Full Day Sightseeing Tour of the main Attractions around Baku

In a short time you will see 7 main sights around Baku, with guides who will not only tell you the story but will be your friend all the way to the end point, help you with any questions and tell you everything you need to know!

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

Gobustan is one of the world's most famous historical and archaeological reserves, an open-air museum with a huge collection of priceless historical artefacts

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

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

A mud volcano is a geological formation consisting of a hole or depression in the earth's surface, or a cone-shaped elevation with a crater, from which mud and gases are continuously or periodically erupted. This type of volcano is mainly found in oil-bearing and volcanic areas.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Bibi-Heybat Mosque, Baku Azerbaijan

Bibi-Heybet (aunt of the stern) is a 'pir' located near the mountains of Baku amidst a vast cemetery. The tomb of Bibi-Heybet, one of the relatives of the Prophet Muhammad, is located in a vast mosque, very willingly visited by Muslims. Bibi-Heybet is famous for her miraculous power to heal the sick. Many of the Muslims bequeath to be buried near this mosque.

Duration: 20 minutes

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

Azerbaijani historians have found documents in Russian archives confirming that an oil well was drilled at the Bibi-Heybat field near Baku in 1846.

This well can thus be considered the world's first, as it appeared 13 years before commercial oil production began in the US.

Duration: 10 minutes

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

"Ateshgah" Fire-worshipper temple - the first structures of the Ateshgah temple date back to the second and third centuries. At that time Zoroastrianism spread in Azerbaijan and Zoroastrian temples started to be built in the regions. Ateshgah temple in Surakhani functioned until VII century. It is known that Islam was adopted in Azerbaijan in VII century.

Duration: 1 hour

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

Yanardag is one of the most amazing natural attractions of the Absheron Peninsula. It is a flaming mountainside that cannot be extinguished by rain or sand, and has been burning for several millennia. The frightening yet fascinating fiery landscape is actually very simple to explain: natural gas is released from the upper layers of soil, which turns into flames when it comes into contact with oxygen.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Heydar Aliyev Avenue, 1/1, Baku 1033 Azerbaijan

The Heydar Aliyev Centre is a futuristic architectural masterpiece; one of the new symbols of the Azerbaijani capital, along with the famous Flame Towers. Every year Baku looks less and less like a grey post-Soviet city. Thanks to oil revenues, typical high-rise buildings and faceless concrete boxes are being replaced by extraordinary buildings that form the image of an ultra-modern metropolis.

You won't go inside, just the outside, photo stop

Duration: 15 minutes

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