Full Day Trip Baku
Baku, Azerbaijan
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9 Hours
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Max People : 100
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Pickup: Any hotel / accommodation within Baku
Description
Tour Highlights: Gobustan Museum & Rock Mountains, Mud Vulcanoes, Bibiheybat Mosque, Fire Temple,Fire Mountain,Haydar Aliyev Cultural Center for the photos from outside
Excursion to the National Historical and Artistic Reserve Gobustan, you will see the old oil fields in the area of ”Bibi-Heybat,” admire the panorama of floating offshore oil platforms and racks, view rock art.
Gobustan is rock art and one of the most memorable sights of Azerbaijan. From the Azerbaijani language, the name translates as “Edge of ravines.” The reserve, created in 1966, is located just 50-60 km from Baku. The purpose of its creation was the protection and study of rock art (included in the UNESCO World Heritage List). Images counting a thousand-year history are a unique phenomenon for all of humanity. To date, there are about 6 thousand drawings: animals and people, hunting scenes and inscriptions created from the first era to the Middle Ages.
Mud Vulcanoes
The largest mud volcano in the Gobustan reserve – Kanizadag. Most of the volcanoes are low mud geysers, including those below the height of an adult, look like gurgling elevations. Mud volcanoes are active all year round.
Bibiheybat Mosque
The history of the Bibi Heybat mosque, located on the south-western outskirts of Baku, began in the 13th century. The ancient temple, which successfully survived many wars and political turmoil, was ruthlessly destroyed from the architectural landscape of the capital of Azerbaijan by the godless “wave” of the 1930s. Modern Bibi Heybat, the heiress of its glorious medieval ancestor, was built in 1999 according to old sketches. However, taking into account the modern realities, the new complex made more than its predecessor.
Fire Temple (Ateshgah)
Zoroastrian temple of fire worshipers Ateshgah (“House of Fire”) is located in the village of Surakhani, 25 km from Baku. It is built on the site of the “eternal” inextinguishable fires, the so-called “seven pit temples” – the natural exits of burning gases. The first Zoroastrian temple complex was built here in about the III century, but these buildings are not preserved.
The surviving church dates back to the 17th century and consists of low buildings, monastic cells, a small caravanserai and other buildings surrounding the closed courtyard. In its center is a small temple with arches, built on the site of the fire. Currently, the complex has been turned into a museum, which tourists enjoy visiting.
Fire Mountain ( Yanardagh)
Not far from Baku there is a great mountain, which tourists must visit. This mountain is called Yanardag, which means “burning mountain.” And indeed fire is coming out of the mountain, this is natural gas, which is in the depths of the mountain, has found a way out and is burning, and this fire has been burning for thousands of years. Neither rain nor bad weather can extinguish this fire, it always burns and only on this slope.
Haydar Aliyev Cultural Center
The architect of this center is the world-famous British architect Zaha Hadid. A unique modern structure will shake you; there are no straight lines in the building, no corners as if woven from waves that soared up and quietly sank to the ground.
Price Includes
Personal English-speaking guide (other languages on request)
Air-Conditioned Comfortable Car
Hotel Pick up & drop off
Price Excludes
Any Meals
Entry fees to Museums
Personal Expenses
Travel Styles
Countryside Tours
City Tours
Facilities
Experienced driver
Professional service
Professional guide
A/C vehicle for each people count
Itinerary
Notes: We highly recommend booking pre-tour accommodation to fully experience this crazy and beautiful Baku city.
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21/12/2024
Gobustan, Fire Temple, Fire mountain in a day
Guide Fuad was absolutely fantastic. Specially gobystan mud vulcanoes and burning mountain was very different touristic destinations for us. We stopped in nice traditional restaurant for late lunch. Highly recommended! Danny January 12, 2020
21/12/2024
Amazing experience!
Amazing tour, beautiful scenes, very professionally organised, Emin is awesome with all the knowledge he has regarding the places we visited, all in all wonderful experience. 100% Recommended, you won’t regret one bit. Maham A February 7, 2020
21/12/2024
10 day trip to Azerbaijan
We were toured by Elsavar for 3 tours around Azerbaijan - Baku City Tour, Baku Full Day Tour(Gobustan and Absheron), and Gabala Tour. He was a great guide, very friendly and informative especially with us being first-time tourists. He kept us engaged and took us to very well-reviewed restaurants to experience traditional Azerbaijani cuisine. He was flexible in terms of stopovers and provided suggestions which were a cost saving for us. Guided Azerbaijan is a great tour agency to go through. We would highly recommend going through them Karthik G February 20, 2020
21/12/2024
Baku Azerbaijan
One of the beautiful place to visit. All thank goes to Me Faud from *Guided Azerbaijan Co*. He makes our trip beautiful and he is the best guide. And this place is really amazing ❤️ Mithuni March 5, 2020
21/12/2024
Amazing!
This was an amazing trip🔥there was so many highlights! Our outstanding,kind,patient,amazing leader fuad!! He was so organized and insightful 😍 he explained all arts one by one in gobustan rock very clearly and about the those arts history. He was picked up from our hotel and taken to the mud volcanoes also. It is amazing one We ever saw😍 and the guide fuad take care of us very well in that area also. He always told be careful in that area because of mud 😇 he is amazing person 🔥 and that day he took us to the museum also 😊 we get lot of knowledge of there history about azarbaijan. I thanks for him because we got so much things from his historical knowledge about Azerbaijan 🙊that day was amazing 🔥 i highly recommend this tour ,to anyone !!!😍 Divya S March 5, 2020
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