Exploring Azerbaijan and Georgia

14 Days
Day 01 :
Baku

  • Arrival in Baku & check-in to hotel.
  • Lunch in a nearby restaurant.
  • Visit Shehidler Khiyabany Memory Alley, which gives you a panoramic view of Baku city.
  • Continue exploring Nizami Street, Fountain Square, Nizami Ganjavi Monument, and Rasul-Zade Street.
  • Visit the Azerbaijan History National Museum and move to Icheri Sheher.
  • Visit Maiden Tower, Shirvan Shahs' Palace, Caravanserai, and the market square.
  • An excellent round-up to the city tour will be visiting the richest bank of Azeri carpets – the National Carpets
    Museum.
  • Overnight at the hotel.

  • Explore the panoramic view of the city and Baku Bay from Mountain Park.
  • Full sightseeing tour in Baku: - Visit the medieval part of the Old City Shirvanshakhs Palace, Karvansaray
    complex, old mosques, old bath, narrow small streets, art shops and bench of Handicraft, "Gyz Galasi"
    (Maiden Tower) -under UNESCO protection .
  • You can go for a sightseeing excursion on Absheron Peninsula.
  • Sightseeing: Atashgah Fire -Worshippers' Temple, Qala "State Historical-Ethnographic Preserve, "Yanardaq"
    State Natural Preserve.
  • Dinner at the local restaurant.
  • Overnight in Baku

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • In the morning, depart from Baku and drive to Sheki town.
  • On the way, visit the Diri Baba mausoleum in Maraza village.
  • Continue to Shamakha and go sightseeing at the historical Juma Mosque, Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum.
  • Drive through Girdimanchay River's canyon to visit Lahij, rich in historical and architectural values. It is also
    an ancient village with charming, eye-catching sidewalks inlaid by stones.
  • Continue driving to Sheki. On the way, visit the first Albanian church in the Caucasus.
  • Arrival in Sheki for overnight.

  • Check out of the hotel and start a sightseeing tour in Sheki.
  • Visit Sheki's medieval fortress, Sheki Khans Palace, the local History Museum, handicrafts workshop,
    mosque-madrassah, and local bazaar.
  • Depart Sheki and head towards the border with Georgia.
  • Cross the border, and explore the eastern part of Georgia, which is famous for its viticulture and winemaking
    traditions.
  • Drive to Telavi, which is the center of Kakheti Province.
  • Visit the Tsinandali estate and the first winery.
  • You can explore the site – garden, home museum and wine cellar.
  • Drive to Telavi.
  • Visit Alaverdi Cathedral and the winery run by monks.
  • Dinner at a nearby hotel.
  • Overnight at the hotel.

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Drive to Sighnagi – a royal town surrounded by the defiance wall with 23 towers.
  • Stroll through the streets of Signaghi and enjoy a fantastic view of Alazani Valley.
  • Drive to Bodbe - Bodbe monastery of St. Nino.
  • Drive to Tbilisi.
  • Transfer to hotel for rest.
  • Overnight in Tbilisi

  • Breakfast.
  • After breakfast, start the tour of Tbilisi. Visit the Old Tbilisi Sulfur Baths, Georgian Orthodox and Armenian
    Gregorian churches, Jewish synagogue, and Turkish mosque side by side, reflecting the city's acceptance and
    tolerance of different religions.
  • You can also see a recent monument - Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral, the largest cathedral in the Caucasus;
    Metekhi Church, erected on the cliff, overlooking the Mtkvari River; Narikala fortress.
  • Discover Shardeni Street's fashionable, cozy cafes and art galleries downtown. Walking, you will encounter
    the Anchiskhati church, the oldest church in Tbilisi.
  • Finally, you visit Rustaveli Avenue, where attractions like the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Parliament,
    Rustaveli Theatre, and different art galleries and cafes will draw your attention.
  • Overnight in Tbilisi

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • After breakfast, we drive to Mtskheta (UNESCO Heritage), an ancient capital of the Georgian Kingdom. The
    tour includes the following sights: Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, it is an essential piece of Christian history, as it is
    where Christ's robe was buried.
  • Drive to Gori.
  • Visit Joseph Stalin Museum - Soviet Union Leader born in Georgia.
  • Following sight is the "Uplistsikhe" cave town.
  • Drive back to Tbilisi.
  • Overnight in Tbilisi

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • After breakfast, drive to Gudauri along the Tergi River, which will take us to Gudauri, the main town in the
    region.
  • On the way, we visit Ananuri Castle and Jinvali water reservoir, both outstanding and beautiful. En route,
    stop and see different local handmade things.
  • Arrival in Gudauri.
  • Overnight at the hotel.

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • After breakfast, drive to Kazbegi.
  • Drive to Gergeti Trinity Church. Weather permitting, you may glimpse one of the highest glaciers in the
    Caucasus – Mt Kazbegi.
  • Then visit Dariali Gorge Gweleti waterfall.
  • Drive back to Tbilisi.
  • Overnight at the hotel.

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • After breakfast, drive to Georgian – Azerbaijan borer.
  • Cross the border and move to Ganja
  • You can go for an excursion program in Ganja city: Historic-architectural complex in the city centre of Ganja,
    Shakh Abbas Maschidi" the mosque, with two minarets, the mausoleum of the last Ganja's khan and
    medieval bath Chokek Hamam.
  • Walking on the central square with fountains and in park Sardar Baghi.
  • Visit the Alexander Nevski, Christian Orthodox Church, Agvan Kilsasi, Christian Temple, the mausoleum of
    the known medieval poet and philosopher Nizami Gandjavi.
  • Survey the Lutheran Kirhi (now a local historical museum).
  • Dinner at the local restaurant
  • Overnight in Ganja

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • After breakfast, move to Goy-gol city.
  • Survey of a copy of the medieval serf gate of a city.
  • Visit Goygol National Park.
  • Lunch at the local restaurant.
  • After lunch, continue to Baku.
  • Dinner at the local restaurant.
  • Overnight in Baku

  • Breakfast in the Hotel
  • Visit the Gobustan National Historical Artist Preserve. Gobustan is famous for its archaeological monuments.
  • Survey of Gobustan petroglyphs under UNESCO Protection.
  • Return to Baku city.
  • Visit the Historical Museum.
  • Dinner at the local restaurant.
  • Overnight in Baku

  • Breakfast and transfer back to Quba.
  • Transfer to Laza village.
  • You can visit places like Juma Mosque, Sakina Khanum Mosque, the local bazaar, and, of course, a carpet
    weaving workshop in Quba.
  • You will also check the Krasnaya Sloboda settlement there.
  • Have lunch in one of the local restaurants and taste traditional Azeri cuisine.
  • Return to Baku.
  • Dinner at the local restaurant.
  • Overnight in Baku

  • Breakfast at the hotel. Visiting Modern Art Museum.
  • Transfer to the airport.
  • Departure.

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