City - Baku

Meals : Breakfast Only

TRANSFER

Description : ❖ Arrival at Airport (Heydar Aliyev International Airport ) ❖ Transfer from Airport to Hotel. Free time

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City - Baku

Meals : Breakfast Only

BAKU OLD CITY TOUR

Description : ❖ 09:30 After Breakfast in Hotel Our tour program starts with Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls were well protected, Maiden Tower and The Palace of the Shirvan shahs which has been mentioned on UNESCO’S World Cultural Heritage list. ❖ 10:00 -10:30 Maiden Tower ❖ 10:30-11:00 The Palace of the Shirvan shahs ❖ 11:00-11:30 Juma Mosque, ❖ 11:30-12:00 Old caravanserais ❖ 12:00-12:30 Bath houses ❖ 12:30-13:00 Museum of Miniature Books ❖ 13:00-14:00 : Lunch in Restaurant ❖ 14:15-15:00 National Carpet Museum ❖ 15:00-15:30 Little Venice ❖ Ferris Wheel ride 15:45-16:00 ❖ Philharmonia Garden-sometimes called Gubernator's or Governor's Park, is a park in Baku, Azerbaijan, next to Baku fortress. The park was established beginning in 1830; ship's captains coming from Iran were asked to bring a sack of soil to add to it. It was extended in the 1860s and 1870s to 4.6 hectares (11 acres) and originally called Mixaylovbağı, Mikhaelovsky Garden, after the governor. ❖ Group will experience the happening street of Nizami Street known for shopping. The street's history could be traced back to Baku's town-planning project of 1864. The street runs through the city's downtown from west to east. It begins from Abdulla Shaig Street, in mountainous part of the city and ends at railroad bed on Sabit Orujov Street, near a monument to Shah Ismail Khatai in “Black City”. Total length of the street is 3,538 m. ❖ Fountains Square is a public square in downtown Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. The square was previously called Parapet and is often referenced to by the same name now. The name of the fountains square derives from the presence of dozens of fountains throughout the square first constructed during Soviet rule of Azerbaijan. The square is a public gathering place, especially after business hours and during the weekend. ❖ 21:30-22:30 DINNER ❖ Back to Hotel

City - Baku

Meals : Breakfast Only

ABSHERON TOUR/SHOPPING TOUR

Description : ❖ 08:00-09:00 Breakfast in Hotel ❖ 10:00-12:00 Absheron Tour ❖ Trip to "Fire Mountain"-"Yanardag" -a mountain on Absheron peninsula , 25 km from north of Baku. Literally, word "Yanardag" means "Blazing mountain". Blazing bodies of flame dance on stones and floor. Yanar dag is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the "land of fire." Tour starts with Ateshgah (Fire Worshippers Temple) Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu and Zoroastrian place of worship. “Atash” is the Persian word for fire. ❖ 13:00-14:00 LUNCH ❖ 14:30-15:30 Tour continues with the visit to the charming example of modern achticture - The Heydar Aliyev Center- a 57,500 m2 building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003. (Photoshoot outside) ❖ Shopping tour will start from Ganjlik mall then 28 mall finally you will visit Deniz mall

City - Baku

Meals : Breakfast Only

DEPARTURE

Description : ❖ 08:00 Breakfast in Hotel ❖ Depature to Airport for return flight