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Gobustan, Night Baku

  • Service 1: Tour Guide
  • Service 2: Transport
  • Service 3: Boat Trip
  • Service 4: Extra Transport to Mud volcanoes
  • Service 5: National Breakfast
  • Service 6: Lunch
  • Service 7: Dinner
  • Service 8: Museum
  • Service 9: Culinary Master class on cooking of Qutab
  • Service 10: Culinary Master Class on cooking of Dushbara
  • Service 11: Culinary Master class on cooking of Dolma
  • Service 12: Master class of Carpet weaving
  • Service 13: Art Master Class on drawing of Armudu glass

Description


Duration: 4 hours in the morning and 2-2.5 hours in the evening 

10:00 Departure for excursion

Gobustan (Museum of Petroglyphs)

Museum of petroglyphs- so Gobustan - mountain place in the south-East of Big Caucasian ridge located in 65км Gobustanfrom Baku is named. Exactly here ancient stops of primitive people who left after themselves plenty of rock drawings - petroglyphs were found. These primitive monuments of art display culture, facilities , outlook, customs and the traditions of ancient people. Once sea splashed directly at the bottom of these mountains, but then departed, leaving on polished rocks characteristic seashell traces. After accidentally, in 30s XX century, unusual drawings on rocks were found out, them “openly” already more than 6 thousand (on 1000 rocks). As well ancient primitive dwellings - cave and stop, more than 100 thousand subjects material cultures are found.  They are made in the period from X - XVIII thousand to AD to Middle Ages of our era.

Mud Volcanoes (on request)Mud Volcanoes

Gobustan as well is known by his(its) mud volcanos which here can be numbered by hundreds. On the amount of mud volcanoes Azerbaijan wins first place in the world. Here of them 350 (all in the world about 800).Most of Mud volcanoes those are low mud geysers, в том number below growth of adult person. Mud volcanos are active year round. Volcanoes themselves are connected by origin with oil and gas fields, therefore their soil all the way through is impregnated with oil. At insignificant or even large eruptions mud, as if lava, begins abundantly to follow from crater, and then dries up on walls outside. And the largest mud volcano on Gobustan-'s reserve territory is Kyanizadag.

13:00- 14:00 Lunch at the restaurant (at the fish restaurant)

Lunch break

“Nush Olsun!” - “Bon appetit!”, They will tell you in every corner of Azerbaijan, cordially inviting you to an abundant feast. The most sophisticated gourmets who come to the republic will like the refinement and delicate aroma of Azerbaijani dishes. The history of the art of culinary recipes in Azerbaijan goes back centuries and is based on the vast experience of hereditary chefs that is preserved today. In terms of the composition and multiplicity of dishes, Azerbaijani cuisine is among the extremely diverse and healthy and is distinguished by an abundance of all sorts of meat, fish and vegetable delicacies, complemented by tender greens and savory spices. The dishes in tandoor are widely spread in the Azerbaijani cuisine. Trere are a large assortment of various sweets and drinks. Exclusive Azerbaijani dishes - dolma, bozbash, bozartma, chyhyrtma, khashil, kebab, piti, pilaf, govurma - are included in the national menu of many peoples of the Caucasus.

 

Bibi-Heybat MosqueBibi-Heybat Mosque (by pass)

This mosque is situated of Baku coil, in Shikhovo's settlement in Azerbaijan.  Structure existing now is erected in 1998-1999 in the place of mosque constructed in other half of the XIII century by Shirvanshakh Abdul- Fatukh- Farrukhzade, subsequently repeatedly of completing (last time in 1911 ).

 

State Flag Square (2007)State Flag Square

The area covers an area of ​​60 hectares and its upper part is 31 thousand square meters. The height of the flagpole is 162 meters, the diameter of its base is 3.2 meters and the upper part is 1.09 meters. The total weight of the structure is 220 tons. The width of the flag is 35 meters, length - 70 meters, the total area - 2450 square meters and weight - about 350 kilograms.

Crystal Hall

In 2012 on seaside parkway was constructed sports-concert complex  “Crystal Hall", where were conducted international cultural events, including famous competition songs Eurovision (2012).

Seaside ParkSeaside Park (Baku Boulevard) (by pass)

Baku sea side park - one of known sights of Baku.It is favourite place of rest both for inhabitants, and for city guests. Extent of the park, before reconstruction accounted for 16 kilometres, and after general reconstruction accounts for 25 kms. It is worth to note that in 2009 Parkway noted its 100-year jubilee.

15:00- 21:00 Free Time

21:00 Begining of the tour 

Baku - one of the most beautiful cities in the world - is located at the junction of Europe and Asia. The cultural, industrial, political capital of Azerbaijan is located on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, on the shores of the bay with the same name in the southern part of the Absheron Peninsula. The name of the city is interpreted as  blow of the wind ,  city of winds  or  hill, city on the hill.  In its antiquity, its size of the territory and population, this city is one of the oldest and largest cities in the East. Baku is both an industrial, scientific and cultural center of the country. It was here that the first national theater in the Muslim East raised the curtain and the first opera sounded, the first university opened, the first Azerbaijani newspaper was published, the first Azerbaijani library-reading room was opened.

The modern capital, “East Paris” of Azerbaijan surprises and delights, and it is almost impossible to remain dissatisfied after visiting this city!

Heydar Aliyev Center

Heydar Aliyev Center (2007)

Heydar Aliyev Center - a project that was designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid, is one of the most famous cultural centers of the capital of Azerbaijan.

 

 

Government House of Azerbaijan - 1936-1952  (by pass)Government House of Azerbaijan

The Government House of Azerbaijan is a magnificent palace-type building. in the Baroque style It was built by architects L.V. Rudnev and V.O. Munzem in the Baroque style .The prototype for the three rows of columns on each side of the building was the colonnade of the reception hall of the Shirvanshahs Palace. Today the Government House is considered one of the main attractions of the city of Baku.

Flame Towers (2007)Flame Towers

Flame Towers - the highest buildings in Azerbaijan located in Baku. Its appearance of the tower resemble three flames.

 

Highland Park (Kirov Park- 1934)Highland Park

The park is viewed from almost any point of  Boulevard but climbing up opens the best view of the city. The mountainous park is worth a visit at different times of the day - in the morning to meet the sunrise, in the afternoon to see the main sights of Baku from a bird's eye view and in the evening you can take a long look at illumination of  night Baku and enjoy the laser show Flame Towers. Highland ParkThe best way to get to the Highland Park is by the funicular - such a rare type of urban transport, by the way, the Baku funicular is also a separate attraction in itself.

 

 

Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev (late XIX - early XX century)Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. Magomayev

Azerbaijan Philharmonic named after M. MagomayevLike almost all the houses on Istiglaliyat Street, the Azerbaijan Philharmonic Hall was built during the period of the first oil boom of the late XIX - early XX century. At this time, the architect Gabriel Ter-Mikelov focused on the building of the Philharmonic in Monte Carlo.

 

 

                                                                 Baku Seaside Boulevard (1909) 

 Baku Seaside Boulevard (1909)  is one of the attractions of Baku, a favorite resting place of Baku residents and city guests. In 2009 it celebrated its 100th anniversary. The length of the park before the reconstruction was 16 kilometers and after the general reconstruction is 25 km.

Baku Seaside Boulevard

Little Venice (1960)Little Venice

In 1960 at the very edge of Baku Boulevard city authorities built an amazing complex of canals and islands.  Little Venice  is a landmark of the seaside park and is considered a favorite resting place for visitors to the park.

 

International Mugam Center

            International Mugam Center (2008)

The international center of mugham, the center of mugham, located in the city of Baku, on the territory of Seaside Boulevard, is one of the most visited landmarks in the country.

 

 

Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet (1967)Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet

The Azerbaijan Carpet Museum was founded in 1967 becoming the first specialized museum in the world to collect, preserve and study carpet. The museum is a treasure trove of Azerbaijani national culture, showing the carpet in close relationship with other types of traditional art of Azerbaijan.

 

Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah Shaig (1931)

Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah Shaig Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater. Abdullah Shaig

The building that currently houses the Puppet Theater was built by the famous Polish engineer Iosif Ploshko for the Phenomen cinema in 1908, and the foundation of the present Azerbaijan State Puppet Theater was laid in 1931 by Mola Aga Babirli, where the first performance was shown in 1932 given theater called "Circus".

 

 

Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi (1860)

Museum of Azerbaijani Literature named after Nizami Ganjavi

 

The building of the museum of Azerbaijani literature named after Nizami Ganjavi  was built in the 1860s. like a two-story caravanserai. Today this museum is one of the largest and richest treasures of the Azerbaijani spiritual culture.

 


 

Fountain Square

Fountain SquareFountain Square is one of the main attractions of the Azerbaijani capital. The squareFountain Square has been the cultural center of Baku since the 1860s, surrounded by important historical buildings: Araz, one of the country's first cinema halls (1870); Old Grand Hotel; Nizami Museum, operating since the end of the XIX century.

 

 

23:00 End of the tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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