Azerbaijan Grand Tour — 7 days
From Baku to the Caucasus mountains and the Silk Road. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Old City; Modern Baku; Gobustan & mud volcanoes; On to Sheki.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & Old City
- 10:00 — Arrival at Baku GYD
- 13:00 — Icherisheher hotel check-in — Vieille ville, Bakou
- Walk into Icherisheher — Vieille ville, Bakou → Icherisheher
- 15:00 — Icherisheher & Maiden Tower — Icherisheher
- 20:00 — Traditional Azerbaijani dinner
Day 2 — Modern Baku
- 09:30 — Palace of the Shirvanshahs — Icherisheher
- 12:30 — Lunch on Baku Boulevard
- 14:30 — Heydar Aliyev Center — Bakou
- 18:00 — Flame Towers — Bakou
- 20:30 — Dinner with a view of the bay
Day 3 — Gobustan & mud volcanoes
- 09:00 — Drive to Gobustan
- 10:00 — Gobustan petroglyphs — Gobustan
- 12:30 — Mud volcanoes — Gobustan
- 14:30 — Lunch back in Baku
Day 4 — On to Sheki
- 08:00 — Drive Baku → Sheki
- 14:00 — Sheki caravanserai check-in — Sheki
- 16:00 — Sheki old town — Sheki
- 20:00 — Piti (Sheki stew) dinner — Sheki
Day 5 — Palace of the Sheki Khans
- 09:30 — Palace of the Sheki Khans — Sheki
- 12:00 — Sheki silk workshop — Sheki
- 13:30 — Local lunch
- 16:00 — Walk in the surrounding hills — Sheki
- 20:00 — Dinner at the caravanserai
Day 6 — Back to Baku via Shamakhi
- 09:00 — Drive Sheki → Baku via Shamakhi
- 11:30 — Juma Mosque of Shamakhi — Shamakhi
- 13:00 — Lunch on the way
- 17:00 — Back to the hotel in Baku — Bakou
- 20:00 — End-of-trip dinner — Bakou
Day 7 — Eternal fire & departure
- 09:00 — Ateshgah Fire Temple — Surakhani
- Drive to Yanar Dag — Surakhani → Absheron
- 11:00 — Yanar Dag — Absheron
- 13:00 — Farewell lunch
- 17:00 — Return flight from GYD