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Full-Day Gobustan and Absheron Tour
- 6–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 5 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This trip helps you to uncover the secrets of the Gobustan National Park and be acquainted with the amazing mud volcanoes as well as covers visit to monuments of universal value in Absheron Peninsula including Fire Mountain and Fire Temple- the place of worship for Zoroastrians.
Inclusions
What's included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Landing and facility fees
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Fuel surcharge
- Coffee and/or Tea
What's not
- Lunch
Itinerary
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque 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 which was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936. The Bibi-Heybat Mosque today is the spiritual center for the Muslims of the region and one of the major monuments of Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan.
A national historic landmark and a World Heritage Site, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape preserves ancient stone relics, rock carvings, and mud volcanoes. Located on the Greater Caucasus mountain ridge, the reserve shelters more than 6,000 engraved images of prehistoric lifestyles, hunting, and animal and plant life, dating back between 5,000 and 40,000 years.
During this trip, you will get a great chance to see these amazing active volcanoes from a very close distance. Watch mud bubbling out of the earth at Mud Volcanoes, strange geological formations bursting warm liquid set against a backdrop of mountains in Gobustan National Park. Fizzy, snorting bubbles and an occasional sound of snoring make a mesmerizing spectacle.
The Temple of Eternal Fire - Ateshgah - is an authentic Azerbaijani exotic. It is well-known practically all over the world. 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.
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.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We generally pick up our guests from the place of accommodation. In case of any road closure, heavy traffic, ongoing road construction works, we will define certain address as a starting point. Address of the starting/pick up point to be announced by message 24 hours prior to the tour start date.
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 15 travellers
- Operated by
- OM Hospitality
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- You are recommended to take cash money with you to pay admission fees at the museums.
- NOTE: If a traveler needs to use stroller and wheelchair during the tour, he/she has to keep us informed about it in advance.
How it compares in Baku
- Its from-price is 195% above the median of the 282 day trips we list in Baku.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 63 of 282.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Baku
Baku is Azerbaijan's capital on the Caspian Sea, where a walled medieval old town sits beside oil-era mansions and glass towers shaped like flames.
The walled Old City, Icherisheher, is a UNESCO-listed maze of lanes with the Maiden Tower and the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, both medieval. Beyond the walls, grand mansions from the oil boom of the late nineteenth century line the streets, and a long boulevard runs beside the Caspian. The three Flame Towers glow on the skyline, and Zaha Hadid's curving Heydar Aliyev Centre is a landmark of modern architecture.
Top-ranked sights in Baku: Bibi-Heybat Mosque (Bibiheybet Mescidi), Yanar Dag, Baku Old City (Icherisheher).
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