Strike off Baku’s top attractions and must-experiences, before you venture out to explore Ateshgah and Yanar Dag which have rightly fetched Azerbaijan the title of the land of eternal fire. Come embark on this tour with an expert English speaking guide who will take you to the main city highlights and bring the region’s diverse eras to life with the help of some enlightening facts and anecdotes.

Begin your sightseeing with a trip to Baku’s magnificently preserved Old City or Icheri Sheher, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Take in its breathtaking ramparts, mosques etc, climb Maiden Tower for the most remarkable views, and also enjoy access to its attractions like Miniature Books Museum. After this, you’ll get to experience the city’s unmatched urban revival as you go by its more contemporary side.

Get the most panoramic views of the city from a high-rise standpoint at Highlands Park and then set out for an up-close look at the impressive Flamers Towers, depicting the region’s longstanding fire worshipping traditions. Continue on to the Fountain Square and Baku National Boulevard with all right potentials for a relaxed urban retreat. The tour will also pass you through some of the city’s most stylish structures like Carpet Museum and Heydar Aliyev Center. 

Next, visit Absheron Peninsula’s Surakhani village with an ancient Fire Temple or Ateshgah. Once a venerated place of worship for Hindus and Zoroastrians, this pentagonal structure is now a historical-architectural reserve and comprises a central altar placed on a natural gas vent. An unquenchable natural flame used to burn here till 1960s, but now the fire seen here is ignited by the gas piped from Baku.