Gobustan & Absheron Group Tour All tickets included

Baku, Azerbaijan
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During this special trip-Gobustan and Absheron side tour all the museum and entrance fees are included. You will enjoy visiting UNESCO-listed rock carvings and mud volcanoes in the Gobustan region, discover Mud volcanoes that are one of the many wonders of mother nature, and spend time at the “Fire mountain” and the Ateshgah Fire Temple. After visiting the Gobustan part we will stop by the open buffet restaurant for a lunch break.

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Itinerary
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Stop At: Gosha Gala Tower, Baku Azerbaijan

You'll get picked up from your accommodation in Baku. The tour starts at around 9 a.m. in front of the Double Gates of Old City Baku (Gosha Gala Gapisi).

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum, Mikayil Useynov, 28 The Seaside Boulevard, Baku 1001 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum displays Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various weaving techniques and materials from various periods. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world.

Pass By: National Flag Square, Neftchiler Avenue, Baku AZ5000 Azerbaijan

National Flag Square which is called "Beyragh Meidani" is famous for the height.The flagpole was confirmed as the world's tallest by the Guinness Book of Records

Stop At: Mud Volcanoes, Dasgil Hill, Qobustan 3700 Azerbaijan

350 out of the 800 mud volcanoes known in the World are located in Azerbaijan. Most of them are situated in the Gobustan region. Some of the volcanoes are considered natural monuments and natural national resources of Azerbaijan.We are going there with special taxi because of road conditions which fee is included to the tour. During this trip, you will get a great chance to see these amazing active volcanoes from a very close distance.We will provide the extra another car to Soviet SUV lada to go to volcanoes.


Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Gobustan Rock Art, Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District 60 km South of Baku, Qobustan 1080 Azerbaijan

During the tour you will have a chance to visit the Gobustan local indoor and open-air museum and see the unique exhibits that have reached us through the millennium of history. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. Gobustan has outstanding universal value for the quality and density of its rock art engravings, for the substantial evidence the collection of rock art images presents for hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-historic times and for the cultural continuity between prehistoric and mediaeval times that the site reflects.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Gobustan Rock Art, Gobustan Settlement - Garadagh District 60 km South of Baku, Qobustan 1080 Azerbaijan

After Gobustan State Historical-Artistic Reserve,our guests will visit a modern interactive museum complex, in which more than 100 thousand archaeological materials are collected. Petroglyphs resembling the Azerbaijani Yalli round dance meet visitors at the entrance. In the information center of the museum, visitors can use the touchscreen display to get detailed information in various languages about the reserve and the museum structure, which is divided into thematic sections. Many unique artifacts, tools relating to the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic, animated presentations, video materials allow tourists to see the extent of the natural changes that took place in Gobustan, the geography of human settlements, to get acquainted with the culture and views of ancient people.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Absheron Region, Absheron Region

You will have lunch at Traditional Restaurant.The lunch will include the set of national dishes of Azerbaijani cuisine.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ateshgah - Fire Temple, Сураханский район, Baku Azerbaijan

The lunch will be followed by our visit to Ateshgah which is also called the Temple of Fire (he most ancient temple of the Zoroastrians).Fire Temple- Historical monument the Ateshgah fire-worshipping temple, located on the Absheron Peninsula on the outskirts of Surakhani village, 30 km from the centre of Baku, was a shrine at different times for Zoroastrians, Hindus and Sikhs. The current buildings at the temple complex date back to the 17th century and consist of a pentagonal complex with an open courtyard in the middle of which is a temple altar that served as a place of pilgrimage for Indian fire-worshippers. Currently the complex functions as a well-designed museum.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve, The village of Mammadli Absheron Peninsula, Baku 0125 Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s iconic "Burning mountain"-Yanardag is located north of Baku city, around 23km from the Old Town. The main attraction of Yanardag is a spectacular hill with a constantly burning wall of flames. Thanks to tectonic shifts and volcanic material below the earth’s surface, natural gas leaks from the rocks. The Italian trader and traveler Marco Polo even mentioned the flames during his travels to Baku and its surroundings, but most probably the fire has been burning for over more years at Yanardag. The fire line surrounding the foot of the summit will give you an impression of the Land of Lights and leave an unforgettable memory of the tour.To protect Yanardagh and attract tourists here, this area was declared a historical, cultural and natural reserve in 2007.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: World's First Oil Well, Baku Azerbaijan

The world’s first-ever mechanically drilled oil well, located in the Bibi-Heybat settlement 10 kilometers west of Baku, has been restored.The well produced the first gush of oil in 1846 and was just 21 meters deep at that time.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Baku Azerbaijan

Bibi - Heybat Mosque. The mosque was built in 1267-1300. It was a rare construction, both with its beauty and history of creation.The Bibi-Heybat Mosque includes the tomb of Ukeyma Khanum (a descendant of Muhammad), and today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.It is locally known as "the mosque of Fatima".

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Gosha Gala Tower, Baku Azerbaijan

You'll return to the starting point.

Duration: 10 minutes

Inclusions

  • Lunch - Azerbaijani National Dishes
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off, on-board WiFi
  • Soviet SUV car as a taxi for going up to Mud Volcanoes
  • Entry/Admission - Ateshgah (Fire Temple)
  • Entry/Admission - Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain)
  • Entry/Admission - Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
  • Professional Tour guide service – English, Turkish, Russian, Japanese-speaking
  • Entry/Admission - Gobustan Rock Art
  • Entry/Admission - Ateshgah - Fire Temple
  • Entry/Admission - Mud Volcanoes
  • Entry/Admission - Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve
  • Entry/Admission - Gosha Gala Tower

Exclusions

  • Any other expenses

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Depending to weather condition, mud volcanoes can be excluded from the tour
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
  • COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

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