BAKU AND THE NOBEL BROTHERS (4 NIGHTS)

Azerbaijan is an ancient land, its culture was formed under the influence of great empires: Persian, Ottoman, and later Russian. Independent states existed on the territory of modern Azerbaijan: the Great Caucasian Albania, which was Zoroastrian, Christian, and finally converted to Islam, the Shirvan and Sheki Khanates. The heritage of these cultures is numerous architectural monuments - mosques, mausoleums of Sufis, Christian churches, palaces of Shirvanshahs and mansions of oil industrialists of the times of the Russian Empire. The land of Azerbaijan has presented the world with great scientists and philosophers, and the works of craftsmen decorate the best museums in the world. A special pleasure is Azerbaijan cuisine. You will appreciate the Caspian fish restaurants, Caucasian meat dishes and, of course, oriental sweets - the famous Baku baklava and halva.

ACCOMMODATION: 4 nights in Baku

GUARANTEED DATES OF ARRIVALS FOR 2020: 03.03.20, 04.04.20, 01.05.20, 05.25.20, 08.28.20, 09.25.20.30.10.20

DAY 1: BAKU

• Arrival in Baku.
• Meeting at Baku airport, transfer and check-in at the hotel 14:00.
• Free time.
• Overnight at a hotel in Baku

DAY 2: BAKU

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Walking tour of the old city of Icheri Sheher. This is an old residential quarter in the center of Baku, surrounded by walls with the famous Maiden’s Tower. Dozens of historical monuments are located on the territory of the old city - the Market Square, mosques, caravanserais, baths, houses and the Shirvanshahs palace complex - the pearl of Azerbaijani architecture.
• Lunch in a restaurant with national cuisine (paid by the menu yourself). Further, acquaintance with the architectural heritage of the time of the first oil boom (early 20th century) - magnificent mansions of the Baku oil magnates at the end of the external examination of the Azerbaijan History Museum, which is located in a historic building, the mansion of the famous philanthropist Tagiyev.
• Free time.
• Overnight at a hotel in Baku 

DAY 3: BAKU- GOBUSTAN RESERVE

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Excursion to the Gobustan reserve of cave paintings and mud volcanoes. Many do not even assume that about 40% of the mud volcanoes of the whole world are located in Azerbaijan, and their largest number is in Gobustan. On the way, you will see the famous floating oil platforms. Upon returning to Baku, inspection of the Bibi-Kheibat mosque.
• Lunch at a seafood restaurant on the seafront (payable à la carte).
• Further, an external examination of the Carpet Museum, the treasury of Azerbaijani national culture, the Museum Building is a miracle of modern architecture, it has the shape of a folded carpet. The design of the building was made by the Austrian architectural studio Hoffman.
• At the end of the transfer to the hotel
• Free time.
• Overnight at a hotel in Baku 
  
  

DAY 4: BAKU - APSHERONIAN PENINSULA

• Breakfast in the hotel. Market visit.
• Further excursion to the Absheron peninsula, you will visit the Temple of Fire-worshipers
• Ateshgah, located 25 km from Baku. This is an ancient religious building built on the site of the release of natural gas. The temple was restored in the XVII century. In the former cells where the pilgrims stayed, the museum is now located.
• Then a trip to the historian - the ethnographic museum-reserve Gala. On the territory of the reserve, mosques, hammams, residential buildings, tombs, barrows and other monuments related to the centuries-old history of Azerbaijan.
• Further excursion to Yanardag is another unique object of the ancient Land of Fire-worshipers.
• Return to Baku.
• Visit to the Heydar Aliyev Center, which is located in a building designed by the legendary architecture diva Zaha Hadid. The cultural center has several museums, an exhibition complex, a concert hall, a library, as well as rooms for special occasions. The largest events of Azerbaijan and the entire Caucasus-Caspian region are taking place there.
• Then visit the famous "Villa Petrolea", where the Nobel Brothers Museum is open. The Nobel Brothers Partnership, which had a huge impact on the development of the oil industry in Russia, did not build beautiful apartment buildings. They set up Nobel towns for employees and oil workers with hospitals, schools, etc. A worthy monument to the good deeds of the Nobel family in Baku is the town of Villa Petrolea, where the park and the beautiful two-story mansion in the Byzantine style are preserved - the Baku residence of the founders of the famous Swedish Partnership Nobel brothers. "
• At the end of the tour, transfer to the hotel.
• Free time.
• Overnight at a hotel in Baku
  
  

DAY 5 BAKU

• Breakfast in the hotel.
• Free time, free rooms. 12:00
• Visit to the local market. Transfer to the airport.
  
  

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