Grand Azerbaijan — from the Caspian to the Caucasus
Fire, mountain villages, forest lakes and Silk Road towns in fifteen days.
Reiseziel
Azerbaijan — Aserbaidschan
Dauer
15 Tage / 14 Nächte
Städte
Baku · Shahdag · Gabala · Sheki
Hotelkategorien
4★ · 5★
Überblick
Fifteen days across the whole country: Baku and the Fire Mountain, Quba and the high village of Khinalig, Shahdag, the lakes and waterfalls of Gabala, Sheki’s palace and craftsmen, the coppersmiths of Lahij and the rock carvings of Gobustan, then back to Baku for its modern landmarks.
With ALNWRAS WORLD — a world of journeys.
Unterkunftsgebiete
Baku, Gabala, Sheki and Shahdag
Reiseart
Nature · Mountains · Culture
Geeignet für
Couples · Families · Friends
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Hotelkategorie
Demnächst
Tagesprogramm
1
Tag 1
Tag 1: Welcome to Baku
Your driver waits at the airport.
Meet and greet at the airport
Evening at leisure
Arrive at Baku’s Heydar Aliyev Airport, where your driver meets you and takes you to your hotel to receive your room.
The rest of the day is yours. An evening walk along the Caspian boulevard is the easiest way to meet the city.
Unterkunft: Baku
2
Tag 2
Tag 2: Baku — the old city, the boulevard and the highest view
From Highland Park to the Old City, the boulevard and Nizami Street.
Highland Park
Old City
Baku Boulevard
A full day in the capital. You start at Highland Park, the highest viewpoint in Baku, with the Flame Towers and the whole bay below you. Then you walk through Icheri Sheher, the walled Old City, with its narrow lanes, the Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs.
The afternoon follows the Baku Boulevard along the Caspian shore, with Little Venice and its canals, and finishes on Nizami Street, the pedestrian street of cafés and shops, which is lively until late.
Highland Park viewpoint
The best view of the Flame Towers and the bay.
The Old City (Icheri Sheher)
Walled lanes, the Maiden Tower and the Shirvanshahs’ Palace.
The boulevard, Little Venice and Nizami Street
A seafront walk, canals and a pedestrian street.
Hinweis: Entrance fees and the Baku Eye wheel ride are not included.
Unterkunft: Baku
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Tag 3
Tag 3: The Absheron Peninsula — the Fire Mountain and the Fire Temple
A hillside that burns, an old fire temple and the villages of the peninsula.
Yanar Dag Fire Mountain
Ateshgah Fire Temple
A day on the peninsula east of Baku, the land of fire. You start at Yanar Dag, the Fire Mountain, a hillside where natural gas has burned for decades, and then visit Ateshgah, the old fire temple where pilgrims once came to worship the flame.
The afternoon is free for the shoreline villages of the peninsula and a seafood dinner by the Caspian Sea.
Hinweis: Entrance fees, cable cars, rides and games are not included. The schedule can change with traffic, weather and road conditions.
Unterkunft: Baku
4
Tag 4
Tag 4: Quba, the Red Village and on to Shahdag
Apple orchards and a stone village, then up into the mountains.
Quba apple orchards
Red Village
Arrival in the mountains
After breakfast you drive north out of Baku to Quba, a town of apple orchards. You visit the Red Village across the river, a historic Jewish settlement of stone houses, and then the road climbs to Shahdag Mountain Resort in the Greater Caucasus, where you reach your hotel in the afternoon.
Hinweis: Entrance fees, cable cars, rides and games are not included. The schedule can change with traffic, weather and road conditions.
Unterkunft: Shahdag
5
Tag 5
Tag 5: Khinalig — the highest village in the Caucasus
A village at 2,300 metres, with its own language and stone houses.
Khinalig village
Snow peaks
A day into the high mountains. You drive to Khinalig, one of the highest inhabited villages in Europe, at about 2,300 metres, where the stone houses cling to the slope and the people speak a language found nowhere else.
The road is long and steep, and the view of the snow peaks is the reward. You return to your hotel in Shahdag in the evening.
Hinweis: The mountain road can close in snow or heavy rain, and the day is then changed. Entrance fees are not included.
Unterkunft: Shahdag
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Tag 6
Tag 6: From Shahdag to Gabala by way of Shamakhi
Across the country, with a stop at the Juma Mosque.
Shamakhi Juma Mosque
Arrival in Gabala
After breakfast you drive south and west across the foothills. The first stop is Shamakhi and its Juma Mosque, one of the oldest and largest mosques in the Caucasus. The road then continues into the green hills of Gabala, where you reach your hotel in the evening.
Hinweis: This is a long driving day. Stops are shortened if the road or the weather needs it.
Unterkunft: Gabala
7
Tag 7
Tag 7: Tufandag Mountain Resort and the games city
A mountain resort, a shooting range and a fun park.
Tufandag resort
Shooting range
Gabaland
A day of mountains and fun in Gabala. You visit Tufandag Mountain Resort, with its wide mountain views, then the shooting range, and finally Gabaland, the amusement park of the town.
The cable car, the shooting and the rides are paid extras you choose on the day.
Hinweis: The cable car, the shooting range, the rides and the games are not included.
Unterkunft: Gabala
8
Tag 8
Tag 8: Nohur Lake and the Seven Beauties Waterfall
A forest lake and a valley of seven waterfalls.
Nohur Lake, a green lake in the forest below the mountains
Seven Beauties Waterfall
A nature day around Gabala. You visit Nohur Lake, a calm lake in the forest below the mountains, and walk up the Seven Beauties Waterfall, a series of seven falls in a wooded valley.
The afternoon is for the old streets of Gabala and its cafés.
Hinweis: Entrance fees, cable cars, rides and games are not included. The schedule can change with traffic, weather and road conditions.
Unterkunft: Gabala
9
Tag 9
Tag 9: Sheki — the Khan’s Palace and the caravanserai
A palace of stained-glass windows and a trade inn of the Silk Road.
Khan’s Palace
Silk Road caravanserai
Sheki halva
After breakfast you drive west to Sheki, an old town in the foothills. You visit the Khan’s Summer Palace, small and beautifully decorated, with windows made of coloured glass held in wooden lattices (shebeke) without a nail or glue.
Then you see the caravanserai, a Silk Road inn with a stone courtyard, and taste Sheki’s famous halva before you reach your hotel.
Hinweis: Entrance fees are not included.
Unterkunft: Sheki
10
Tag 10
Tag 10: Kish church and the craftsmen of Sheki
An ancient church in the hills and the workshops of the old town.
Kish church
Craft workshops
A second day in Sheki. You drive up to the village of Kish to see its old church, one of the oldest in the region, set among the hills.
In the afternoon you walk the old town and visit the workshops where craftsmen make stained-glass windows and the sweets the town is known for.
Hinweis: Entrance fees are not included.
Unterkunft: Sheki
11
Tag 11
Tag 11: Lahij, the copper village, and back to Baku
A mountain village of coppersmiths on the long road to the capital.
Lahij copper village
Return to Baku
After breakfast you leave Sheki and drive east, with a stop at Lahij, an old mountain village whose cobbled lanes are lined with copper workshops. You can watch the craftsmen at work and buy a hand-made piece.
The road continues to Baku, where you reach your hotel in the evening.
Hinweis: This is a long driving day. Stops are shortened if the road or the weather needs it.
Unterkunft: Baku
12
Tag 12
Tag 12: Gobustan — rock carvings and mud volcanoes
A UNESCO site of ancient carvings and bubbling mud.
Gobustan rock carvings
Mud volcanoes
A day south of Baku in Gobustan. The Gobustan National Park holds thousands of rock carvings of hunters, boats and animals, some of them many thousands of years old, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Then you ride across the desert hills to the mud volcanoes, small cones where cold mud bubbles up from deep in the earth.
Hinweis: Entrance fees and the 4x4 ride to the mud volcanoes are not included.
Unterkunft: Baku
13
Tag 13
Tag 13: The Heydar Aliyev Center, the Carpet Museum and Ganclik Mall
Modern Baku’s landmarks, then a shopping evening.
Heydar Aliyev Center
Carpet Museum
Ganclik Mall
A day for modern Baku. You visit the Heydar Aliyev Center, a building of flowing white curves, and the Carpet Museum, shaped like a rolled carpet, with the story of Azerbaijani weaving.
The afternoon and evening are for Ganclik Mall, the largest shopping centre in the city, for gifts and dinner.
Hinweis: Entrance fees are not included.
Unterkunft: Baku
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Tag 14
Tag 14: Shopping and the Flame Towers by night
A guide and car for the day, as you wish.
Shopping day
Flame Towers at night
A day to shop for gifts, with your driver at your disposal: Ganclik Mall, Fountains Square and Nizami Street are the main shopping areas of the city.
In the evening the Flame Towers light up in moving colours, a last view of Baku from the boulevard.
Unterkunft: Baku
15
Tag 15
Tag 15: Farewell, Azerbaijan
Your driver takes you to the airport.
After breakfast your driver takes you to Baku Airport for your flight home. We look forward to welcoming you again.
Ende des Programms
4-Sterne-Hotels
★★★★
Hilton Garden Inn Baku
Nasimi, central Baku · 3 Nächte
Zimmertyp: Double room
Die Fotos dieses Hotels und Zimmers sind in Klärung und folgen nach Erhalt der Nutzungsrechte.
★★★★
Shahdag Hotel & Spa
Shahdag Mountain Resort · 2 Nächte
Zimmertyp: Double room
Die Fotos dieses Hotels und Zimmers sind in Klärung und folgen nach Erhalt der Nutzungsrechte.
★★★★
Nohur Hotel Gabala
Gabala, by Nohur Lake · 3 Nächte
Zimmertyp: Double room
Die Fotos dieses Hotels und Zimmers sind in Klärung und folgen nach Erhalt der Nutzungsrechte.
★★★★
Yaffle Inn Shaki Boutique Hotel
Sheki · 2 Nächte
Zimmertyp: Double room
Die Fotos dieses Hotels und Zimmers sind in Klärung und folgen nach Erhalt der Nutzungsrechte.
★★★★
Hilton Garden Inn Baku
Nasimi, central Baku · 4 Nächte
Zimmertyp: Double room
Die Fotos dieses Hotels und Zimmers sind in Klärung und folgen nach Erhalt der Nutzungsrechte.
Inklusive
14 nights in your chosen hotel category (double room), with hotel breakfast
Airport pick-up and drop-off, and a private car with a professional driver for all transfers and tours in the programme, including the drives between cities
A tour guide for the tour days (the guide’s language is confirmed in your offer)
An internet SIM card for each traveller
Nicht inklusive
International flights to and from Azerbaijan
Entrance fees, cable cars, rides and games
Lunches and dinners, except where the programme says they are included
Optional activities, 4x4 rides and the shooting range
Visa fees where required
Travel insurance, tips for the guide and driver, and personal expenses such as laundry, phone and minibar
Bedingungen
The final price depends on your travel dates and the number of travellers. You see the full price before you confirm, and nothing is charged before then.
Entrance fees, cable cars, rides and games are not included. Activities are paid extras and depend on weather, safety rules and the age limits of each attraction.
Sending a request is not a confirmed booking: your advisor confirms availability and the price with you first, and nothing is paid before that.
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