When you travel to Azerbaijan, Gabala is one of the places, we highly recommend you to visit. This is the second most visited city in Azerbaijan after Baku. Why do you need to travel to Gabala? If you want to feel the flavor of the Caucasus mountains with their extraordinary beauty of nature, depth of history, and unusual cuisine, then you need to take a trip to Gabala. With its combination of a very good spring climate, mountainous landscape, and diverse fauna this region is particularly interesting for a lot of tourists. Baku with Gabala tour is a good choice for those who are falling in love with nature.
Arrival at Airport; transfer from Airport to Hotel. Check in hotel. Free time
Assembly at lobby; start tour. Visit to Highland Park – Alley of Martyrs, The National Assembly- also transliterated as Milli Majlis, Flame towers- the tallest skyscraper in Baku.
Walking through Baku Boulevard which stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the Yeni Bulvar (New Boulevard) has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km.
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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. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3000 people. In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (walking tour)
Later 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”.
Tour continues with the visit to the charming example of modern architecture – 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)
Back to Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
Day free to explore Baku OR you have an option of visiting Ateshgah and Fire Mountain
FLAME TOUR
Breakfast in Hotel; 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. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetra pillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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.”
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Breakfast in Hotel; check-out from Hotel in Baku. Proceed to Gabala in the north-west of Azerbaijan The distance up to Baku 225 km (3hours) Arrival and Check-in at Hotel in Gabala
TOUR IN GABALA
Excursion in: “Tufandaq” Winter – Summer Tourism Complex offers cable car rides at any time of the year, skiing on the ski tracks of different difficulty level, ski training and ski school, catering service (cafe and restaurants), entertainment centres for kids, hotel and other services.
Nohur Lake – It is located in Qabala, another region of Azerbaijan that one passes when travelling to Sheki. Lake is not on the way but if you go a bit deeper towards the mountains this beautiful view opens up in front of you.
Gabala Shooting
7 Gozal Waterfalls
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Breakfast in Hotel; check-out from Hotel in Gabala. Check-in at Hotel in Baku
Genclik Mall: located in 10 minutes distance form city center with taxi. Genclik mall is the biggest Mall in Baku and contains over 80 stores, big bowling halls, the biggest movie halls, 3D cinema, Playground for children, Bravo supermarket, VIP restaurants, food courts
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Breakfast in Hotel
Departure to Airport for return flight
