Itinerary: Baku – Quba – Shamakhy – Lahij – Sheki – BAKU

Day 1. Arrival in Baku.

Meeting tourists at the Baku airport after Haydar Aliyev.  Transfer and.accommodation at the hotel.

 

Day 2. Baku – Qobustan Preserve

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Visiting Gobustan National Historical – Artist preserve (65 km. away from Baku).
  • Acquaintance with archaeological exposition of the museum, lifestyle of ancient people of “Stone Age”
  • Lunch in “Caravansaray”(XIV-XV c.) restaurant.(excluded)
  • Sightseeing in the “Old City” – medieval part of Baku: “Shirvanshahs’ palace” (XV c.) under UNESCO protection, ancient quarter mosques (Mohammad’s mosque- XI c.), bath, fragments of residential buildings,  “Market Square”, “Bukhara” and “Multani”Caravanserais (XVI c.and XIV c.), “Gyz Galasi” (Maiden Tower – the oldest construction of Baku (under UNESCO protection- entrance)
  • Dinner in the local restaurant with folklore show.
  • Overnight at the hotel

 

Day 3. Baku – Quba – Khinaliq village       

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Departure to Quba and Xinaliq village.
  • On the way to Khinaliq photo stop on the mountain beautiful places.
  • Lunch in local restaurant
  • Arrive to Xinaliq. Tour around the village and acquaintance with life stile of local people.
  • Drive back to Baku city.
  • Arrive to Baku and dinner in local restaurant.
  • Overnight at the hotel

 

Day 4. Baku – Shemakhy – Lahij – Sheki

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Passage to the rout Maraza-Shamakhi-Lahij (195km.)
  • Photo stops on in the most picturesque places in the mountains.
  • Arrival at Lahij mountain settlement of national handicraft.
  • Lunch in local restaurant, free time for shopping.
  • After lunch panoramic tour to “Lahij ” Historical- Ethnographic reserve /IV-XIX c./:Architectural monuments, handicrafts and manufacture of carpets, workshops and benches of handicraftsmen: braziers, smiths, chasers, metal engravers, ancient mosques, baths, and also original architecture of streets and apartment houses of  the ancient mountain settlement.
  • Visit to History Museum of Lahij. (entrance)
  • Visit to Carpet workshops and information about Azerbaijani and Lahij carpets.
  • Continue trip to Sheki .Arriving to Sheki and dinner in local restaurant
  • Accommodation at the hotel.

 

Day 5. Sheki – Baku

  • Breakfast at the hotel, check out.
  • Visiting east bazaar. Travel from Sheki to Baku city.
  • On the way lunch in local restaurant.
  • Arrival to Baku, dinner in local restaurant
  • Accommodation at the hotel.

 

Day 6. Departure

  • Breakfast at the hotel, check out till 12:00
  • Transfer to airport.

The end of the program.