Tour Caucasus Beauty, Georgia & Azerbaijan 12 Days

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Day 1 Day 1: Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Tbilisi

Arrival in Tbilisi. A transfer in hotel. Welcome dinner at picturesque restaurant. Night in Tbilisi.
Day 2 Day 2: Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Tbilisi

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

Sameba Cathedral – Saint Trinity Church – the main cathedral of the Georgian Orthodox Church, located in Tbilisi, on the hill of St. Elijah (left bank of the Kura). Orthodox Church, located in Tbilisi, on the hill of St. Elijah (left bank of the Kura). There are 13 altars in the cathedral, the lower temple is in honor of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary; bell turret stands apart.

Sulfur baths –Today’s construction of baths, finished with brick, with pointed domes dates back to the XVII century. It should be noted that during 24 hours on the surface of the ground comes out 3 million liters of water.

Metekhi Church – (XIII century), built on the rock cliffs, and proudly towering over the river Kura, together with a statue of the founder of Tbilisi - Vakhtang Gorgasali, represents one of the classic types of Tbilisi

The picturesque gorge Legvtakhevi (the Inzhirovy gorge) is located in the center of Tbilisi, near Abanotubani. The gorge begins at the Orbelianovskybath and comes to an end with falls which are formed by the Tsavkisistskali River flowing through the Botanical garden. During Mikheil Saakashvili’s presidency this place was equipped, made walking paths here and now the gorge is one of the places which are most visited by tourists in the Georgian capital.

Narikala – is a castle complex of different era in Old Tbilisi. Exact time of the foundation of castle in Tbilisi is unknown, but in the VII century it already existed and was called Shuris-Tsikhe.

The updated David Agmashenebeli Avenue (the former Plekhanov St.), David Agmashenebeli Avenue was laid still in the fifties the 19th centuries at the initiative of the count Mikhail Vorontsov who at that time fulfilled duties of the deputy of the Russian emperor in the Caucasus. Long time the avenue was called Mikhaylovsky, and at the time of the Soviet the Russian emperor in the Caucasus. Long time the avenue was called Mikhaylovsky, and at the time of the Soviet power - Plekhanovsky. This street received the modern name only in the eighties the 20th centuries.

Today Agmashenebeli Avenue is a unique architectural museum under the open sky and one of the most beautiful streets of the Georgian capital. located in the center of the capital

Visiting Mtskheta – Mtskheta is built on the confluence of two rivers Kura and Aragvi, it was inhabited by ancient peoples as far back as 2 millennium BC. The city’s name is connected with Mtskhetos, son of Kartlos, legendary ancestor of the Georgian people. Over time, the former center of paganism was transformed into the first Christian city in Georgia. Mtskhetatoday is considered the spiritual capital of the state. The most important architectural monument of Mtskhetais the Cathedral Svetitskhoveli.

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (UNESCO monument) - for centuries it served as a place of coronation and burial of royal personages. Until now, it remains as one of the holiest place of the Georgian people, as early in the 1st century the robe of Christwas buried here.

Temple-monastery Jvari (UNESCO monument) - built on top of a hill where, according to the story, St. Nino, missionary from Cappadocia, in 4 century, as a sign of acceptance of the Christian faith, the Georgian state, raised the first cross ("Djvari"). Two centuries later, this church was built on this place by a local prince named Stefanoz. Temple-monastery Djvariis described by Lermontov in his famous poem ("Mtsyri") "The Novice".

Night of Tbilisi

deceased Heaton’s hands of Christ Redeemer —so her with him and buried in an imperial garden.
Day 3 Day 3: Tbilisi-Borjomi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Tbilisi-Borjomi

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

Uplistsikhe is most ancient rock city in Georgia, founded in the 1st millennium BC. Visitors will have the opportunity to stroll along the ancient streets of the king’s house, pagan temples and Christian churches, rock-cut theater and pharmacy. A vast granaries and clay wine jugs recreate the picture of everyday life at that time.

Gori is famous by the fact that he re was born and spent his youth one of the most famous political leaders-Joseph Dzhugashvili, idem Stalin - "the man of steel."

Visit to the museum of Stalin.

National Park Borjomi-Kharagauli–is located on the territory of Lesser Caucasus. One of the biggest national parks in Europe includes six administrative districts, stretching from the town of Borjomi to Kharagauli. Its area is 5,3 thousand km², which is 7.6% of the whole territory of Georgia.

"Borjomi" - is a well-known mineral water for the namesake town Borjomiin Georgia.

Night in Borjomi
Day 4 Day 4: Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Tbilisi

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

Rabat is one big city in the city. There in the complex exists modern institutions of different types, such as tourist-information center, restaurant, cafe, gift shop and clothing, museum, wedding palace etc., besides historical fortresses, towers, churches, cells and mosques.

Georgy III, the father of the legendary queen Tamara, began to build in the steep tuff rock the monastery fortress Vardziya in Georgia to protect fertile Georgian lands from attacks of Turks and Persians. The place for fortress was chosen brilliantly. Thanks to features of a relief and masking of an outpost in the rock, this citadel played a crucial role in protection of the southern boundaries of Georgia against attacks. Only three manholes in foundation of the rock protection of the southern boundaries of Georgia against attacks. Only three manholes in foundation of the rock conducted in the whole underground complex consisting of more than 600 rooms in which churches, chapels, inhabited cells, storerooms, treasury, refectories and baths were located. The complex is profound to the rock on 50 meters and has 8 floors. The construction could place garrison capable to stop the enemy without regard to the number of forwards. The group which is imperceptibly appearing before the advanced army of an aggressor, well armed, perfectly knowing and using features of the area could conduct defense as much as long, giving thereby time to move forward towards to the enemy to the main army. After the death of the father, Tamara continued construction, having finished it shortly before war with the Turkish Seljuks. During the war Tamara together with the yard was exactly here.

In 1283 as a result of a strong earthquake the majority of rooms of the cave city monastery collapsed, and it lost military value. The monastery was tried to be restored, but in the 16th century the Persian troops under command of the shah of Takhmasp took strength. By order of the shah in the monastery, dead and wounded monks were burned. The black coating covered walls, having protected from damage of a fresco and drawings.

Return to Tbilisi. Night in Tbilisi
Day 5 Day 5: Tbilisi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Tbilisi

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

Near the small village of Gveletithe, natural falls of improbable beauty are located. If you have a rest in this region, by all means visit the beautiful place where the Gveletsky Falls are located. From the deep gorge of Mount Kazbek on the small Gveletistskali River cascades water flow, forming Gveletsky Falls. Falls height –25 meters. Width of top of falls is about 2 meters, and width of a water stream reaches 4 meters. The gorge consists of clay slates which are covered by an andezitovylava. The water falling from big height did the bowl-shaped hollow in the foot of the rock.

Darial Gorge, located between the town of Kazbegi and the Georgian-Russian border, is one of the most spectacular gorges along the Terek River. The name comes from the Persian word "Dar-e Alan", which translates as "gate of the Alans." Hence began the territory belonging to the ancient Alans-ancestors of modern Ossetians. Lermontov wrote his famous poem "Tamara“ after visiting these places in 1841.

Gergeti Trinity Church – is located at height of 2170m at the foot of Mount Kazbegi along the Georgian Military Road in the Georgian village Gergeti, on the right bank of Ckheri (inflow of the river Terek), just above the village Stepantsminda. Built in the XIV century, shrine is the only crossdomed church in Khevi. Beside the temple medieval shrine bell tower is kept. During the invasion of the Persians on Tbilisi (1795), St. Nino’s holy cross was sheltered in Gergeti. In Soviet times, the church was closed, now it is returned to the Georgian Orthodox Church. It is popular with tourists.

The Friendship Аrch in Kazbegi was constructed together with the observation deck in 1983 in honor of the two-hundredth anniversary of a path of St. George and for friendship of the Russian and Georgian people. The treatise of St. George is a contract of 1783 between the Russian Empire and East Georgia on protectorate of the first over the second. The arch of Friendship of the People is inspiration of the famous sculptor Tsereteli, it is constructed at the height of 2384 meters in Kazbegsky district, on the Cross pass at the Georgian Military Road, near the alpine skiing Gudauri complex and represents a mosaic panel which were very popular among sculptors of that era.

Complex Ananuri (XVII century) undoubtedly represents one of the biggest attractions on the Georgian Military Road. Located near Jinvali reservoir, castle walls of Ananuri beautifully emerges on green background of the surrounding forests.

Return to Tbilisi. Overnight in Tbilisi
Day 6 Day 6: Sighnaghi - Tsinandali
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Sighnaghi - Tsinandali

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

The history of this earth named then by Iveriya originates still B.C. At first early Persians and Time was with Kakheti unfairly. At first early Persians and Zoroastrianism, then Muslims came from the neighboring Central Georgia here. Throughout ten centuries of border of the Kakhetian kingdom were repeatedly remade and resembled present a little. The territory endured only one short "gold" period –in the 11th century. And then it was attached to Georgia. But in 400 years Kakheti decides to become the independent power again. Unfortunately, it is possible to call this period unhappy for the country of a grapevine: in the 1617th centuries the Christian Kakhetian kingdom Persians visit twice. By itself, it were not courtesy visits –Muslims left behind the scorched earth. All large cities of Kakheti among which legendary Rattle were at that time wiped actually out (now from it there was only a temple complex).

As well as it is accepted, each Region of Kakheti (the wine-making region of Georgia) bears a wine name, raw materials for which grows in this territory. Akhasheniin the territory of modern Kakheti. Locals in some way consider these lands Saints, tells about them in an ancient Georgian legend. The legend says about the mighty governor –the tsar David IV better known as the Builder David. The tsar got the nickname thanks to a huge number of the built buildings which were under construction during his dominion and under its management. Once David ordered to build the new temple, in honor of the patron and the spiritual mentor great martyr Georgi. During construction workers quite often drank wine to restore forces and to be cooled in hot days. Once the worker spilled a glass of wine on the earth, and for the morning on this place the grapevine already grew. On the same day David ordered on this ground razbivinogradnik. From now on began to same day David ordered on this ground razbivinogradnik. From now on began to grow up grapes of a grade Saperaviwhich are used for receiving Akhasheniwine.

Visiting fortified town of Sighnaghi, and its tower on top of a hill, above the valley Alazani, where it was built in the XVIII century by King Erekle from invasions Lezgians. For two centuries, the city has not changed; it has completely kep tits original colorfulness. It offers a kind of indescribable beauty of the mountain peaks of the Greater Caucasus. This is the city of love, where Wedding Palace is open 24/7; any couple can register their marriage here (if they have all necessary documents.) There is also a museumof Nikoloz Pirosmani,brilliant artist with a distinctive style of painting, one of the famous Georgian lovers, who sold the house to buy flowers for his sweetheart.

In Bodbe monastery (IV century) is the tomb of St. Nino from Cappadocia, who converted the Georgian people to Christianity in 337

The complex in Tsinandali embraces the memorial house, a landscape garden, a historical winery, wine cellar, hotel and a café. The vineyards have been restored and wine production has resumed. We offer you a pleasurable and informative experience: you will look into the background of the noble Chavchavadze family, who played a significant part in the national history; enjoy the views of the garden, have a look at the winery and sample the “Tsinandali” (first produced by the Chavchavadzes) etc. Georgian wines and round off the visit at the historical hotel. The landscape garden in Tsinandali is the first European-type recreation zone in Georgia. It was laid out by the landscape architects Alexander Chavchavadze invited from Europe. The garden is unique for its exotic plants and layout. In it, there is “the love lane”. The legend says that if lovers can walk though it with their eyes shut, their love lane”. The legend says that if lovers can walk though it with their eyes shut, their life together will be happy. It was in this garden that Nino Chavchavadze and Alexander Griboedov first met to be married soon.

Telaviis the historical capital of all Kakhetilocated to the northeast from Tbilisi. Town absolutely small The city was founded approximately in the 8th century when the first fortress on the place of The Batonistsikhethe lock was the residence of kings of Kakhetiin 17 and 18 centuries. Fortress of the correct square shape in the plan, and inside is the house in which the tsar IrakliII and also the remains of half-ruined church and a chapel was born and grew up. In the same place there is a good observation deck overlooking the valley, and from outer side of fortress it is possible to see a monument to IrakliII on a horse

Night in family hotel of ShattoIkalto
Day 7 Day 7: Sheki
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Sheki

Breakfast and leaving the hotel.

The monastery Ikalto - among the most ancient in Georgia. It was founded by one of the Assyrian fathers, Zenon Ikaltoyskyin the second half of the 6th century. From constructions of that era practically nothing remained. In the 12th century, at the initiative of the mentor tsar David Stroitel, ArsenIkatoyeli, the academy was constructed here. The Ikaltoyskyacademy is well-known that in it ShotaRustavelistudied. In this regard the fact here in October (information is not confirmed) celebrate the holiday Shotaoba. During invasion of the shah Abbasin 1616 the academy was burned, and the monastery stopped the existence. The churches entering a complex were restored only in the 19th century.

Near Telaviin, the village of Shuamta, fragments of the monasteries Dzveli-Shuamtaremained and Gasped Shuamta(literally Old Shuamtaand New Shuamta). These two monasteries absolutely differ from each other in architecture and were created at different times.

Monastery Dzveli Shuamta more ancient monument. It is ensemble from several ancient churches. The small church standing on the foreground is dated the 5th century, other two –big and small dome churches -by the 7th century. The big church is very similar to mtskhetskyJvariChurch. In churches paintings of the 12th century remained.

The monastery Gasped Shuamtait is built later, in the 16th century. This monastery works still. The complex of the monastery includes the big temple, the bell tower, a fencing. According to the legend, the monastery is constructed by the Kakhetianqueen Tina. In the childhood the dream that she should construct Orthodox church dreamed it. She dreamed about the place of its future construction. The place was unfamiliar, and only being already a wife of the Kakhetianprince Levan, the queen Tina recognized seen by her in a dream the place during the travel by Georgia. There also the monastery where subsequently accepted monastic was founded tonsured Tina.

Already at that time ancient people of South Caucasus opened a way of a mysterious trasformationof juice of wild grapes in wine, storing it in the clay vessels dug to the earth under the name Kvevri. Knowledge of this way of storage was slightly developed and improved throughout centuries.

Kvevri—in Transcaucasia the pottery reminding an amphora, but without handles. Has the form of a cone and it is used at production of wine. Kvevrihappen all sizes —from usual kuvshinnyto enormous, on several hundreds of liters.

Kvevriis dug in to the earth up to the mouth and put in him grapes, it is frequent —together with crests of bunches. During active fermentation, under the influence of carbon dioxide the cap of alburnumrises to a jug mouth and when fermentation comes to the end, and gas comes to light, it settles on a bottom, and kvevrseal till spring. So in rooms where kvevrwith wine of a maraniya(cellar) are stored, wine grows ripe and infuses on alburnum(that is on a thin skin, stones and crests) several months. In the spring jugs open, remove wine from a deposit and begin to drink.

The found pottery of type of a kvevra, most ancient in Georgia, belongs to 6-5 millennium BC. The form of a kvevraexisting today was created in 3-2 millennium. Till this period the small kvevrhaving height no more than 1.5 meters, a flat bottom and a wide stomach were widespread. Now kvevrof an ovoid form are most widespread

In 2013 the method of production of wine in kvevrwas entered in the list of non-material cultural heritage of UNESCO.

Farewellb dinner in the estate of the Kakhetian peasant of the 18th century in

Acquaintance with Georgian cuisine. A master class on production of khachapuri, khinkali weets are churchkhelasand baking of bread in tone

Farewell dinner in the estate of the Kakhetian peasant of the 18th century in Velistsikhe

On it our travel according to ancient Guziya comes to an end. Farewell to guests on border of Georgia and Azerbaijan Belokani’s Post where our partners from Azerbaijan welcome guests.

Sheki:

Arrival in Lagodekhi border (5 pm)

Route to Sheki city

Transfer to the hotel

Accommodation in the hotel
Day 8 Day 8: Sheki To Qabala
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Sheki To Qabala

Breakfast at the hotel. Check out from the hotel. Excursion to Kish village. On the way excursion to Caravan serai and Khan Palace. Arrival in Gabala city. Accommodation in the hotel in Gabala.

Sheki district is one of the most interesting, original and beautiful regions of Azerbaijan. The administrative center –the city of Sheki–is one of the most ancient cities of Azerbaijan and is located on the picturesque hillsides of the Caucasus Mountains in the background of snowy peaks. Shekiis rightly called the architectural reserve of the country. Of particular interest to visitors is the palace of the ShekiKhans (1762) – a rare example of a combination of national architecture and traditions of palace architecture. You can hardly find the second palace like this by the design and interior decoration. It is known that during the construction of the palace a single nail was not used. Mosaic in there is made in traditional style Shebeke (colored glass decoration).

Sheki Khans’ palace.

The most outstanding and valuable monument of the 18thcentury Azerbaijan is Sheki Khans’ palace. It was constructed in 1761-1762 as a summer residence of Hussein-khan Mushtad(grandson of Gadzhi Chelebi). The unique beauty two-storied building of the palace amazes with its magnificent interior and exterior. The facade of the palace is richly painted with anecdotal drawings displaying scenes of hunting and war as well as intricate geometrical and vegetative patterns. In the center is a huge stained-glass window from a multi-colored glass mosaic (It is remarkable up to 5,000 glass pieces were used per one square meter).
Day 9 Day 9: Qabala To Baku
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Qabala To Baku

•Breakfast at the hotel •Check out from the hotel •Excursion to Tufandag Mountain Resort •Visit Nic village-Albanian Temple •Excursion to Nohurgol •Route to Baku city •On the way visit DiriBaba Mausoleum in Shemakhicity •Excursion to Seven Tombs •Arrival in Baku city •Accommodation in the hotel •Overnight in the hotel

Gabala is one of the most beautiful parts of Azerbaijan with a rich and ancient history. Sometime in the past (for 600 years) this city (Kabala) was the capital of Caucasian Albania. The town also hosts an annual International Music Festival of classical music, jazz and mugham, which is attended by bands and artists from all around the world. Not surprisingly that exactly in Gabalais located a factory on piano manufacturing under the famous Dutch brand Beltman.YeddiGozelShalala, the Seven Beauties Waterfall, is a couple of kilometresoff the main road just west of Vandam. This is a popular spot, though you wouldn´t think it judging by the poor access road. At the foot of the waterfall there is a restaurant, a busy bustling place. Choose your table according to the view that you want. There is a path/steps up the side of the waterfall which is well worth investigating -take your camera for some ´wet´shots.

Shemakha is an ancient city of Azerbaijan founded in the V century BC. In XI-XVI centuries it was a capital of the kingdom of Shirvanand a residence of Shirvanshahs. Shemakha was one of the most beautiful cities in the East. Natural conditions of Shemakha lands attracted people since ancient times. The unique nature, mild climate and mineral springs provide this district with special beauty. The climate here is temperate. This area attracts a lot of mineral springs provide this district with special beauty. The climate here is temperate. This area attracts a lot of tourists and vacationers all the year round. Shemakhadistrict is interesting not only for its rich nature but for an ancient history as well. Despite the numerous earthquakes in Shemakhathere are many historical monuments still preserved: the Jumamosque with two minarets (743rd year), the mausoleum Shahihandan(XV century), the tomb of ShirvanKhans –mausoleum YeddiGumbez(Seven Domes) (XVIII-XIX centuries), the mausoleum “Diri-Baba” built in 1402, the ruins of the Gulistancitadel (XI-XIII centuries).

Baku •Breakfast in the hotel •Excursion to Highland Park, Marty’s lane •City tour ü Walking sightseeing tour of the “Inner City” ü Visiting souvenir, carpets, antique shops and workshops of local handicrafts ü Maiden Tower (XII century), ü JumaMosque (XII century), ü ShirvanshahPalace (XV century) •Excursion to Gobustan •Visit Bibi-HeybatMosque •Excursion to Carpet Museum •Walking through Baku Boulevard
Day 10 Day 10: Baku
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Baku

•Walking through Baku Boulevard •Overnight in the hotel

Visiting Marty’s Lane, Highland park Highland Park, located near the Martyrs’ Lane and connects the city center by funicular. A beautiful panoramic view of the city and the Baku Bay opens from the park. Baku’shighland park, has undergone some major reconstructions. It has been around for quite some time, being first built in the 1940s. As the pictures below show, park opens a terrific view on the sea shore. A funicular (also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway) has been updated as well.

Maiden’s Tower

The symbol of Baku, Maiden Tower was included into the list of World Cultural Heratageof UNESCO in December of 2000. Maiden Tower, erected at the coast of the Caspian Sea preserved its magnificence till our days. The Tower, which was included into the fortification system of Baku, was called “Maiden Tower” for its inaccessibility. Maiden Tower is a cylindrical shaped tower built at the coast rock. From the sea side the oblong prop (counterfort) adjoins the tower. The height of the tower is 31meters from the north and 28meters from the south. It should be noted that there are some versions concerning the figure “28”. The facts that Caspian Sea is below the world sea level by 28 meters, there are 28 blocks in Icherisheher, the Fortress walls connect 28 semicircular towers, indicate the symbolic character of this figure. The diameter of the Tower is 16meters on the ground floor, and thicknessof wall is 5meters on the ground floor. The Tower consists of 8 floors

Juma Mosque Juma Mosque Juma mosque or mosque in the Icheri-sheher has been functioning since the12th century.This mosque was built in1899at the funds of Baku philanthropist Khadja Shikhali Dadashev. Inthe14th century pagan temple was converted into a mosque. According to the inscription on the Mosque,"inthemonthofRajabintheyear709Hijri(1309)Amir Sharafal-Din Mahmud ordered to update this mosque. "In the15th century, minaret wa sattached to the north side of the Mosque. By the end of the19th century the old mosque came into disrepair and was replaced by a new one-Juma Mosque.

Palace of Shirvanshah

The palace was the former residence of the rulers of the Shirvanshahs. It is a complex where, in addition to the palace itself, can also be found a courtyard of the Diwankhana, the courthouse, the Shirvanshahs’ burial vault, the palace mosque of 1441 with its minaret, the bathhouse and the mausoleum of the court scholar, SayidYahyaBakuvi. The palace complex was built in the period from the XIII to the XVI century. On the palace itself, no inscriptions have survived. Therefore, the time of its construction is determined by the dates on the inscriptions on various architectural monuments, which relate to the palace complex. In 1964, the palace complex was declared a museum-preserve. In 2000, a unique architectural and cultural ensemble, along with the fortified walls enclosed by the historic part of the city and the Maiden Tower, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Shirvanshahs Palace is considered one of the pearls of the architecture of Azerbaijan.

Gobustan occupies the south-eastern spur of the Great Caucasian Range and situated 60 km south of Baku. It is a Gobustan occupies the south-eastern spur of the Great Caucasian Range and situated 60 km south of Baku. It is a monticulatesemi-desert area dissected by numerous gullies and ravines and Gobustan, in translation, means "ravine land". Caves and rock outcroppings surround the region. Settled since the Stone Age the area is one of the major and most ancient museums of rock engravings (petrogliphs) in the world. It was here in Gobustan, in the area of this fantastic destruction of mountains Beyukdash, Kichikdadh, Jingirdag, Shongardag and Shikhgaya, in the ’sea of rocks’, the witnesses to the past of Azerbaijan people of the Stone Age and subsequent periods are concentrated: these are rock carvings, settlements, tombstones etc. Among them ancient rock carvings are of a particular prominence. Ancient people used to cover the stone blocks near the caves and the walls of the caves with images of human beings and animals and various signs which had been carved with stone implements and, sometimes, with metal tools. These prehistoric art monuments reflect culture, economy, world outlook, customs and traditions of ancient Azerbaijan people.

Bibi-Heybat Mosque

The Bibi-HeybatMosque (Azerbaijani: Bibiheybətməscidi) is a historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah FarrukhzadII IbnAhsitanII, which was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936. 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", which is what Alexandre Dumas called it when he described the mosque during his visit in the 1840s. The mosque was built over the tomb of the daughter of the seventh Shiite Imam -Musa al-Kazim, who fled to Baku from persecution of caliphs. On the tomb there is carved on a stone inscription indicating that Ukeyma Khanum belongs to the sacred family: "Here was buried Ukeyma

Khanum, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, the granddaughter of the sixth Imam Ja’faral-Sadiq, the daughter of the Seventh Imam Musei Kazym, sister of the eighth Imam Riza". Seventh Imam Musei Kazym, sister of the eighth Imam Riza".

Carpet Museum

Azerbaijan State Carpet Museum, also known as the State Museum of Azerbaijan Carpet and Applied Art, is a museum located on Neftchiler Avenue, in the center of Baku, Azerbaijan. The museum displays Azerbaijani carpets and rug items of various weaving techniques and materials from various periods. It is named after Latif Karimov and has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. The museum was established in 1967 and was located in the Juma Mosque in Icheri Sheher. The mosque was built in the 15th century and then renovated in the 19th century. In 1992, after the collapse of USSR, the museum was moved to the building of the former Lenin museum. The museum was named after the carpet designer Latif Karimov. Its first exhibition was held in 1972. The collection of the museum includes over 10,000 items of ceramics, metal works of 14th century, jewellery from the Bronze Age, carpets and carpet items from 17th-20th centuries, national garments and embroidery, and applied art works of modern age.
Day 11 Day 11: Baku
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Baku

(Baku-Absheron peninsula-30km)

Breakfast at the hotel

Excursion to Heydar Aliyev Center

Excursion to Ateshgah

Excursion to Yanardagh

Overnight in the hotel

The Ancient Zoroastrian Temple, Ateshgah - "Fire Temple”. The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgah - is an authentic Azerbaijani exotic. 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. It was built by the Baku-based Hindu community related to Sikhs.

Yanar Dag - a Reminder of the Ancient Cult of Fire related to Sikhs. However, the history of the Temple is even longer. From times immemorial this was the holy place of Zoroastrians-fire worshippers (approximately beginning of our era). They attributed mystical significance to the inextinguishable fire and came there to worship the relic.

Azerbaijan is historically called the Land of Fire, and it is not for the sake of a witty remark. At a whim of nature, the land of this Caucasian country located on the picturesque coast of the Caspian Sea, is replete with underground sources of oil and gas that long for blowing out. Natural gas in the Azerbaijan bowels is so much that it comes to the surface over and over again. One of the most famous and popular tourist places of the "eternal flame” in Azerbaijan is the mountain of YanarDag. 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 for 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.

Heydar Aliyev Center

The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 619,000-square-foot building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named for Heydar Aliyev, the leader of Soviet-era Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003.
Day 12 Day 12: Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Departure

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Day 1: Tbilisi

Day 2: Tbilisi

Day 3: Tbilisi-Borjomi

Day 4: Tbilisi

Day 5: Tbilisi

Day 6: Sighnaghi - Tsinandali

Day 7: Sheki

Day 8: Sheki To Qabala

Day 9: Qabala To Baku

Day 10: Baku

Day 11: Baku

Day 12: Departure

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