8-Day Azerbaijan Tour from Baku: Behold the Nation Where East Meets West

Juma Mosque

Icheri Sheher

The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgyah

Surakhany

Flame Towers

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Highlights

Explore the panoramic views of Baku from Mountain Park

Stroll along the illuminated Baku Boulevard

Visit the iconic Heydar Aliyev Center

Witness the eternal flames at Yanardagh (Burning Mountain)

Discover the historic old town of Icheri Sheher

Enjoy the natural beauty of Goygol Lake

Baku, Shamakhi, Shaki, Gobustan National Park, Ganja, Ismayilli

art, gastronomical, mountaineering, nature, shopping, trekking, winetour, architectural, archaeological, cultural, photography, historical, museums, sightseeing, luxury, airport transfer, Cooking, Distillery, Jeep Safari, Volcano, Wildlife

Group Tour

8 Days

Easy

English, Russian, Turkish

Description

Meet with one of the most beautiful, unique and colourful places in the Caucasus. This is a mild climate, sea and sun, thousands of coastal lights reflected in the black mirror of the Caspian, the old city of the medieval era, incredible views of picturesque nature, and, of course, the joyful openness of the Azerbaijani people who are ready to share all the advantages of the national culture, including excellent cuisine.

Itinerary

Day 01: Arrive in Baku
- Meet at the airport.
- Begin the "Lights of Evening Baku" Tour with a visit to Mountain Park. It is here that the "City of Winds", as Baku is often called, opens to you in all its glory. The observation platform located on the highest part of the city, near the "Burning Flame Tower" shows the city with all its bright lights bordering Baku Bay reflecting the measured pace of life in the evening Baku.
- Continue your excursion to one of the favourite places of the walk of the Baku guests of the city of all ages and social groups, a place where no one is in a hurry in the evening - "Baku Boulevard". The national park, sometimes called the "diamond necklace of Baku", stretches along Baku Bay for 16 km. At each time of the day, the boulevard has its charm. In the morning, you can walk in silence, feel unity with nature, go in for sports; during the day, especially on weekends, the boulevard is fully revived thanks to the small inhabitants of the capital, riding on attractions, rollerblades and bicycles. In the evening, it turns into a magical world of dreams for all lovers. The original illumination and illumination of the park, fountains and other innovations give the boulevard a special charm.
19:00 "Lights of the Evening Baku":
- Get to the end of your excursion "Lights of Evening Baku", and go to the most lively and central street of the city of Nizami "Torgovaya street" as it is also called from the old times. Trading is the longest of Baku's streets (its length reaches 3.5 km). It is also called the most beautiful street in Baku - it has a large number of architectural monuments, beautiful houses, cinemas, parks, many modern boutiques and shops.
- Transfer to the hotel and free time.
Overnight at the hotel.
Accommodation at the hotel 4 * in the city
Dya 02: Baku Tour
- 09:00 Eat breakfast at the hotel.
Excursion. "Baku City Tour".
- Begin the tour with a visit to one of the modern and most recognizable places of the "Heydar Aliyev Center". The center of Heydar Aliyev is a cultural center, which is a complex building, which includes an auditorium (congress center), a museum, exhibition halls, administrative offices. The famous architect Zaha Hadid designed the project of the centre. Baku is a city that combines modern and ancient, traditional and unusual.
- Make your way to Nagorny Park. It is here that the "City of Winds", as Baku is often called, opens to you in all its glory. The observation platform located on the highest part of the city, near the sleeping "Flame Towers" shows the city with all its beauties and greenery bordering Baku Bay.
- Go down the stairs and head towards the "Bibi Abyat Mosque".
- Visit the world's first oil well drilled in the Bibi-Eibat oil-bearing region at the end of the modern Baku tour.
- Explore the old town of Icheri Sheher.
- Get free time.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 03: Ateshgyah Temple + Burning Mountain Yanardagh
- 09:00 Eat breakfast at the hotel and go an excursion for "Fire worships Ateshgyah Temple + Burning Mountain Yanardagh".
- Explore The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgyah, an authentic Azerbaijani exotic. Burning Mountain Yanardagh: One of the most famous and popular tourist places of the "eternal flame” in Azerbaijan is the mountain of Yanar Dag. Actually, it is rather a hill than a mountain, with natural gas burning on its slope from ancient times. Meter-long tongues of fire are licking the stratified earth approximately 10 m in width, searing those who approached too close. People occupy the benches to watch the blazing hill in the evening when its sight is most effective. Yanar Dag is located 25 km to the north from Baku, in Mehemmedi village. There are buses running to it from the city, so you can get there fairly cheap and easy. From the year 2007, Yanar Dag is declared a state-protected conservation area.
- Get free time.
Day 04: Shemakha + Sheki
- 08:00 Eat breakfast at the hotel and enjoy an excursion to"Shemakha + Sheki".
- See the famous sights of Shemakha.
  - Diri Baba is a unique monument, a two-story mosque-mausoleum of the 15th century, located on the road from Baku to Shemakha in the village of Maraza opposite the old cemetery.
  - Juma Mosque: This Azerbaijani mosque is the oldest and largest in the Caucasus.
- Next is Lagich. Lahic is a village named after the name of the Lagic tribe that came here in the 4th - 5th centuries from the territory of Iran. This historical and architectural monument was built in the 5th century on the territory of the canyon of the river Girdimanchai. Old mosques and baths, medieval water supply and sewerage system are preserved here. Despite the fact that the village is declared a historical and cultural reserve, the local population is still living here, mainly engaged in handicrafts: the manufacture of elegant household items made of copper (Kazan, trays, jugs), leather, carpet weaving and agriculture. From time immemorial, the Lahic tribe traded with its products, which became known throughout the Middle East. And today in special workshops and souvenir shops visiting tourists can buy a variety of handmade products: carpets, dishes, daggers and much more.
- Depart to Sheki.
Overnight in Sheki
Day 05: Sheki+ Ganja
- 08:00 Eat breakfast at the hotel.
- Enjoy an excursion to " Sheki+ Gandzha". Sheki is one of the most famous and ancient settlements of Azerbaijan. It is located 700 m above sea level and as an amphitheatre is surrounded by mountains. This ancient city has long been known as the center of silk and an important transit point on the Great Silk Road.
- Begin your tour to Sheki with a visit to the Summer Palace of Khan with magnificent frescoes and exquisite handmade window decorations.
- Visit the workshop, where you can get acquainted with the process of manufacturing "Shebeke" by local artisans.
- Head to the workshop for cooking the delicious "Sheki Pahlavas", famous throughout Azerbaijan.
- Appreciate an excursion to Kish. The acquaintance with Sheki continues with a visit to the Albanian church, which is located in the village of Kish.
- Depart to Gandzha for an excursion.
- Admire the old fortress. The remains of the once high fortress can be seen at Khansky Garden. From its former greatness, there were only formless brick blocks. The fortress wall stretched along the entire bank of the Ganjachay River. But over time, the water, which served as the faithful guard of the fortress, crept closer and undermined the already dilapidated walls. Once there were two powerful towers at a distance of about 600 meters from each other. The famous gates of ancient Ganja served as the gates of the fortress.
- Appreciate the ensemble of Sheikh Bahauddin. The 17th century historical and architectural complex created by Sheikh Bahauddin includes the Juma Mosque (Shah Abbas Mosque), Chekyak-Khammam (medieval bathhouse) and the caravanserai.
- See the Juma Mosque, built during the reign of Shah Abbas, and that is why it is sometimes called that way. It is the undoubted pride of Ganja.
- Understand how Chokyak-Hamamis a bathhouse consisting of two communicating rooms.
- Familiarize with the Caravansarai, the third time building in the ensemble of Sheikh Bahauddin. Today, the building of the medieval caravanserai plays the role of the Temple of Knowledge. At the end of the 20th century, the Ganja Humanitarian College is conveniently located here. The caravanserai is a two-storey building, comprising 15 rooms and 54 rooms. The museum also houses the museum of the poetess Meskheti Ganjavi.
- Check out Dzhavadhan Mausoleum: Not long ago, on the territory of the historical ensemble, in the courtyard of the mosque, on the site of the grave of the fearless ruler of Ganja - Javadkhan, who died on January 3, 1804, while protecting Ganja from foreign invaders, a tomb was built.
- Reach the Mausoleum of Nizami Ganjavi: Nizami Ganjavi, born in 1141, was one of the most educated people of his time. World renown he received as the author of "Hamsa" (Pyateritsy), in which five poems were combined, reflecting not only the high skill of the poet's pen but also his ethical and philosophical views.
- Return to the hotel.
Overnight in Gandzha
Day 06: Goygol Lake + Mausoleum
- 09:00 Wake up to breakfast at the hotel.
- Start the excursion to Goygol Lake. The road south from Xanlar winds up through the woodland picnic spots of Hacikand and onto a ridge with magnificent views of the dramatic Lesser Caucasus range, crowned by the distinctive cleft peak of Mt Kapaz. For now, the valley beyond is out of bounds. However, it contains one of Azerbaijan's most celebrated beauty spots, the gorgeous, forest-ringed Goy Gol (blue lake), which is slated to reopen to tourism as a new national park within the next few years.
- Check out the Mausoleum of the Imamzadeh. The mausoleum of Sheikh Ibrahim, erected on the burial ground of the son of Imam Mohammed Bagir, who died in the 6th century, is one of the city's main sights.
- Transfer to Baku.
Overnight in Baku
Day 07: Gobustan + mud Volcanoes
- 09:00 Get up for breakfast at the hotel and embark on an excursion to the Gobustan Reserve of rock carvings.
- Visit the museum of the same name, which was recently built and is distinguished by its high technological level, before the tour of Gobustan.
Excursion to Mud Volcanoes:
- Have a chance to visit quite a unique site where 300 of the planet's estimated 700 mud volcanoes sit at Gobustan, Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea. Many geologists, locals, and international mud tourists trek to such places as the Firuz Crater Gobustan Salyan mud. Tourists trek to places like the Firuz Crater, Gobustan, and Salyan and end up happily covered in mud, which is thought to have medicinal qualities. In 2001, one mud volcano 15 kilometres from Baku made world headlines when it suddenly started spewing flames 15 meters high.
- Transfer to Baku.
Overnight in hotel
Day 08: Markets & Departure
- 09:00 Savour breakfast at the hotel.
- Enjoy your free time visiting the eastern market, shops with sweets, and souvenir shops.
- Transfer to the airport.

What's Included

Accommodation in hotel 4 * double room on the program based on breakfast

Transfers and transportation according to the program

Excursions on the program

Services of a Russian-speaking or English-speaking Azerbaijan Tour guide

Entrance tickets to museums

What's Excluded

Lunch - from 15 USD (soft drinks included)

Dinner - from 20 USD (soft drinks are included)

Supplement for single accommodation: $ 199 per tour

The cost of a visa is 40 USD (if not citizens of the CIS)

Charges for photo and video shooting in museums

Know Before You Go

Azerbaijan-Where East & West

Tours in Azerbaijan - this is your meeting with one of the beautiful, amazing and colourful places in the Caucasus. This is a mild climate, sea and sun, thousands of coastal lights reflected in the black mirror of the Caspian, the old city of the medieval era, incredible views of picturesque nature, and of course, the joyful openness of the Azerbaijani people who are ready to share all the advantages of the national culture, including excellent cuisine.

Visa upon arrival at international airports of Azerbaijan can be obtained only by citizens of Turkey, Israel, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Japan, China, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. For citizens of Russia and the CIS (except for Turkmenistan), a visa is not required to Azerbaijan. Citizens of other countries must obtain a visa prior to arrival, through the consulates of Azerbaijan in their country or to issue an electronic visa through travel agencies. To apply for a visa, contact the managers at least 4 weeks before arriving in Azerbaijan.

Local currency: Manat

The recommended currency for the exchange is USD or EURO.

Where to exchange currency: Upon arrival at the airport, the guide will provide accurate information on where and how to exchange cash for local currency.

Availability of ATM: Only in large cities.

Accept credit cards: Only in large cities.

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Bibi-Heybat Mosque (Azerbaijan's Bibiheybət məscidi) is a mosque located on the shore of Baku Bay, in Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a reconstruction of the mosque of the same name, built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Abu-l-Fath Farrukhzad and destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936 when a fierce struggle with religion was going on throughout the territory of the USSR. The Bibi-Eybat complex, in addition to the mosque, includes tombs and tombs of revered people (including the grave of Ukeima Khanum, the descendant of the Prophet Muhammad), as before destruction, and today is a spiritual center for Muslims of the East and one of the significant monuments of Islamic architecture of Azerbaijan. The mosque was once visited by Abaskuli-aga Bakikhanov, Alexander Dumas, Khurshudbanu Natavan. The local population in the past called it "the mosque of Fatima". Using the same name, described the mosque and visited it in the 40 years of the XIX century, Alexander Dumas.

Very often Icheri Sheher is called a fortress, as a well-preserved fortress wall surrounds it. People in the territory of Icheri Sheher lived in the Bronze Age, and by the 8th-11th centuries, it was completely populated. Behind the walls, there are many unique monuments: the palace complex of the Shirvanshahs with a burial vault, a sofa, a mosque; "Gyz Galasy" ("The Maiden's Tower"); mosques and minarets, the remains of caravanserais, baths. Buildings of the old fortress are of a special nature. Because of the lack of the territory of the building, the wall to the wall was erected here from ancient times. There are no gardens, the yards are extremely small and separated by "threads" of narrow streets, lanes and dead ends. When the Shirvanshahs moved their capital from Shemakha to Baku in the 15th century, massive buildings began in Icheri Sheher. During this period the pearl of the fortress was built - the Palace of the Shirvanshahs. It should be noted that Baku XVII-XIX centuries did not go beyond the boundaries of Icheri Sheher. Here were located the palaces of the rulers, and residential quarters. From 1747 to 1806, there was the capital of the Baku Khanate. Only after the beginning of the oil boom, the city began to expand and goes beyond the boundaries of Icheri Sheher. The fortress wall itself is of interest. Once Baku had two of them, and they were separated by moats, but at the beginning of the XIX century, the city grew so fast that it was necessary to demolish and build the outer wall. Remained only the inner wall. It has 25 towers and 5 gates. They say that back in the 30s. In the twentieth century in the fortress, there were more than 900 buildings, and by the beginning of the XXI century, only half remained.

The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgyah: It is well-known practically all over the world. It is located 30 km from the center of Baku in the suburb of Surakhany. This territory is known for such unique natural phenomenon as burning natural gas outlets (underground gas coming onto surface contacts oxygen and lights up). The temple in its present state was constructed in the 17th-18th centuries. The Baku-based Hindu community related to Sikhs built it. However, the history of the Temple is even longer. From times immemorial, this was the holy place of Zoroastrians- fire worshippers (approximately beginning of the era). They attributed mystical significance to the inextinguishable fire and came there to worship the relic. After the introduction of Islam, the Zoroastrian temple was destroyed. Many Zoroastrians left to India and there continued their worship. But in the 15th -17th centuries the Hindus-fire worshippers who came to Absheron with trading caravans began to make pilgrimages to Surakhany. The Indian merchants started the erection of the temple. The earliest temple part is dated 1713. The latest - the central temple-altar was built with the support of merchant Kanchangar in 1810. During the 18th century, chapels, cells, a caravanserai were added to the central part. One can find carved inscriptions in Indian lettering there. In the early 19th century the Temple acquired its present-day appearance. Ateshgah is a pentagonal structure with a castellation and entrance portal. In the center of a yard, the altar-sanctuary executed in the form of a stone bower on which angles some more centres are located towers. In the center of an altar - a well from which beat "eternally" burning gas.

Shamakhi is an ancient Azerbaijani city. Originated in the 5th century. BC. e. In the IX-XVI centuries. - the capital of the Shirvan kingdom, the residence of the Shirvanshahs is one of the most beautiful cities of the East. From the middle of the XVIII century - the center of Shemakhan khanate. For a long time, Shemakha was one of the most important points throughout the Great Silk Road. This is due to the fact that the city for a long time was one of the centres of the Shirvan-Apheron architectural school and the school of decorative and applied art (carpet making) and miniatures. Located at the intersection of caravan routes, Shemakha was one of the major trade and craft centres in the Middle East, occupying an important place in the silk trade, as early as the 16th century trade ties between Shemakha and Venetian merchants were mentioned. In Shemakha, Azerbaijani, Iranian, Arab, Central Asian, Russian, Indian and West European merchants were trading, who owned factories there, had numerous silk-weaving, paper-spinning and carpet workshops. The city became famous as the home of many prominent Azerbaijani philosophers, architects and scientists, and poets such as Khagani, Nasimi, Sabir.

Diri Baba is a unique monument, a two-story mosque-mausoleum of the 15th century, located on the road from Baku to Shemakha in the village of Maraza opposite the old cemetery. For a long time, local residents believed that this place was buried and remained an imperishable saint named Diri-Baba. However, this monument is associated with many legends and mystical details. Therefore, since the 17th century, it began to attract many pilgrims and ordinary travellers. The peculiarity of the structure is that the architect, as it were, "built" the tomb in the rock, and it seems as if it is kept "on weight", torn from the ground. The tomb admires the strictness of architecture, the purity of the lines, and against the background of irregularities of the dark rock the light and smooth surface of its walls, standing out, seems solemn.

Mausoleum of Nizami Ganjavi: Nizami Ganjavi, born in 1141, was one of the most educated people of his time. World renown he received as the author of "Hamsa" (Pyateritsy), in which five poems were combined, reflecting not only the high skill of the poet's pen but also his ethical and philosophical views. Most of Nizami's lyrics are devoted to love. Other world-famous works by Nizami are the poems "Khosrov and Shirin", "Leyli and Majnun", "Iskender-nime". To this day, the mausoleum remains a place of pilgrimage and the worship of poets. It is located at the entrance to the city from the south-west side. The tomb is a modern monumental structure of a cylindrical form made of red granite, carved in the manner of semicircular facets. Just below is the entrance, which seems just tiny on the background of the grandeur of the whole building. The name Nizami is carved in gold right above the entrance.

Juma Mosque: This Azerbaijani mosque is the oldest and largest in the Caucasus. According to legend, it was founded in the 8th century, when Shemakha was chosen as a residence by the Arab caliph. The exact date of its construction is 744, which was established as a result of research conducted by the geological commission arrived from Tiflis, headed by Prince Shakuli Kajar. This date was determined by the Arabic inscription on the facade of the Juma mosque, which indicates the 126th year of the Muslim calendar as the date of foundation. It was at this time that the construction of new religious buildings (mosques) began in the territory of modern Azerbaijan. The Juma mosque in Shemakha is the earliest mosque in the Caucasus after the Derbent Cathedral Friday Mosque, built-in 734.

Albanian church is located in the village of Kish. According to the legend, this church is the first Christian church built not only in the territory of Caucasian Albania but in the whole of Transcaucasia. This place is also remarkable, as burial places of people were found on the territory of the temple, which in their structure are very different from the current inhabitants of the region. In the year of 2003, the church was restored by the money of the Norwegian government thanks to the personal efforts of Tour Heyerdahl. Next to the territory of the Church, you can find a memorial bust, in honour of a famous researcher set as a token of gratitude from local residents and the state.

Ganja is a city of Khans and Poets". Ganja, as a fabulously beautiful city, could not appear just like that. According to legend, it was based on the place where the traveler Maazid found a huge treasure - these were pots filled with precious stones and gold. The city was named after this incredible find, and several centuries later became the second most important in Azerbaijan. By the way, the famous Great Silk Road passed through the city of Ganja. Today the city is participating in a project to restore this ancient trade route. Many sights of Ganja are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Juma Mosque was built during the reign of Shah Abbas, and that is why it is sometimes called that way. It is the undoubted pride of Ganja. The building was built according to the project of the architect, astronomer and vizier Shah Abbas - Sheikh Bahauddin, a direct descendant of Nizami. The mosque of red brick is a squat, broad building. It consists of a prayer hall divided into two halves (for men and women) with a large screen and small adjoining rooms. The windows of the mosque are decorated with patterned lattices-shebeke. Before the massive gates of the mosque, once spread the market square, surrounded by benches and century-old plane trees. The roof of the mosque is a huge metal dome with a diameter of 17 meters. At the mosque, there are two high minarets, crowned with towers for inspection of the surroundings. The minarets were restored and slightly modified in the 19th century. In the courtyard of the mosque, there is a madrassa built at the same time, which, unfortunately, was destroyed during the Soviet era. However, at present both facilities are restored and function perfectly. The Juma mosque has one interesting feature. Since Sheikh Bahauddin was an excellent astronomer, he applied his knowledge in construction. Thus, at precisely noon, the shadow that falls on the western wall of the building disappears. This indicated to the faithful that it was the time of midday salah. To this day Gyandzha people are checking the disappearing shadow of the time - accuracy is absolute.

Chokyak-Hamamis a bathhouse consisting of two communicating rooms. In the centre of the large hall are a swimming pool and a fountain (it is intended for relaxation), a small one is designed for swimming. Built from red brick, the bath has two large and five small domes. At the top of the large domes, there are half-domes that played the role of a fan: from them the ventilation pipes dispersed through the space inside the walls, so in the winter, it was hot there and in the summer, it was cool. The sauna was heated with firewood. In the basement, there were two steam boilers. Steam was fed into the halls along ceramic pipes, which also pass through the walls and the floor of a bath. Steam evenly circulated and heated the entire room. This unique system of the 400-year-old bathhouse worked perfectly until 1963. And all these centuries the bath was very popular among the townspeople.

Dzhavadhan Mausoleum: Not long ago, on the territory of the historical ensemble, in the courtyard of the mosque, on the site of the grave of the fearless ruler of Ganja - Javadkhan, who died on January 3, 1804, while protecting Ganja from foreign invaders, a tomb was built. In the 1990s, the remains of Javadhana were moved here from the ancient city cemetery. The construction started in 2004 lasted several months. When it was erected, the builders adhered to the requirements of the medieval architecture school. The monument was opened in 2005 and occupied a worthy place among other monuments of the 17th century.

Goygol Lake: The road south from Xanlar winds up through the woodland picnic spots of Hacikand and onto a ridge with magnificent views of the dramatic Lesser Caucasus range, crowned by the distinctive cleft peak of Mt Kapaz. For now, the valley beyond is out of bounds. However, it contains one of Azerbaijan's most celebrated beauty spots, the gorgeous, forest-ringed Goy Gol (blue lake), which is slated to reopen to tourism as a new national park within the next few years. The distinctive rocky beak of Mt Kyapaz opened in the 1139 earthquake and disgorged such a mass of rock that it dammed the mountain streams in several places. The result was a string of seven idyllic mountain lakes known as the 'tears of Kyapaz'. Most famous are Goy Gol (Blue Lake) formerly a popular sanatorium, camping retreat, and the more secluded Maral Gol (Deer Lake). Lesser-known Zali Gol (Leech Lake) and Sara Gol (Yellow Lake) never sounded as appealing. The area is especially magnificent in autumn when green forests are burnished yellow, auburn and red like a pointillist painting rising from Goy Gol's still blue waters to Kyapaz's dramatic crown. The best views are part way to Maral Gol.

Mausoleum of the Imamzadeh: The mausoleum of Sheikh Ibrahim, erected on the burial ground of the son of Imam Mohammed Bagir, who died in the 6th century, is one of the main sights of the city. The mausoleum is also known as "Gay-Imam", which originated from the blue colour of its dome, and "Imam-Paste", which is the traditional name of the mausoleums, where the descendants of the Prophet Ali are buried (literally "Imam-Paste" can be translated as "Son of the Prophet" ). The mausoleum of the Imam-pahe is a Muslim shrine, where pilgrims annually commit hundreds of believers. The complex of the mausoleum includes a cemetery, small mosques, a caravanserai and other structures. A brick wall subsequently surrounded all of them. The most beautiful in the whole ensemble is the dome of the mausoleum, lined with bright blue tile tiles. On the blue lining clearly stands out a dark blue stamped pattern. The height of the dome is 2.7 meters, and the diameter is 4.4 meters. The height of the mausoleum is 12 meters. In the 19th century, the mausoleum was restored, but despite this, it looks rather old. The mosque at the mausoleum is still functioning.

The reserve is located 60 km from Baku and is located between the slope of the Great Caucasus Ridge and the Caspian Sea. Gobustan is an open-air reserve reflecting the life and everyday life of primitive people who lived here since the Mesolithic period until the Middle Ages. A special place is occupied by ancient rock carvings pictograms and petroglyph. These ancient monuments of art reflect the worldview, economy, customs and traditions of ancient Azerbaijanis. Gobustan is characterized by male and female images. Men in the drawings are depicted in a hunting appearance with bows and arrows. They are tall, with slender bodies, belted. Belts and muscular muscles. On the pictures of the Reserve, you can see pictures of animals that lived here during the last 10 thousand years - gazelles, wild goats, deer, wild pigs, horses, lions, etc. On the rocks, there are also images of birds, fish, snakes, lizards and various insects. Ancient rock carvings along with a variety of topics abound in compositional scenes, reflecting in all the diversity of various spheres of human activity. They were reflected in the Azerbaijani dance of Yally, collective labour, hunting with various weapons, swimming on a Tigris-type boat, reaping of animals, attack of predators on herbivores, etc. Perhaps Yally was performed to the sound, published by the oldest musical instrument "Gavaldash" (a stone with a deep resonating sound).

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8-Day Azerbaijan Tour from Baku: Behold the Nation Where East Meets West

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Day 03: Ateshgyah Temple + Burning Mountain Yanardagh

Day 04: Shemakha + Sheki

Day 05: Sheki+ Ganja

Day 06: Goygol Lake + Mausoleum

Day 07: Gobustan + mud Volcanoes

Day 08: Markets & Departure

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Day 01: Arrive in Baku

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Day 03: Ateshgyah Temple + Burning Mountain Yanardagh

Day 04: Shemakha + Sheki

Day 05: Sheki+ Ganja

Day 06: Goygol Lake + Mausoleum

Day 07: Gobustan + mud Volcanoes

Day 08: Markets & Departure

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