With Ateshgah & Yanardag Tour, you will explore ancient historical and architectural monuments in Absheron Peninsula. Discover this land of culture, history and heritage.If you don’t know what to do on your visit to our country, check out the program itinerary and learn tour details.
Highlights
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional Licensed English Speaking Guide
Touristic Destinations Mentioned Above
Professional Driver service
Comfortable Air Conditioned Car
Food and drinks
Personal Expenses
Entry tickets to museums
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Children must be accompanied by an adult
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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With Ateshgah & Yanardag Tour, you will explore ancient historical and architectural monuments in Absheron Peninsula. Discover this land of culture, history and heritage.If you don’t know what to do on your visit to our country, check out the program itinerary and learn tour details.
Highlights
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional Licensed English Speaking Guide
Touristic Destinations Mentioned Above
Professional Driver service
Comfortable Air Conditioned Car
Food and drinks
Personal Expenses
Entry tickets to museums
Itinerary
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Ateshgah - Fire Temple
With Private Fire Temple and Fire Mountain Tour you will find out why actually Azerbaijan is called land of fire with visiting 17th century fire temple and hill that literally burning 4 millenniums.
Driver and Guide will pick you up from the hotel in specified time and directly drive to the Fire Temple. The temple is located in the south-eastern part of the Surakhani settlement of the Absheron peninsula, 30 km away from Baku. Ateshgah is a fire temple built in the 17th-18th centuries in the place of the eternal flames of natural gas. The earliest building of the temple belongs to the 1713 year, and the central temple was built in 1810 by merchant Kanchanagara funds.It was sanctified by Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Sikhs at different times.
1 hour and 30 minutes
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Yanar Dag
After The Fire temple, your last destination will be the Fire Mountain. This natural burning flame became as a result of the emergence of natural gas at the foot of the hill. A hill that burning approximately 4 millenniums nonstop even in times of raining and snowing roots of the gas going as far as to Caspian Sea.
1 hour
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Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
On the way back to hotel you will stop in Haydar Aliyev Cultural Center for the photos from outside. You can take a nice picture front of the "I LOVE BAKU" sign. The iconic Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre was designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and is famous for its distinctive flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. As a brilliant piece of post-modern architecture, the building’s shape is an eternal cycle, connecting the past with the present. The building houses a conference hall, gallery halls, museums and more and seeks to unite people of diverse backgrounds in a place of shared ideas. The building won the London Design Museum award in 2014.
