Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Historical tours, Cultural tours, Eco tours.
6 (6 days, 5 nights)
If desired, this tour can be extended.
Rich Hotel;
Sheki Quest House;
Baku (Sightseeing tour, Icheri Sheher, Atyashgah, Yanardag, Ramana, KC H.Aliyeva), Sheki (Khan’s Palace, Karavan-Saray, Juma-mosque, Kish village)
Sheki is a magnificent edge of oriental art.
Baku-Sheki
The price is for one person, with accommodation in a double room
Integrated – according to the package.
All transfers, excursions, guide with knowledge of foreign language, accommodation in the hotel, all breakfasts.
Tours to the famous corners of Baku-an unusually pleasant walk along the Naberezhny Park will make you breathe a light breeze of the Caspian Sea. You will get acquainted with the favorite place of the Baku people, the Fountain squares and the National Flag, with the accompaniment of our guide you will rise to Baku cable car to Nagorny Park, where a beautiful panorama of Baku opens. There you can walk along the Alley of Martyrs-until now considered the pride of the Azerbaijani people and will be at the foot of the Flaming Towers, three skyscrapers-the modern symbol of Baku. Tours of the pearl of Azerbaijan-Icheri Sheher, he’s “Old Town” will be especially exciting. You will have the opportunity to review an ancient town, the main symbol of which is the fortress of the Maiden Tower, an architectural monument of the 12th century. Here is the Palace shirvanshahs. This is a mandatory point for visiting the guests of the city.
The Shirvanshahs’ Palace is the palace of the rulers of Shirvan, built in Baku in the 15th century under Shirvanshah Halilullah. The construction of the palace was connected with the transfer of the capital of the Shirvanshah state from Shamakhi to Baku. The palace forms a complex, which also includes a sofa, a burial vault shirvanshahs, a palace mosque of 1441 with a minaret, a bath and a mausoleum of the court scholar Seyid Yahya Bakuvi. Of course, one should not forget about the “Juma Mosque”, an ancient religious monument. And it is necessary to go to the famous Azerbaijani artist Ali Shamsi, his workshop is in the Old City. The pictures he painted will surely amaze you, where the master embodies the national coloring of art.
Transfer to the hotel;
• Temple of fire-worshipers Ateshgah (“Ateshgah”) in the village of Surakhany (XVII century),
• a medieval castle (tower temple) in the village of Ramana (XIV century),
• Visit to nature reserves: “Yanardag” – the place of natural gas output.
Transfer to the hotel.
Transfer to the guest house or hotel;
Tour to the village of Kish is the most ancient Christian altar. The village of Kish, which located 5 kilometers from the city of Sheki, is proud of its main a sight – an ancient Christian temple of the XII century. Kish is a must see tourist destination.The village is beautiful with its extraordinary nature, traditions and rich past. Since 2003, the Christian temple is a museum. According to the Georgian the chronicler, in the tenth century the population of the village accepted Georgian Orthodoxy and built this church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God. Archaeological excavations carried out on the site of the church, witnessed The existence of a cult site under the altar of the church that belongs to in 3000 BC, although the church was built in the XII century. Some historians believe that before the XIX century in the village prevailed Udi who spoke the ancient Udinese language. You will witness the Albanian art that contains in itself a lot of undisclosed secrets of the history of Christianity in the Caucasus.
Transfer to Baku.