«Wine tour»

14:50
Arrival in Baku. Meeting at the Airport.

15:30
Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel. Rest at the hotel before dinner.

19:00
Welcome dinner at the Art Club restaurant with wine degustation.

20:30
Excursion “Lights of Baku”: drive along the central streets and squares, enjoy the panorama of the evening city from the observation deck.
1. Presidential Office
2. Philharmonic
3. Governor's Garden
4. Venice of Baku
5. Carpet Museum
6. Boulevard

22:00
Return to the hotel.

09:00
Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00-13:00
Sightseeing in Icheri Sheher (Inner City)
1. The Maiden Tower - the oldest surviving structure in Baku.
2. Shirvanshahs Palace
3. Caravanserais
4. Market square
5. Mohammed Mosque
6. Shemakha Gate
7. Juma Mosque
8. Workshop of Ali Shamsi
9. Museum of Miniature Books
10. Monument to Aliagha Vahid
11. "Cats in Love" monument
12. Inspection of the facade of the house of the sculptor Mirteimur
13. Locations from the filming of the movie "The Diamond Arm" ("Damn it" and "Tsigel tsigel" moments)
Wine tasting at the Absheron Sharab tasting center in the Old City.


13:00-14:00
Lunch at a restaurant in the Old Town.

14:30
Excursion to the sights of the Absheron Peninsula "Land of Fire":
- Temple of fire worshipers "Ateshgah" in the village of Surakhany (XVII century),
- Review of the oldest oil fields Balakhany (XIX-XX centuries)

18:00
Return to the hotel. Rest at the hotel.

19:30
Dinner at a national restaurant.

21:00
Return to the hotel. Free time

08:00
Breakfast at the hotel, check out from the room.

09:00-13:00
Departure to Shemakha (about 120 km from Baku). On the way, a stop to see the rock mausoleum "Diri Baba" (15th century) in the village of Marazy. In the city of Shemakha you will see the "Juma Mosque" (10th century) and the mausoleum complex
"Yeddi Kumbez" (Seven Domes of the 17th-18th centuries).

13:00
Lunch at the national restaurant "Abgora" near the Meysari Winery

14:00
Wine tasting at Meysari Winery (Shemakha)
The Shirvan Wines company, which sells its products under the Meysari brand
(named after the village where its main production facility is located), is one of the youngest wineries in Azerbaijan. It was the first in the country to receive an EU certificate as an organic producer. The first 40 hectares of vineyards were planted in 2014, the first harvest was processed in 2015, and production is rapidly developing. The area of vineyards has already reached 160 hectares, high-quality equipment from the French company Pera-Pellenc has been installed in the new production facilities, and a restaurant, guest house and museum have been built to receive tourists and conduct tours.

17:00
Departure to Baku

20:00
Return to the hotel. Free time.

09:00
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time for shopping.

13:00
Wine tasting at the Savalan Tasting Center (Baku) + Lunch
Our wines are produced under the guidance of highly qualified Italian technologists - Daniel D'Andrea and Elisa Vagnoni. Our team of winemakers is a close-knit international team of like-minded people, people dedicated to their work and who know the quality of real wine, and our enterprise has united and brought together two sunny and generous lands of Azerbaijan and Italy.
Drawing on the rich experience of Italian specialists, we are reviving the art of winemaking in a place with unique climatic conditions, where winemaking flourished in ancient times – at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus in the Savalan Valley. After a thorough analysis of the soil and climate carried out by Italian specialists, the vines for the vineyards were provided by Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo , world leader in the production of seedlings. As expected, thanks to daily care, careful manual collection, processing in the most modern plant from Della-Toffola , aging in French oak barrels and constant control in the express laboratory of the new generation, the traditions and skill of Italian technologists are embodied in delicious high-quality wines that we invite you to appreciate.
Vivai company made a great contribution to the work on selecting seedlings Cooperativi Rauschedo Mr. Eugenio Sartori , who noted that our products meet the highest standards, and the quality of the grapes grown even surpasses similar varieties in Europe. Wine testing is carried out by an expert from Europe, Mr. Ermanno Murari .

16:30
"City of Oil and Millions" (Nobel Brothers Museum)
Visit Villa Petrolea, the only Nobel museum outside Sweden. Its construction began in 1882 and was completed in 1884, by the time the Nobel family moved to Baku. The magnificent mansion was built in the Byzantine style by the famous Russian-Swedish architect Fyodor Lidval . It was the first building in the city to have a telephone and ventilation system. The lower floors of the building were used as offices, while the upper floors housed a club, recreation rooms, and a library.
The interior of the mansion was richly decorated: paintings and books for the library were brought from St. Petersburg. The building belonged to the Nobel brothers until 1920. Before the house-museum was opened here, it functioned as a hospital, and then as an orphanage. Now the museum displays various household items that belonged to the Nobel family, as well as exhibits telling about that period of Baku history. In addition, in the museum collection you can see things that were once in the Nobels' houses in St. Petersburg and Sweden.

18:30
Return to the hotel. Free time

09:00
Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00
Excursion to Gobustan. (65 km from Baku).
Visit to the Gobustan Historical and Artistic Reserve. Acquaintance with the lifestyle of people of the Stone Age. Examination of petroglyphs and rock paintings made in the Neolithic era (from 6 to 12 thousand years BC). Visit to the Gobustan Museum-Reserve (included in the UNESCO World Heritage List).
Mud volcanoes are one of the most amazing and fascinating natural phenomena. These unusual geological formations are found in many countries around the world, but Azerbaijan is considered a unique region where mud volcanoes have received classical development. Of the more than 2,000 mud volcanoes known on Earth, over 350 are located in the east of Azerbaijan and in the Caspian Sea.
Mud volcanoes are mainly found on the Absheron Peninsula, a group of islands around Baku, in Shamakhi, Gobustan and southeastern Shirvan. On June 13, 2024, a grand opening of a new mud volcano tourist complex took place in Absheron, which is located on an area of 12 hectares.
The tourist information centre of the complex consists of an exhibition hall and a workshop, where visitors can obtain information about the features of mud volcanoes, their natural and medicinal properties, and also see a model of a mud volcano.
A unique collection of almost 80 rare minerals collected from all over Azerbaijan is also presented here. At the exhibition, you can learn the name of the minerals, their chemical composition and deposit.
Of particular interest is the complex's natural history hall, which amazes with the richness of its exhibits. The exhibition features skeletons of 98 animals from the fauna of Azerbaijan and the world, 870 different species of dried insects, 57 living creatures in a special solution, a number of reptiles and amphibians, as well as paleontological exhibits.

13:30
Lunch at a fish restaurant on the Caspian coast.

15:30
Excursion to the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center
The striking Heydar Aliyev Center with its unusual wave-like shape was designed by the renowned British architect of Iraqi origin Zaha Hadid.
It opened in 2012 and immediately became a calling card of 21st century Baku. For its unique design and innovative interior, without a not a single straight line, the Center was awarded the prestigious international Design of the Year award by the London Design Museum in 2014. The building is intended to become a place that is open to everyone, regardless of gender, race and origin, and brings together people willing to share ideas.
But the Heydar Aliyev Center is not only amazing architecture, but also an impressive museum and exhibition complex. Here you will find a variety of permanent and temporary exhibitions, which present the best examples of Azerbaijani and world art and culture.
Among the permanent exhibitions are a museum dedicated to the life and work of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, the Mini-Azerbaijan exhibition, where you will see miniature copies of the best historical and architectural landmarks of the country, and even a unique collection of vintage cars. The Center also houses a stylish, cozy cafe and modern multimedia conference halls, where international conferences and other events are held. The building itself is located in a large green park, where in fine weather you can relax and have a good time.

17:30
Transfer to the airport.