Overview

Tour Name: Classic Baku Experience

Duration: 5 days / 4 nights (extendable)

Tour Type: Private

Languages: English (others on request)

Highlights: City Center • Old City • Gobustan • Mud Volcanoes • Bibi Heybat Mosque • Ateshgah Fire Temple • Mardakan Fortress • Yanardag (Burning Mountain)

Accommodation: 3* / 4* / 5* hotels — your choice

Tour Intensity: Moderate — includes daily sightseeing and walking tours (4–6 hours per day).

Prices

* Final price is calculated individually upon request.
* This tour can also be arranged without accommodation, if preferred.

Included

✓ Airport–Hotel–Airport transfers

✓ Accommodation in selected hotel

✓ English speaking guide

✓ Hotel pick-up and drop-off

✓ Private transportation for all tours

Not included

✕ International flights

✕ Meals not specified in the program

✕ Entrance tickets

✕ Travel insurance

Itinerary

Day 1:
Arrival in Baku

Arrive at Heydar Aliyev International Airport. Meet your private driver and transfer to the hotel.

Check-in and free time for rest or an evening stroll along the Seaside Boulevard.

Optional evening city tour available upon request.

Overnight in Baku.

Day 2:
 Baku City Highlights & Old Town Walking Tour

Start the day at 09:30.

Begin your day with a panoramic city tour covering Baku’s modern landmarks: Highland Park, Flame Towers, the Carpet Museum (exterior), Little Venice, Government House, White City, Neftchilar Avenue, and the architectural masterpiece — the Heydar Aliyev Center (exterior stop).

Continue with a guided walking tour of Icherisheher (the Old City) — a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Explore the Maiden Tower, Juma Mosque, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs, ancient Caravanserais and the site of Baku’s first oil well.

After the tour, return to the hotel and enjoy free time for rest or independent exploration.

Return to the hotel.

Overnight in Baku.

Day 3:
 Gobustan National Park & Mud Volcanoes

Start at 09:00.

Take a short drive to Gobustan National Park, home to over 6,000 ancient rock carvings dating back 10,000 years.

Visit the Gobustan Museum and see the open-air petroglyph site of Beyukdash.

Continue to the nearby Mud Volcanoes, where you’ll witness one of Azerbaijan’s most unique natural phenomena — bubbling pools of grey clay in a lunar-like landscape.

Return to Baku in the afternoon.

Overnight in Baku.

Day 4:
  Absheron Peninsula Tour

Start at 09:30.

Discover the natural and spiritual landmarks of the Absheron Peninsula:

• Ateshgah Fire Temple — a 17th-century Zoroastrian place of worship where natural gas flames burn eternally.

• Yanardag (Burning Mountain) — a hillside that has been on fire for thousands of years.

• Mardakan Fortress — a 12th-century defensive tower of the Shirvanshah dynasty.

Return to Baku for your final evening.

Overnight in Baku.

Day 5:
  Departure

Breakfast and check-out.

Private transfer to the airport for your departure.

End of tour — leaving you with wonderful memories of Azerbaijan’s capital and its timeless heritage.

Additional Information

Entrance fees per person:

Payable on site (at museum ticket offices):

– Gobustan National Park  –$7

– Mud Volcanoes Tourism Complex – $9

– Ateshgah Fire Temple + Yanardag (Burning Mountain) –$9

– Mardakan Fortress –$3