From
The Caspian Sea to The Caucasus Mountains
Tour duration 7 nights / 8 days
TOUR ON WEDNESDAY
Regions-Baku-Shemakha-Sheki
1 Day
Arrival in Baku
Transfer
to The Hotel
Accommodation in hotel 4* in
The downtown
Free Time
2 Day
10:00 – 13:00 Excursion Baku City Tour by Bus
The city panorama presented
From height of mountain part at a television tower visually gives an idea of contrasts and scales of Baku, covering a horseshoe
The Baku Bay.
The city has a form of
The amphitheatre which is going down
to The Caspian Sea. Excursion covers
The central part of
The city with display of
The most interesting historical and architectural objects.
13:00-14:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
14:00 – 17:00 Excursion- Architecture Fortress with a visit
to The Maiden’s Tower and Palace of
The Shirvan Shahs.
Icheri Sheher’s territory – 22 Hectares, it is a small part of
The total area of Baku (44 000 Hectares). Nevertheless,
The saturation architectural and historical monuments, dictates need of allocation of this excursion in separate and does this part of Baku, perhaps,
The most interesting
to survey. There are not full list of sights of old Baku : A maiden Tower (
The XII century),
The Shirvanshahs’ Palace (
The XV century), Synyk Gala’s Lock,
The Caravanserai, Djuma Mosque .
19:00 — 20:00 Excursion — Baku Lights
Walk through
The National Park (Boulevard), which stretches for many kilometers along
The coast — is
The most popular place for walking in
The city. Boulevard is decorated with chestnut trees, cypresses, palms. Citizens and visitors of
The city attract
The cool air, proximity
to The Sea. For each there exists a vacation for
The soul —
The children happily entertained at various swings and rides, adult leisurely stroll through
The alleys. Outdoor cafes, cinemas, clubs, exhibition halls,
The building of
The Naval Station. Surrounded by greenery adorn Boulevard channels are thrown over bridges. People call this corner of Venice. Entrance
to The park is free. For visitors
to The park
The following entertainment: cafes, restaurants, attractions, playgrounds, benches, concert halls.
20:00 Dinner at
The Restaurant
Free Time
3 Day
09:00 Breakfast at
The Hotel
10:00-14:00 Excursion. «Ateshgyakh –
The Temple of Fire worshippers».
The temple of an eternal flame Ateshgyakh –
The truest Azerbaijani exotic. About it know practically around
The world. It is located in 30 km
From The center of Baku, on
The suburb of
The settlement of Surakhana. This territory is known for such unique natural phenomenon as
The burning exits of natural gas (gas, escaping outside, adjoins
to oxygen and lights up). In a modern look
The temple was built in
The XVII-XVIII centuries.
14:00-15:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
15. 00-17:00 Excursion «Museum of History»
«Museum of History»
One of
The largest museums of Azerbaijan –
The State Historical Museum was founded in 1920 is in one of
The most beautiful places, in
The manor,
The well-known oil tycoon and
The philanthropist Hadji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev constructed in 1895-96. Since May, 1921
The museum which accepted
The first visitors and till 1936
The USSR called by
The State Museum Azerbaijani, had a special position in development of research institutes and museum work of our republic. On
The basis of art historical values of
The museum in 20-30 years
The museums of
The nature, history, art, theater, literature, religion and atheism,
The memorial estate Shirvanshahs’ Palace, fund of Manuscripts, then become institute of Manuscripts of academy were created.
The museum has 6 departments (Department of exposition and
The fund of Azerbaijani history of ancient and medieval period,
The department funds and exposition of
The history of Azerbaijan of a new period,
The department funds and exposure history of Azerbaijan
The modern period,
The department of numismatics and means epigraphy, funds ethnography department, scientific tours and working with
The media), as well as laboratory restoration of museum exhibits, architectural design team,
The impact of security groups,
The crew,
The Commission for acceptance and purchase of exhibits and a library.
The total number of museum treasures more than 300 000 points. 20, 000 of them are on display in
The exhibition, and
The rest is stored in scientific repositories -numizmaticheskaya (150, 000), archeological (93 000) Ethnography (9000), Weapon (2300), a research archive (12 000), precious metals fund (15 000), negative (10 000),
The fund of rare books (4570). Muzey published articles «Materials on
The history of Azerbaijan. »
Free Time
20:00 Dinner at
The Restaurant
4 Day
09:00 Breakfast at
The hotel
11:00-14:00 Excursion
to “Gala State History and Ethnography Museum”
Museum Complex in
The open air
to preserve
The monuments in
The territory of
The Qala State History and Ethnography Museum and enrich
The Preserve by bringing in archaeological finds discovered in Absheron. On October 10, 2008, President Ilham Aliyev and his spouse Mehriban Aliyeva attended
The inauguration of
The museum complex.
Petroglyphs covering
The period
From The 3rd and 2nd millennia B. C.
to The Middle Ages, gavaldash (tambourine stone), ceramics, domestic and adornment items, weapons and coins, conserved remnants of an ancient residential complex etc. found in
The Absheron peninsula were placed at
The Complex.
Following
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s initiative,
The Absheron Archaeological Expedition of
The Archaeology and Ethnography Institute under
The National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan have carried out excavation works here during
The years of 2010-2011. As a result of
The excavations, various finds related
to The 3rd and 2nd millennia B. C. , as well as 14th and 15th centuries were discovered. At
The Qala Complex, on-rock and under-rock habitats, petroglyphs, ancient foundations, primitive wall remnants related
to The Bronze Age, two underground tunnels leading
to The Caspian Sea and Baku city related
to The 10-14th and 10-15th centuries and a tendir related
to The 18th century are demonstrated. Mainly human and animal figures, various fragments were engraved on
The rocks here.
The Qala Fortress related
to The 10-14th centuries includes a tower and a stronghold. Used for surveillance and defence,
The tower related
to The 10-14th century is 13. 8 meters tall. Golden coins, remnants of a golden bracelet and ceramic samples related
to The 10-16th centuries are displayed in a stronghold related
to The 16-17th centuries.
Created in
The territory of
The Museum Complex,
The ground floor of
The caravanserai-restaurant is functioning as a cafe,
The first floor as a restaurant. 14 rooms (7 open and 7 closed) in
The Oriental style have been created in
The caravanserai restaurant’s backyard.
14:00-15:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
15:00-17:00 Excursion
to «Carpet Museum».
«Carpet Museum».
Azerbaijan State Museum of Carpet is
The first museum in
The world of carpets. Created in 1967, it opened in 1972.
The museum exhibits works of art
From different regions of Azerbaijan (Gabay, Guba, Shirvan, Ganja, Gazakh, Tabriz, etc. ), Carpets and objects related
to arts and crafts, Hawley (khalcha, challah, Challah will Kaba) sumac) various mats(Chul, mafrash, Kheybat, hurchun) also demonstrated museum exhibits related
to The ancient period,
The black pottery and bronze objects made in
The 19th century. , Embroidery, fabric, glass, metal, wood, jewelry, weapons and other artifacts.
The State Museum of Azerbaijani Carpet is unique — it is
The first museum of carpet in
The world, and it has long remained
The only one of its kind. «We showed that
The carpet has its place in art is bright carrier of spiritual culture, «- said its director, Roy Tagiyev …Last year,
The Museum of
The Azerbaijani carpet was 40 years old. It was established on 1 June 1967, ten years later he was adopted into
The family of International Council of Museums. Our museum collections formed
The basis for organized by UNESCO in 1983 and 1988. Baku International Symposium «The Art of Oriental carpets. » In any case, it is difficult
to find a country in
The world where it is not carried out for
The exhibition of
The museum.
Free Time
20:00 Dinner at
The Restaurant
5 Day
09:00 Breakfast at
The hotel
10:00-14:00 Excursion- Gobustan
There is a museum on a place of
The settlement of ancient near Baku, In Gobustan, people where up
to now rock paintings, which age about 10 thousand years remained. Plots of these drawings –
The documentary evidence of way of
The people living here and
The disappeared animal species which were once living in these parts. Among interesting exhibits –
The rock with a Latin inscription narrating about stay in Gobustan in
The I century of our era century of
The Roman legion.
14:00-15:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
15:00-17:00 Excursion National Art Museum of Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan State Museum of Art is a storehouse of
The works of art beginning
From The ancient period up
to The present time All kinds of art are completely represented here.
The art of Azerbaijan, West-Europe, Russia,
The East is displayed in
The halls of our museum.
The museum was founded in 1920 and at present it is situated in two old buildings, which were built at
The end of
The XIX centure.
The exposition of our museum is constructed in historico-chronological succession and by countries.
The collection of
The art of West-Europe: Italy, Flandry, Holland, Germany and France is remarkable in so far as includes works by all
The better known painters of
The XVI-XIX cc. Bassano L. , Solimena F. , Brouwer A. , Claesz P. , Sustermans J. , Kaulbach FA, Dupre J. , Dagnan-Bouveret and etc. In
The section of Russian art there are
The works of such outstanding artists of
The XVIII-XIX cc. as Borovikovsky VL, Argunov NI, Lampi
The Elder, Tropinin VA, Shishkin II, Vereshchagin PP, Aivazovsky IK, Korovin KA, Serov VA, Rerich NKThe collection of Azerbaijan art covers a vast span of time.
The earliest exhibits: archaeological vessels date
From The 6-4 millenia BC, which were discoved on
The territory of
The different regions of Azerbaijan such as Khanlar, Mingechaur and others, ceramics of
The Middle Ages, bronze and copper wares of
The XI-XIX cc, unique ancient carpet and carpet wares of Guba, Baku, Shirvan, Tabriz, Garabakh, Gazakh centres of carpet-making: jewelry, executing in
The different techniques such as filigree, chasing, ware-drawing, granulation, enamel work.
The chief centres of jewellery-making art in Azerbaijan were located in Baku, Ganja, Shamakhy, Shusha, Sheki, Tabriz.
But Azerbaijan carpet-making art, miniature paintings, book art represent one of
The most interesting pages in
The centure-old history of Eastern peoples and occupy by right their honourable place among
The treasures of world artistic culture. Azerbaijan miniature has covered a long and complex way of development and reached its flowering in
The XVI centure.
Tabriz school of miniature played
The leading role in
The development of miniature paintings not only in such Azerbaijan towns as Tabriz. Baku, Shamakhy, but in
Iran, Turkey,
The Middle Asia, Afganistan and Mogol school of miniature painting in India. Azerbaijan easel and book miniatures of
The XVII-XIX cc, varnished miniatures of
The XVIII-XIX cc. are demonstrated in
The halls of our museum.
XIX c. was a period of
The growth of
The realistic tendencies in fine art of Azerbaijan. In paintings and drawing of that period organically combine realistic features and miniature’s influence. These new tendencies reflected especially bright in
The creation of such artists of
The XIX c. as Mirza Kagym Iravani, Mir Movsum Navvab, Abbas Husseyni.
These peculiarities were developed later in
The creation of
The artists of
The early XXth c. Kengherli B. , Azimzade A. Splendid pile and pileless, thematically and orna-mental carpets and carpet wares are indispensable part of our Azerbaijan section, because carpet-making is one of
The most ancient and
The most widely spread kind of Azerbaijan decorative and applied art.
The specimens of fine Azerbaijan carpets and carpet wares are in
The collections of
The word’s largest museums —
The Hermitage in Sankt-Peterburg,
The Victoria and Albert in London,
The Textile in Washington,
The Louvre in Paris,
The Topkapi in Istanbul and others.
As
The written sources say, carpet-making art was already high developed in Azerbaijan in
The Middle Age and that’s why carpet were exported
to The different countries of
The world in
The XV c.
Many famous painters of
The world used in their works an Azerbaijan carpet as a decorative element. In this way a Dutch painter Gans Memling (1433-1494) used in his picture «Maria with a baby» Mugan carpet, Shirvan group of carpets, Azerbaijan.
The image of
The Ganja-Gazakh carpet may be seen in
The picture of
The famous German painter of Renaissance G. Golbein «Ambassadors».
From technological point of view all carpets are derived into pile and pileless. Pile-less carpets (palas, jejim, kilim, shadda, verni, zili and sumakh) are much older than pile carpets and are noted for their original designs and bright colours.
Pile carpets are especially valuable. Pile carpets may be thematical («The Seasons», «Dervish», «Ovchulug», and so on. ) And ornamental («Alikhanly». «Pirabadil», «Surakhany», «Golluchichi», «Gymyl», «Shamakhy» and others).
The names of
The carpets are mainly associated with
The places they come
From.
The best specimens of decorative and applied art of Azerbaijan are famous far beyond
The borders of
The country and by right are a part of golden fund of world culture.
The section of modern art of Azerbaijan consisting of painting, drawing, sculpture,
The items of decorative and applied art aquants with creation of our outstanding artists and young talanted masters, whose works are famous far beyond
The borders of Azerbaijan.
Rich collection of
The Azerbaijan State Museum of Art help
to see
The unknown sides of
The monuments of
The past and
to discover some peculiarities of modern art.
Of course, no one reproduction could change originals. Each of them help you
to revive impressions, getting in
The museum and, of course, we’ll be very glad
to see you in our temple of art those, who have not an opportunity yet
to visit our museum.
Free time
20:00 Dinner at
The restaurant
6 Day
09:00 Breakfast at
The hotel
10:00 Departure
to Shamakha –Sheki
11:00 On
The road excursion Lagich –
The small settlement of city type mislaid deeply in
Mountains of Greater
Caucasus, a pearl of
The Ismailly area, an ethnographic corner of Azerbaijan, unique by
The nature and a way of life of inhabitants.
The soil and partially again paved asphalt way
to The settlement of Lagich,
The river gorge Girdimanchay finishes, crossing a river stream on
The thorough bridge and bordering steep walls of high
Mountains on narrow, is perceptible
The cut ledges.
The ice and snow covering this only road in winter months are torn off not seldom by Lagich
From economic life of
The valley and all region within many weeks.
Transportation
to The settlement of Lagich is so stunning, as well as memorable for long time when in twisting roads before you suddenly there are landscapes, magnificent on beauty. Making this trip you undoubtedly remember forever
The woods of this earth, its river and
The gorge, medical air of
Mountains.
Visit
to The Historical and ethnographic reserve «Lagich» – this unique corner of
The Ismailly area, causes in travelers
From around
The world only love and admiration.
Natural isolation made Lagich very atypical settlement in Azerbaijan. Language lace of a dialect of old Persian language on which its inhabitants express, remains primary language in Lagich and in several villages surrounding it
to this day. Within many centuries
The people living nearby in
The mountain district and in
The valley spoke not only on «azer», but also actively used in communication of «Farsi»,
The Arab and Russian languages. However here, in this mountain village where today lives no more than 2000 people, inhabitants still spin lace on
The unique persian dialect.
14:00-15:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
18:00 Departure
to Sheki
20:00 Accommodation in hotel MOK in Sheki
Dinner at
The hotel
Free Time
7 Day
09:00 Breakfast at
The Hotel
10:00 Excursion Sheki Khans Palace
The Sheki area is one of
The most interesting, original and beautiful regions of Azerbaijan.
The administrative center of
The area –
The city of Sheka – one of
The most ancient cities of Azerbaijan, is located on picturesque southern slopes of Big Caucasian ridge against snow tops.
Sheki are called by right
The architectural reserve of
The republic.
The particular interest causes
The palace of Sheki khans (1762) in tourists – a rare example of a combination of national architecture
to traditions of palace architecture. On design and internal furniture it will be difficult
to find
The second palace similar
to it. It is known that at construction of
The palace it wasn’t used uniform nailing.
The mosaic in it is executed in national style
to a shebeka (ornament by color glasses).
The ancient Albanian temple, unique ancient monument, is in
The oldest of places of Azerbaijan –
The village of Kish stretched near Sheki. Emergence of
The temple is dated
The 1st century AD, time when
The territory of Azerbaijan was included into
The Caucasian part of Albania. Historians assume that
The temple was founded by
The apostle Eliseus who brought Christianity
to Albania. Eliseus, having received itself in destiny
The East and having directed a way
From Jerusalem
to Persia, and started preaching with three pupils. However soon he underwent persecutions and arrived
to Kish where arranged church and made a bloodless sacrifice. During blossoming of Christian religion in this territory
The temple was very visited, however further was thrown and simply by miracle escaped till our times.
Even today
The temple strikes with
The beauty. Its bright red roof spike as if «burns» on
The sun. On a high dome
The cross is represented. Thick walls of
The temple as if are decorated with small windows. In
The temple cool even in
The hottest weather, and air here as if it is impregnated with antiquity and divine spirit
13:00-14:00 Lunch at
The Restaurant
15:00-17:00 Kish village
18:00 Departure
to Baku
8 Day
Free Day
Visiting Oriental Market(Bazar) an souvenir shops .
Departure
to The airport
Tour Price 640 USD per person sharing a Double Room including:
Accommodation in 3 * hotel double room with breakfast for
The program.
Transfers and transport according
to The program.
Excursions according
to The program.
English-speaking or English-speaking guide.
Entrance fees
to museums.
Additional charges:
Lunch -
From 15 USD (included alcoholic drinks of local production)
Dinner -
From 20 USD (included alcoholic drinks of local production)
Visiting Winter and summer tourist complex "Tufandag "
Visit
The Recreational Complex "Gabala Land"
Visa fee - $ 40 (if not
The citizens of
The CIS)
Fees for photo - and video in museums
For a more complete version of
The tours with descriptions and prices, please contact
The employees of our company, how
to contact them, you will find in
The "Contact Us" on our website.
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to get more interesting and in-depth information about
The historical sites, you can book other tours of our company.
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