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Private Tour · your dates

Baku and Beyond: City Lights and the Gabala Mountains in Four Days

Azerbaijan · 4 days · 2 travellers minimum

From Rs 28,500 per person, land only. Four days covering the essentials: Baku's modern skyline and UNESCO old city, the Absheron peninsula's fire temple and burning mountain, and a day in Gabala riding the Tufandag cable car.

Built around your family's dates, pace and interests, with nobody else on the trip. The itinerary below is a sample starting point; a founder reshapes it around you on the call.

  • Baku panoramic tour: Nizami Street, Flame Towers and the boulevard
  • UNESCO old city: Maiden Tower and Shirvanshahs Palace
  • Absheron peninsula: Ateshgah fire temple and Yanar Dag
  • Gabala day trip: Nohur Lake and the Tufandag cable car

A typical route

Baku · 3 nights

swap any stop — this is a starting point, not a fixed plan

Sample day by day

a starting point, reshaped around your family

Day 1Arrival in Baku and city tour

Meet your driver at Heydar Aliyev International Airport and check in. In the evening, a panoramic tour of modern Baku: Nizami Street's cafes and shops, the Flame Towers and the seaside boulevard.

Transfers: Airport pick-up and sightseeing vehicle | Activity: Baku city tour | Stay: JW Marriott Absheron Baku (5 star)
Day 2Old City and Absheron peninsula

The morning inside Icherisheher, Baku's walled old city: the Maiden Tower, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the National Carpet Museum, with a ride on the funicular. In the afternoon, the Absheron peninsula: the Ateshgah fire temple and the eternal flames of Yanar Dag.

Transfers: Sightseeing vehicle | Activity: Baku Old City tour | Activity: Absheron peninsula tour | Stay: JW Marriott Absheron Baku (5 star)
Day 3Gabala and Tufandag Mountain day trip

Drive into the Caucasus foothills to Gabala. Stroll the shore of Nohur Lake, then ride the Tufandag cable car - one of the longest in the world - for alpine views across the peaks. Return to Baku by evening.

Transfers: Intercity vehicle | Activity: Gabala and Tufandag Mountain tour | Stay: JW Marriott Absheron Baku (5 star)
Day 4Departure from Baku

Breakfast and a private transfer to Heydar Aliyev International Airport for your flight home.

Transfers: Airport drop
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Things you can add

swap, drop or add on the call

Baku city tour

Nizami Street, Flame Towers and the boulevard.

Baku Old City tour

Maiden Tower, Shirvanshahs Palace and the Carpet Museum.

Absheron peninsula tour

Ateshgah fire temple and Yanar Dag.

Gabala and Tufandag Mountain tour

Nohur Lake and the cable car with alpine views.

What's typically included

Usually included

✓Included:
✓* Daily breakfast
✓* Return airport transfers
✓* All sightseeing and intercity transfers by private vehicle
✓* Baku city tour
✓* Baku Old City tour
✓* Absheron peninsula tour
✓* Gabala and Tufandag Mountain tour
✓* Tufandag cable car ride
✓* All current taxes
✓Photo credits: File:Maiden Tower in Baku 2015.jpg by AlixSaz (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:BAKU AT NIGHT .RED TOWERS.באקו בלילה מגדלים באדום.jpg by Avisadehh (CC0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:Fuente en Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-26, DD 227-229 HDR.jpg by Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:Templo de fuego, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-27, DD 33.jpg by Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:Yanar Dag, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-27, DD 03.jpg by Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:Cable Car, Gabala, Azerbaijan.jpg by Fanti Salms (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); File:Tufandag Mountain March 2015.jpg by Khanlar Mammadov (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Hotel photos from the official hotel websites.

Confirmed on your quote

Every private trip is priced individually, so flights, meals and exact inclusions are confirmed once we know your dates and group size.

Not included

—International flights
—Azerbaijan e-visa fees (assistance provided)
—Lunches and dinners not mentioned
—Personal expenses and tips
—Travel insurance
what to pack
Light layersa hat and sunscreencomfortable walking shoes for the old city's cobbles and mountain pathsand a warm layer for the cable car summit.
On request
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