183 azn
Duration: 5-6 hours
Itinerary: Baku Old city + Ateshgah Temple
Pick-up & Drop-off at your hotel (within Baku)
Category: Private tour
Language: English
Prices per group (in US dollars):
| 1-2 travelers | 3-6 travelers | 7 and more travelers | |
| Standard | 110$ | 135$ | upon request |
| VIP* | upon request | upon request | upon request |
* VIP – A choice of luxury cars are available (Mercedes S-class, E-class, V-class, and etc.)
Shirvanshahs` Palace – Palace of the Shirvanshahs is the biggest monument of the Shirvan-Absheron branch of the Azerbaijan architecture, situated in the Inner City of Baku. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah’s mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi’s mausoleum, a portal in the east – Murad’s gate, a reservoir and the remnants of the bath-house.
Maiden Tower – The Maiden Tower also known locally as Giz Galasi, located in the Old City, Baku, in Azerbaijan, was built in the 12th century as part of the walled city. Together with the Shirvanshahs’ Palace, dated to the 15th century, it forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed in 2001 under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments as cultural property, Category III.
Juma Mosque, Double Gates, Bazar Square, Caravan Saray and etc.
Ateshgah Temple – The temple of fire worshippers Ateshgah is located at the Apsheron peninsula at the outskirts of Surakhani village in 30 km from the centre of Baku and was revered in different times by Zoroastrians, Hindus and Sikhs. 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. Pentagonal complex has an open courtyard with temple-altar in the center which was the place of pilgrimage for worshippers.
Optional sites: Mardakan Castle, Ramana Castle
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