Archaeology tour across Azerbaijan | Duration: 8 days

Luxe Holidays Travel LLC

DAY 1 ARRIVAL IN BAKU
Upon arrival, meet with Archaeology tour representative and transfer to your hotel. Attend briefing about your journey at 7 pm. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
HOTEL 4* MEALS D

DAY 2 BAKU/GABALA [209 km]
Drive to the Shamakhi, ancient city of Caucasian Albania. tour the Museum of Shamakhi. After visit Juma Mosque (8th c. ), a first mosque of the Caucasus. Discover the Agsu Medieval Archaeological sites. Then explore Gabala, an ancient city and capital of Caucasus Albania. Gabala ancient city was first mentioned in written sources as Gabalaka, in the encyclopaedic work The Natural History by the famous Roman writer Pliny the Elder in the 1st century AD. Long-term archaeological excavations have determined that Gabala was established as a town in the 4th century BC. It was the capital of Caucasus Albania, until the mid-5th century AD. Later it was one of the provincial towns of Azerbaijan until the mid-18th century AD. Dinner and overnight in Gabala.
HOTEL 4* MEALS BLD

DAY 3 GABALA/SHEKI [86 km]
Drive to Sheki, one of majestic cities of the East and one of the most ancient cities of Transcaucasia. Explore Caravanserai (18th c), where dealers leading caravans on a great silk way since ancient times liked to stop. View the Palace of Sheki Khans (18th c). Visit the Historical Museum of Sheki. After lunch, discover Kish church. It is one of the most ancient churches in the South Caucasus dated to 1-5 centuries A. D. UNESCO classified this monument as a World Heritage Site. Visit the Fazili (The first museum in the whole labyrinth mounds Tepebashi Necropolis) museum. Dinner and overnight in Sheki.
HOTEL 3* MEALS BLD

DAY 4 SHEKI/SHAMKIR/TOVUZ[234 km]
Drive to Shamkir, a middle age city in Azerbaijan. The Mongols burned the Shamkir and the population exterminated in 13th c. . Visit archaeological complex in Shamkir. Meet with local archaeologists. After lunch, drive to Tovuz city. Discover on of the world`s best archaeological sites Goytepe. Goytepe settlement relating to the early Neolitic period. Dinner and overnight Tovus.
HOTEL 3* MEALS BLD

DAY 5 TOVUZ/BAKU [445 km]
In the morning, drive to Baku. Lunch and in overnight Baku hotel. Explore Baku city night excursion. Walk in Seaside Park and along Baku Boulevard, the second largest one in Europe. Dinner on the Caspian Sea.
HOTEL 4* MEALS BLD

DAY 6 BAKU
Explore the site of the ancient city of Baku – Icheri Sheher or «Inner City», whois 2400-year. Visit Walls and Maiden`s Tower, which was built in 12th century. Visit the Palace of the Shirvan shah`s, the biggest monument of the Shirvan-Absheron branch of the Azerbaijan architecture. Admire Juma Mosque`s tiles from 11th century. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. Shoping. In the afternoon, drive to Absheron Peninsula and visit Ateshgah, the Fire Worshippers` Temple, located in the village of Surakhany. Visit also well preserved ancient castles of Absheron Peninsula dated 12th-13th c. c. Dinner and overnight in Baku.
HOTEL 4* MEALS BLD

DAY 7 BAKU/GOBUSTAN/BAKU [69 km]
In the morning, visit the Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Lanscape. Gobustan one of the most ancient human settlements in the world. Primitive people depicted the art on stones thousands years ago. Then go to the mud vulcanoes. 400 mud volcanoes of world’s 800 mud volcanoes are located in Azerbaijan and Caspian Sea area. Therefore, Azerbaijan sometimes is called as a land of mud volcanoes. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
HOTEL 4* MEALS BLD

DAY 8 BAKU
Transfer to Baku Airport for your return flight.
HOTEL 4* MEALS B


№ Price per person
2 1709 USD
4 1086 USD
6 878 USD
8 774 USD
10 712 USD
12 683 USD
15 639 USD
20 584 USD
25 578 USD
30 557 USD
35 555 USD
40 542 USD
45 532 USD

For Single accomodation + 150 USD

The rates include:
• Group tour limited to 45 persons
• Professional tour guide-lecturer
• Transportation by comfortable, airconditioned vehicles
• Entrance fees according to the itinerary
• Cruise on the Caspian sea
• Accommodation in double or single room in mentioned hotels or similar
• Arrival/departure transfers from Baku Airport
Meals
• 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 dinners
• One small bottle of water (1/2 lt) per person at lunch
The rates do not include:
• Personal expenses and beverages,
• Gratuities for the guide and driver,
• Travel insurance,
• Visa fee.

Price: 479
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