5 Days Baku and Oguz Ganja Tour Package

Tbilisi - Kvareli - Lagodekhi border - Azerbaijan ( Sheki City) ,Nizami mausoleum, Shah Abbas mosque, Javad khan mausoleum, Shemakha - Baku.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 - Tbilisi - Kvareli - Lagodekhi border - Azerbaijan ( Sheki City)  (D)
You will have breakfast at the hotel. Then drive to the east, main winemaking part of Georgia. Visit Kindzmarauli wine factory in Kvareli. Wine tasting and lunch. Drive to Lagodekhi border We arrive at the Azerbaijan border at the Lagodekhi check-point.* After completing customs and immigration formalities (which can be lengthy!) we continue to to Sheki, one of the most ancient settlements and architectural centers of Azerbaijan. The town was founded more than 2700 years ago. Arrive in Oghuz. Overnight in Oghuz


Day 2 - Sheki - Ganja (B + L + D)
After having your breakfast at the hotel and check out. Then we start to tour by visiting the mosaic fronted Khan's Palace which was built in 1762 by Hussein khan who was also well known as a poet under his pen-name Mushtag. Also we will visit the largest is Sheki's History Museum, with artifacts from several periods, but notorious for pieces relating to silk manufacturing and trade. The other is a 19th century 'Albanian' church that now houses the crafts museum.

Afterwards, we will departure to Gandja. Gandja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city with a population of around 313,300. It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. Upon arrival, transfer and check in to your hotel. After the lunch break in your hotel, continue the tour by visiting  Nizami mausoleum, Shah Abbas mosque, Javad khan mausoleum. Afterwards, departure to Khanlar, church date to XIX century, wine plant.

At the end of the tour, transfer back to your hotel and enjoy your dinner. Overnight at Ganja.


Day 3 - Ganja - Shemakha - Baku   (B + L + D)
After having breakfast at the hotel, check out and will depart to Baku, on the way, we will proceed to Shemakha, for so long the capital and trade centre for western Azerbaijan and now a small town. We visit the Grand Mosque, a very large and attractive building from the late 19th century; and the Yedi Gumbez 'Seven Tombs', yet only three of these desecrated octagonal royal tombs remain reasonably complete. They are the 18th-19th century mausoleums of the Khans of Shemakha.

After our lunch break in Shamakhi. Resort center "Fortuna", we will continue our journey and arrive in Baku in evening. Upon arrival, transfer and check in to your hotel in Baku. The rest of the day is leisure. Dinner and overnight at Baku.


Day 4 - Baku City Tour    (B + L + D)
Today we will have a city tour in Baku with visits to the Martyr's Cemetery located on the higher slopes of the city's west-end. Baku is the largest city in the Caucasus and the capital of Azerbaijan. Baku is on the coast of the Caspian Sea on the southern tip of the Absheron Peninsula.

This is the best place for viewing the city and the Bay of Baku. We proceed to the Old Town 'Iceri Sehir', which is also a fortress. We see the highlights of Iceri Sehir including the Palace of the Shirvans which is the most striking example of the Medieval palace structures in Azerbaijan, dating to the middle of 15th century

The Maiden's Tower - the ancient, eight storey fortress originally built as a fire beacon, and the Carpet Museum which is the impressive building located on the seafront. Its collection was enriched with the carpets brought from Shusha Carpet Museum, evacuated before the Armenian advance.

After our lunch in the city restaurant, we continue the tour by visiting the Baku Fire Temple, known locally as the Atashgah. This is a castle-like Hindu temple and monastery complex in Surakhani near Baku. The complex is now a museum and is no longer used as a place of worship. Local legend associates the temple at Surakhany with the Fire temples of Zoroastrianism, but this is presumably based on a misunderstanding of the term Atashgah, which in Azerbaijani is literally any fire-place, but in Zoroastrianism is synonymous with Middle Persian Atashdan, the technical term for the altar-like repository for a sacred wood-fire. Excursion to Yanrdagh.

Today dinner will be arrnaged in Karvansaray. At the end, transfer back to hotel. Overnight at Baku.


Day 5 - Baku - End of Tour (B)
After having breakfast you will have a free morning to go shopping in Baku. Then you will be picked up from your hotel regarding your flight departure time, and transfer you to the airport for your international flight back home

Includes

• 1 night hotel accommodation in Oghuz
• 1 night hotel accommodation in Ganja
• 2 nights hotel accommodation in Baku
• All breakfasts, lunches and dinners during the tour
• Guided tours in ALL destinations
• Professional English-Speaking guide
• All entrance fees for all museums mentioned in the itinerary
• Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking private coach
• Return transfer to Baku Airport

Excludes

• International flights
• Visas
• Drinks

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