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Welcome to Baku and transfer. A guest will be welcomed at Heydar Aliyev International Airport by a representative of our company and accompanied to the Hotel for an accommodation and arranging the rooms. Baku Panoromic Tour, Flame Tower, Highland Mountain, Baku Boulevard walking.
After having breakfast at the Hotel, you will go to visit the Old City, Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs which has been mentioned on UNESCO’S World Cultural Heritage list.
Carpet Museum; * Little Venice; Boulevard Walk; * Old City ‘’Icheri Sheher’’ (The Maiden Tower, Juma Mosque, Old caravanserais, Bath houses, Shirvanshah’s Palace, Museum of Miniature Books); * The most famous street of Baku ‘’The Fountain Square’’; * National History Museum;
Your day will start with visiting ‘’Nohurgol’’ Lake which is surrounded by a forest,. Here you can relax, even sail boat on the lake. Then, you will take a tour
to Tufandag which is the longest teleferic of the world – whether for skiing, or just for memorable summer view of the Alpine scenery behind Gabala. After this unforgettable view, you will visit the Gabalaland (Azerbaijan’s first theme park). It’s a Youth Entertainment Center(karting, Ice rink and so on. Interesting attractions). Return Baku and Overnight in Gabala Hotel.
Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. ‘’Atash’’ is the Persian woed for Fire. The
in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural eternal flame went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city. The Baku Ateshgah was a pilgrimage and philosophical center of Zoroastrians from Northwestern Indian subcontinent, who were involved in trade with the Caspian area via the famous ‘’Grand Trunk Road’’. The four holy elements of their belief were: ateshi (fire), badi (air), abi (water), and heki (earth). The temple ceased to be place of worship after 1883 with the installation of petroleum
plants(industry) at Surakhany. The complex wasturned into a museum in 1975. The annual number of visitors to the museum is 15,000.
The Temple of Fire ‘’Ateshgah’’was nominated for List of World Heritage Sites, UNESCO in 1998 by Gabala
Mehmandarova.On December 19, 2007, it was declared a state historical-architectural reserve by decree of the President of Azerbaijan.
For discovering the historical and natural areas, you will take a tour to the Absheron Penisula and visit Yanardagh (Burnung Mountain) where the fire
ignites thousands of years. On the day of your tour to the ancient Zoroastrian temple you will get more information about the mystic Ateshgah. Then
visiting the Heydar Aliyev Museum, the architectural legend of Zahi Hadid. * Heydar Aliyev Center. * The Eternally Burning Mountain-‘’Yanar Dagh’’.
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