport of Baku, you will meet our representative. Transfer to hotel. Free time to explore at your own time. 

Day 2 - Baku 
Start exploring Baku. Panorama of the city presented to the height of the mountainous part of a television tower clearly gives an idea of the contrasts and the extent of Baku, the horseshoe bay of Baku. The city is shaped like an amphitheater, descending down to the Caspian Sea. Tour covers the central part of the city showing the most interesting historical and architectural sites.
Visiting of "Old Town” or “Inner City”. The territory of”Inner City” - 22 hectares, which represents a small fraction of the total area of Baku (44,000 hectares). However, the concentration of architectural and historical monuments, dictates the need for this excursion into a separate and make this part of Baku, perhaps the most interesting to explore. Maiden Tower (XII century), Palace of Shirvanshahs (XV century), Castle Synyk Gala, Caravan Saray, Juma Mosque - this is not a complete list of attractions of the old Baku.

Day 3 -  Baku to Nakhchivan
Departure from Baku airport to Nakhchivan. Your journey in the insulated Enclave of Azerbaijan. Nakhchivan keyed, known as the land of Noah is, between Armenia and Iran and shares no land border with Azerbaijan. The Access is only by plane. Landing in the airport of Nakhchivan and
Transfer to hotel. After you could rest a bit, you start with the visit of Nakhchivan: visit etc. the monument Momina Khatun from the 12th Century, the grave Yusif Ibn Kuseyir, a carpet museum, and the Khan's House, the former home of the ruler Nakhchiwans Rahim Khan. After lunch drive to the village Garabaghlar Sharur in the region where the Monument to the 12th Century.  Continue to Mount Agri (The Biblical Mountain of Noah's Ark), from where you can see up to 50 kilometers. Subsequently Next trip to the Salt Mine Hospital. Transfer to hotel.

Day 4 - Nakhchivan
Drive along the colored Rocky Mountains in a unique landscape in the Ordubad region. Visit the monuments of this region and the Historical Museum. After lunch in Ordubad go to the hot springs
Daridagh in the Julfa region. Visit on the way back to Nakhchivan Asabu mentioned in the Quran Kahf cave. Transfer to hotel. 

Day 5 - Nakhchivan to Baku
Today you will drive to Batabat in a unique uninhabited plateau in the Shahbuz region. A beautiful landscape with forests, mountains, lakes expect with floating islands and sources with ice cold clear water
Them. Normally the temperatures in this region are very cold. Lunch in Batabat and drive back to Nakhchivan for shopping. in After dinner transfer to airport for return flight to Baku. Approx. 22:00 clock arrival in Baku. Transfer to hotel.

Day 6 -  Baku to Absheron peninsula
Full day tour around the Absheron peninsula. Visiting the temple of the fire worshippers Atasgah and burning mountain *Yanar dag*.Atashgah means the House of Fire, place of fire. The territory of this temple is known for unique nature phenomenon as the burning exits of the natural gas. The temple of fire is of the main places where the ancient supporters of Zoroaster religion worshipped there to the fire. In The museum complex Atashgah you will be told about the life way Zaraustra worshippers and also about the traditions and the customs which they adhered. Excursion to Yanar Dag. You can see here nature phenomenon, incessant burning nature gas on the rock which named to the  Yanar Dag reserve the burning rock. As the historians say, maybe this place gave the name *the fire country* to Azerbaijan. Visiting open area ethnographic museum “Qala”. The former Croatian president was told that the complex created at the initiative of President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva was designed to preserve historic past of Azerbaijan and make the country one of the world`s most attractive tourism centers. It was mounted in the area of the Gala State Ethnographic Preserve created as early as 1988. Covering an area of 156 hectares, the preserve contains burial mounds, crypts, dwelling houses as well as 4 storage pools, ruins of an ancient palace, 5 mosques and 3 bath-houses dating back to a period between 3rd Millennium BC and 20th century. The Museum Complex itself covers an area of 2 hectares and stores rock paintings, ceramics, weapons, jewellery and other unique exhibits dating back to a period from 3rd and 2nd millennium BC and the Middle Ages.  Stepan Mesic toured the complex, which together with its nearby area is home to 215 archaeological monuments.

Day 7 - Baku – Guba - Baku
Trip to Guba. Taking the Beshbarmaq Mountain, a sacred place and a popular destination for the locals. Then you will visit the Juma Guba mosque in the old bath houses and the Jewish Quarter Krasnaya
Sloboda "Red settlement." Lunch at a local cafe in Gachrash Woods and then visit the Guba Genocide Memorial Complex. Check in at the hotel in Gachrash. Return to Baku. 

Day 8 -  Baku - Shamakhi - Lahij - Sheki
After breakfast drive to Shamakhy district. Visit the town of Shemakha, Diri Baba Tomb and YeddiGumbez. Shemakha was the capital of Shirvan Kingdom for several centuries.YeddiGumbaz (The Seven Cupolas) Mausoleum is the burial place for members of the royal families of the Shirvan shahs. visit famous Lahij village in Ismayilly district. Many of the 2,000 people living in Lahij are involved in ancient crafts such as engraved copper work and carpet weaving. In the mid-19th century, there were more than 200 workshops in Lahij. Traders discovered Lahij crafts many centuries ago, and sold them for high prices at bazaars in Baghdad [now Iraq], Shiraz [now Iran] and other Middle Eastern cities. Stop by a copper workshop for a impromptu lesson in ancient craftsmanship you'll get to see coppersmiths use small mallets to decorate plates, trays, jugs, goblets and pitchers, just as their ancestors have done for centuries. Arrival to Sheki Check in at the hotel.

Day 9 - Sheki - Kish - Baku
Visits of Sheki. Sheki is one of the most famous and ancient places of Azerbaijan. Situated 700 m (2297 ft.) above sea level like an amphitheatre surrounded by the mountains and forests of oak trees, this ancient city was long famed as a silk centre and an important stop on the Great Silk Route. There is an assumption that the name of the town goes back to the ethnonym of the Saks, who reached the territory of Azerbaijan in the 7th century BC. We’ll start our Sheki tour from visiting the 18th century Khan's summer palace with magnificent frescos and exquisite stained glass work. Sheki History museum is famous with artifacts from several periods. Transfer to hotel.

Day 10 - End of trip - Departure 
Transfer to the airport in Baku and scheduled flights from Baku to home. 
 

Includes:

• 6 night accommodation in Baku 
• 1 night accommodation in Sheki
• 2 night accommodation in Nakhchivan
• English speaking guide
• Transportation service
• Air ticket to Nakhchivan and back
• 1lt water per person per day    
• Entry fee

Excludes:

• Meals
• Visa
• Tips
• Extra  
• Other Airflights