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DAY 1 - COCHIN - SHARJAH - BAKU – GABALA
- Assemble at Cochin International airport.
- Meet your Malayalee Tour Manager from Santamonica.
- Group will be departing by Air Arabia at 03:40 AM.
- Arrive Sharjah at 06:10 AM, Connection flight to Baku departs at 07:55 AM.
- Arrive Baku at 10:50, clear immigration and collect baggage.
- After Lunch proceed to Gabala . Enroute visit vineyard, see vine production and Museum .
- Upon arrival check in at hotel and Dinner.
- Overnight stay at Hotel.
- Meals - Breakfast in Flight| Lunch | Dinner
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DAY 2 - GABALA - OGUZ and SHEKI TOUR
- ABreakfast at Hotel
- In the morning we will proceed to see Khal-Khal waterfall which is located in Khalkhal village of Oguz region.
- After lunch we will visit Sheki Khan's Palace, The Palace itself built in 1762 as a summer residence for the Khan of Sheki.
- Later we visit the historical "Caravanserai", the large guest houses for travelling merchants and their caravans, were dispersed along the land routes of the Silk Roads.
- After dinner transfer to Hoteland overnight stay.
- Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
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DAY 3 - GALAZAN - HAFTARAN VALLEY
- Breakfast at Hotel, check out.
- Today we are exploring the beautiful valleys of Gabala, it is considered a popular tourist destination due to the combination of a very good spring climate, mountainous landscape, and diverse fauna.
- Later we visit the Tufandag Summer-Winter Complex: Longest teleferic of the world - Whether for skiing, or just for memorable summer views of the Caucasus scenery behind Gabala.
- After lunch transfer to Baku .
- Upon arrival check - in to Hotel and overnight stay.
- Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
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DAY 4 - GOBUSTAN and ABSHERON
- After breakfast at Hotel,Proceed to visit Gobustan and Absheron, Gobustan State Reserve a UNESCO World Heritage site located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the center of Baku
- Gobustan State Reserve is very rich in archaeological monuments, the reserve has more than 6,000 rock carvings, which depict primitive people, animals, battle-pieces, ritual dances, bullfights, boats with armed oarsmen, warriors with lances in their hands, camel caravans, pictures of sun and stars, on the average dating back to 5,000-20,000 years
- Later we visit Mud Volcanoes – a whole family of ‘geologically flatulent’ little conical mounds that gurgle, ooze, spit and sometimes erupt with thick, cold, grey mud. It’s more entertaining than it sounds – even when activity is at a low ebb, you get the eerie feeling that the volcanoes are alive. Azerbaijan is in the first place in the world for the amount of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes broadly spread in Azerbaijan. Half of the total mud volcanoes in the world is in Azerbaijani Republic.
- After Lunch proceed to Ateshgah (Suraxani Fire Temple) – “Fire Temple of Baku” is a castle-like religious temple based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the Zoroastrian place of worship. Although the site was originally a place of worship for Zoroastrians, the fortified complex you see today was built by 18th-century Indian Shiva devotees.
- After that we visit Yanar Dag, the burning Mountain. It is considered as “eternal fire” and fulfils the trip with unique and interesting experience. In the 13th century Marco Polo mentioned numerous natural-gas flames spurting spontaneously from the Absheron Peninsula. The only one burning today is Yanar Dag.
- After dinner, return to Hotel in Baku and overnight stay.
- Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
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DAY 5 - OLD BAKU, FOUNTAIN SQUARE and SHOPPING TOUR
- After breakfast transfer to Icheri Sheher (Inner City or Old Baku) the capital city of the ancient state of the Shirvanshahs and symbol of Azerbaijani statehood .The historical and architectural reserve includes the Shirvanshah Palace, Maiden Tower, Medieval Market Square, Icheri Sheher Archaeological Museum, caravanserais, mosques, madrassahs, bath-houses, Baku Khans’ House also numerous rich residences of the ХIХ century.
- Later we visit Fountains Square or Nizami Street :- Endlessly popular with strollers, this leafy piazza forms Central Baku’s natural focus.
- After lunch we proceed to Highland Park (Dagustu Park) which commands a breath-taking panorama of Baku.
- Photo stop at Flame towers :- Completed in 2012, this trio of sinuous blue-glass skyscrapers forms contemporary Baku’s modern architectural signature.
- City tour continues to Mini Venice - This “little Italian town” recreated at the seaside boulevard adds a special colour to the park. Later visit Heydar Aliyev center "the first secretary of soviet Azerbaijan from 1969-1982 ".
- After Gala Dinner transfer to Hotel
- Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner
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DAY 6 - BAKU – SHARJAH
- After breakfast, check out and transfer to airport for your return flight.
- Flight departs at 11:30 AM.
- Arrive Sharjah at 02:10 PM.
- Connection to Cochin is at 09:45 PM.
- Breakfast | Lunch and Dinner in flight
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DAY 7 - ARRIVE COCHIN
- Arrive Cochin at 03:15 AM