Leave Baku with a private guide and visit Gobustan National Park and the sights of the Absheron Peninsula. The half-day tour checks off all the natural landmarks and must-visit sites making it a good option for those who want to see more of Azerbaijan. You’ll walk amid UNESCO-listed rock carvings and mud volcanoes in the Gobustan region, discover the historical center of Gala village, and spend time at the “fire mountain” of Yanar Dag and the Ateshgah Fire Temple.
Book a privately guided Gobustan tour for your group of family and friends.
Savor a traditional Azerbaijani lunch at a restaurant near the mud volcanoes.
Enjoy personalized commentary and greater interaction with a private guid...
Highlights
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
6 hours
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Professional local tour guide in Baku
WiFi on board
Air-conditioned vehicle
Pick up and drop off at the hotels
Lunch
Private Tour to Gobustan Park and Absheron Peninsula from Baku
Baku
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Leave Baku with a private guide and visit Gobustan National Park and the sights of the Absheron Peninsula. The half-day tour checks off all the natural landmarks and must-visit sites making it a good option for those who want to see more of Azerbaijan. You’ll walk amid UNESCO-listed rock carvings and mud volcanoes in the Gobustan region, discover the historical center of Gala village, and spend time at the “fire mountain” of Yanar Dag and the Ateshgah Fire Temple.
Book a privately guided Gobustan tour for your group of family and friends.
Savor a traditional Azerbaijani lunch at a restaurant near the mud volcanoes.
Enjoy personalized commentary and greater interaction with a private guid...
Baku Boulevard is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansions along the Caspian shore and when the seafront was artificially built up inch by inch.
30 minutes
2
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materials. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world.
30 minutes
3
National Flag Square
The National Flag Square is a large city square off Neftchiler Avenue in Bayil, Baku, Azerbaijan. The National Flag Square covers 60 hectares overall. The area of the upper part is 3 hectares. The square features the state symbols of Azerbaijan—the coat of arms and the anthem—and a map of the country.
20 minutes
4
Bibi-Heybat Mosque
The Bibi-Heybat Mosque is a historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque of the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II, which was completely destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1936.
40 minutes
5
Mud Volcanoes
A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water, and gases. Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava and are not necessarily driven by magmatic activity.
30 minutes
6
Gobustan Rock Art
Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve is located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the center of Baku.
1 hour
7
Surakhany
Stop at a buffet restaurant for lunch.
1 hour
8
Ateshgah - Fire Temple
The Ateshgah of Baku, often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town, a suburb of Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Ātash" is the Persian word for fire.
30 minutes
9
Yanar Dag
This monument will introduce to you the history of burning mountains and Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan.
30 minutes
10
Baku
Ending point. Our driver will take you back to the meeting point.