HORSE TOURS-ROMANCE AND HEALTH

Price

$407$ 364

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COUNTRY

Azerbaijan

THE OPTION OF THE TOUR

Cultural and congitive tours, horse tours.

AMOUNT OF DAYS

6 (6 days, 5 nights)

If desired, this tour can be extended.

HOTEL

Sheki Palace Hotel;

Grand Hotel;

Rich Hotel;

ROUTE OF THE TOUR

Baku (Gobustan, Carpet Museum, Mountain Park-Alley of Martyrs)
Sheki (Palace of Sheki Khans, Karavan-Saray, Sheki fortress, Shekihanovs’ house, Dashuz village, Kish village, Juma mosque, Gileili Minaret, Medieval bathhouse)

NAME

Horse tours-romance and health

DIRECTION (REGION)

Baku-Sheki

NUMBER OF ADULTS

The price is for one person, with accommodation in a double room

SERVICE

Integrated – according to the package.

INTO THE COST OF THE TOUR IS INCLUDED:

All transfers, excursions, guide with knowledge of foreign language, accommodation in the hotel, all breakfasts.

DAY-1

ARRIVAL IN THE AIRPORT; MEETING,TRANSFER AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.
FREE DAY.

DAY-2

BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL; TOURS TO THE SHEKI.

Tour to the magnificent edge of oriental art is the glorious Sheki. Antique sources, as well as the results of archaeological excavations in the vicinity of the city, allow you to determine the history of the city’s appearance and call it the period of the millennium BC. Consequently, the age of Sheki is 2500-2600 years. In the second half of the 18th century, the name “Sheki” suddenly became known as “Nukha” for centuries. In 1772 year, as a result of a heavy rainfall, the Kish River spread and the city was completely destroyed. Then the people of Sheki moved to the eastern shore valleys – to the bottom of the mountain. Here the present city of Nukha was formed. Since ancient times, Sheki has preserved many historical and architectural monuments. From ancient times, forge, weapons, jewelry and copper business, pottery, leather, tailoring craft, silk and carpet weaving, carpentry. Sights of Sheki enjoy world fame. Among them, the Sheki Khans Palace, the Shekihanovs’ house, the Karavan-sarai stand out. These masterpieces of Oriental art are very valuable monuments of architecture of the 18th century. On all sides in Karavan-sarai merchants gathered and merchants from the countries of the Great Silk Road. Sheki fortress, built by Khan Haji Celebi (1743 – 1755) gives a special flavor to the architectural monuments of Sheki. Juma mosque, Medieval bath, Minaret Gileil and of course Ancient Albanian temple built in the 1st century AD are permanent places pilgrimage of tourists from different parts of the planet. That the temple was founded by the apostle Elisha, who brought Christianity to Albania at that time when Azerbaijan was part of the Caucasian part of Albania. Our guides will show you the direction to all historical monuments heritage.Tourists will make a mental movement in time, feel myself in the ancient era.

Transfer to the hotel;

DAY-3

BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL; HORSE TOURS TO VILLAGE DASHYUZ.

One of the prestigious equestrian institutions is the Republican Center for Equestrian Tourism under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Azerbaijan. It is located in one of the most picturesque places Sheki district – in the village of Dashuz. Tourists are given the opportunity not only to watch the course games, but also to take part in them. Before that they can pass instructing an experienced horse riding coach or just driving on horses. For the pleasure of holidaymakers, the Horse Tourism Center has developed several one- and two-day travel routes to various Sheki district, during which tourists can see the placesrich nature and centuries-old historical sights of this magnificent land.

Transfer to the hotel;

DAY-4

BREAKFAST İN THE HOTEL; TOURS TO THE VILLAGE OF KISH.

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.

DAY-5

BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL; ETHNİCAL TOURS TO THE GOBUSTAN, "CARPET MUSEUM", NAGORNY PARK.

Ethnical tour to Gobustan. Gobustan is a historical place with rock paintings and mud volcanoes, included in the list UNESCO’s culturalheritage.This is one of the momemorable sights of Azerbaijan.The nature reserve, located in 50-60 km from the capital of the country Baku, will be an excellent excursion for tourists. Beginning tourists traditionally from volcanoes – it’s very exotical spectacle. Gray-beige cracked ground with low hills and shiny puddles in the sun,periodically making loud noises. Mud is mixed with water and oil here.Along with fairly large, there are also very miniature volcanoes, the size of a puddle.Looking at the Martian landscape, tourists are sent to the rock paintings. The petroglyphs in this areawere created from the primitive epoch and until the Middle Ages.Today there are about 6 thousand drawings: animals and people, hunting scenes and inscriptions. One of the most noteworthy inscriptions is Roman Legionnaires, wandered here in the 1st century AD. The best specimens of the art of ancient people you can see in the mountains of Boyukdash (“Big Stone”), Kichikdash (“Little stone “), Ginhirdag, Shongardagh and Shyhgaya are rock carvings, tombstones of the Stone Age. The plot of the drawings uncomplicated: life and economic life, magical and totemic representations of ancient people, scenes of hunting and fishing, images of men and women, wild animals.”Raisins” of the Gobustan collections – a hero figure of a reaper with a sickle,dancing little men, boats with oarsmen.

Special attention is paid to the stone slab with a Latin inscription, that at the foot of the Boyukdash mountain. The inscription left here refers to approximately to 84-96 B.C, and its author is the Roman legionary of the emperor Domitian from the Fulminata legion (“Lightning”). Fans of ethnography will certainly expand their horizons and get a lot information. Traveling to this amazing land Azerbaijan,very is rich in history about the ancient settlers of our planet.
Tour of the “Carpet Museum.” Upon arrival in Baku, we will continue our excursion to the “Carpet Museum.” The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum was founded in 1967, becoming the world’s first specialized collection museum, preservation and study of carpet. His first exhibition wasopened in 1972 year in Juma mosque on the territory of the ancient fortress of Baku – “Icheri Sheher.” The museum is a treasury of theAzerbaijani national culture, showing the carpet in close relationship with other kinds of traditional art of Azerbaijan. His collection contains about 14 000 carpets, embroideries, clothes, copper-wrought articles, items of jewelry, modern works of glass and wood.

A tour of the Nagorny Park. Later, when accompanied by our guide, you climb the Baku cable car to Nagorny Park, from where a beautiful panorama opens on Baku. There you can stroll along the Alley of Martyrs, still considered the pride of the Azerbaijani people and You will find yourself at the foot of the Flaming Towers, the three skyscrapers is the modern symbol of Baku.

Transfer to the hotel;