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The Great Silk Road has an incredible history of ancient civilizations and has recreated itself in the last twenty five years as a tourist attraction. Passed down from century to century, each civilization on this route has left its footprints, which preserved until today where Travel Studio with the best of Great Silk Road Tour Operators' Group will help you rediscover the values of Mankind's cultural heritage.
The Silk Road has more than two thousand years of history, starting from approximately 500 BC until its decline in the XVI-th century. Trade caravans went around the Caspian sea to Iran and then continued its way through Lankaran (Astara) to Baku, Shamakhi, Sheki and so on through Turkey to Europe or from Khiva through the northern coast of the Caspian Sea to Caucasus countries (the so-called Caucasian Silk Road) and further to the North and West.
Cities built along the Silk Road became blooming oases. In ancient centuries, the Great Silk Road countries fascinated travelers like Marco Polo or Swen Hedin. Today the caravan road mesmerizes new tourists who travel along its route. Today, the route passes through deserts, mountains, and ancient cities with beautiful architectural monuments that keeping the memory of many centuries .
Azerbaijan is one of the participants in the transcontinental tourist itinerary of the Silk Road. Our country has historically been the bridge between the east and the west, and a unique culture has developed under the influence of transient empires. The importance of Azerbaijan as a trade route is as strong today as in the past when it was one of the countries on
the Great Silk Road.
Travel Studio offers the SILK ROAD TOURS, including ancient cities In Azerbaijan, South Caucasian region, Iran and Central Asia countries
Discovering “The Great Silk Way” |
(Border with Georgia-Ganja-Mingachevir-Baku)
5 days/ 4 nights
Attention! This tour also may be arranged from Baku up to the board with Georgia
Day 1
11:00 Meeting on Azerbaijan and Georgian border by representatives. (Rustavy-Gazah direction, at «the Red Bridge» on the river Xramchay)
11:00-12:30 Passage of the boundary control on the both parts
12:30-16:00 Moving from border to the direction “Gazakh-Agstafa-Tovuz-Shamkir-Ganja” (155 kм.)
14:00-15:00 Lunch at the restaurant “Anenfeld” in Shamkir city
15:00-16:30 Arrival in Gandja city and accommodation at the hotel
16:30-18:00 Excursion program in Gandja city:
- historic-architectural complex in city centre Gandja (“Shakh Abbas maschidi” mosque, with two minarets / XVI-XVIII centuries. /, madrasa / Muslim educational institution / and old karavansaray / XIX century./, the mausoleum of the last Gandja\'s khan «Dzhavad khan» / XIX-XX centuries. /, medieval bath «Chokek Hamam» and others);
- Walking on the central square with fountains and in park «Sardar Baghi»;
- «Alexander Nevski» Christian Orthodox Church / XIX century. /;
- «Agvan Kilsasi» Christian Temple / XVIII century /;
18:00-19:30 Moving to Goygol city (vicinities of Gandja in 10 km. from the city centre) And excursion program in the former german colony of Helenendorf:
Acquaintance with architecture of ancient apartment houses and public buildings of the former colonists-settlers from a province Baden-Vjurtenberg / XIX-XX centuries.. /;
-Survey of Lutheran Kirhi / XIX century. / (now a local historical museum );
-Visiting of Goygol winery
20:00-21:30 Dinner at the restaurant «Helendorf» in Goygol district ( 12 km. From Gandja)
22:00 Returing to the hotel in Gandja
Day 2
08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel
09:00-10:30 Continue of the excursion program in Gandja city:
- Survey of a copy medieval / XI century / serf gate of a city;
- The mausoleum of the known medieval poet and philosopher Nizami Gandjavi;
- Visiting of a muslim memorial-cult complex «Imam-Zada»/XVI-XVIII centuries../
10:30-12:00 Moving to “Gandja - Aran - Mingachevir” / about 100 кm /
12:30-13:00 Accommodation at the hotel
13:00-14:00 Lunch at the hotel “River Side”
14:00-16:00 Sightseeng city excursion (including):
- survey water reservoir of Mingachevir
- visiting of Migachevir Power Station
16:00-17:00 Tour by boat around river Kura
17:00-19:00 Free time (It is possible fishing (tackle) on river quay, in the hotel territory)
20:00-21:00 Dinner at the local restaurant (also is offered rich fish cuisine)
Day 3
08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 Moving from Mingachevir to Kurdamir-Alat-Gobustan (305 km.)
13:30-14:30 Lunch at local restaurant
15:00-16:00 Arrival to Gobustan. Visiting of open-air museum “Gobustan” with view rock drawings of neolit period.
16:00-17:00 Moving from Gobustan to Baku (65 km)
17:00 Arrival to Baku and accommodation at the hotel
18:00-19:00 Free time
19:00-20:00 Dinner at the local restaurant.
20:00-21:30 Nights excursion “Fires of Baku”: (Azadlig area, Music Academy, Heydar Aliyev Palace, Bakikhanov street, Inshaatchilar- H.Gavid avenue, N.Narimanov monument, panoramme of Baku Night\'s, Istiglaliyyat street, Niyazi street, Neftchilar avenue, with a stop around Carpet museum and walk on Seaside park) / at the favorable windless weather, for an additional payment, for interested persons – 0,5 hour sea tour by boat on the Baku bay.
Day 4
08:00-09:00 Breakfast at the hotel
09:00-13:30 Full sightseeing tour in Baku:
- Panoram of the city Baku and Baku bay from Dagustu Park (Mountain park)
- Visit to the medieval sight of the Old City (XI-XIX centurie ) (fortifications, Shirvanshakhs entrance, Karvansaray complex, old mosques, old bath, narrow small streets, art shops and bench of handycraftsmen, “Giz Galasi” (Maiden Tower – Entrance)
13:30-15:00 Lunch at restaurant
16:00-19:00 Visiting of Carpet museum (entrance)
- “Atashgah” Fire-Worshippers in Surakhani settlement
- Middleage castle in Romana settlement (XIV centuries)
- Yanardagh, Makhammady settlement. (Burning fire on a place of an exit of natural gas, 20km far from Baku city center)
19:00-20:00 Dinner at the hotel.
Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure and transfer from hotel to the airport
Above prices include:
Accommodation in Twin rooms
English guide assistance
Coach
Entrance Fees to the museums and excursion places
Meals (F/b)
Porter services
Water for group