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Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour: Visit Ancient and Historical Places in and around Baku
4.5
394 Ratings
Baku
Experience the rich history of Baku on the Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour. Explore ancient sites, visit the Ateshgah Fire Temple, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Experience the rich history of Baku on the Gobustan & Mud Volcanoes Tour. Explore ancient sites, visit the Ateshgah Fire Temple, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Tes Tour - Tour begins.
- Maiden Tower - En route to Gobustan, pass by Maiden Tower in Baku’s Old City.
- Baku Boulevard - En route to Gobustan, pass by the National Boulevard in Baku.
- Azneft Square - En route to Gobustan, pass by Azneft Square.
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National Flag Square - En route to Gobustan, pass by the National Flag Square.
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- Tes Tour - Tour begins.
- Maiden Tower - En route to Gobustan, pass by Maiden Tower in Baku’s Old City.
- Baku Boulevard - En route to Gobustan, pass by the National Boulevard in Baku.
- Azneft Square - En route to Gobustan, pass by Azneft Square.
- National Flag Square - En route to Gobustan, pass by the National Flag Square.
- Bibi-Heybat Mosque - Visit the renowned 13th-century historic mosque and pilgrimage site.
- Mud Volcanoes - Experience the Mud Volcanoes: a fascinating collection of small conical mounds that erupt with thick, cold, grey mud.
- Gobustan Rock Art - Explore Gobustan National Park: Cave Paintings that delve into history dating back up to 40,000 years.
- Park Bulvar Baku - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple, pass by Park Bulvar Mall.
- Trump Tower - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple, pass by Trump Tower Baku.
- SOCAR Tower - On the way from Gobustan to Fire Temple, pass by SOCAR Tower.
- Ateshgah - Fire Temple - Ateshgah: “Fire Temple of Baku”. A fortress-like religious temple with Persian and Indian inscriptions, serving as a Zoroastrian place of worship.
- Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve - Yanardag Burning Mountain is known as the “eternal fire” and offers a unique and intriguing experience.
- Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center - Stop for a 20-30 minute photo break. The center boasts an incredible design and is one of Baku City’s symbols. The “I LOVE BAKU” sign is located in front of the Heydar Aliyev Center, offering a beautiful city view. Note: entry to the Center is not included.
- Tes Tour - Tour concludes. Return to hotel.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (total 40 AZN) (If you choose TICKET INCLUDED Option, This fee is FREE)
- Lunch
- Entrance fees (total 40 AZN) (If you choose TICKET INCLUDED Option, This fee is FREE)
Additional Information
For those visiting Baku for a brief stay, this activity is ideal, as it covers the city’s most popular attractions in just 8 hours.
Tour Itinerary:
- Meet at your hotel
- Begin the tour at the Double Gates of Baku Old City at 10:00 AM
- Visit Bibiheybat Mosque
- Explore the Mud Volcanoes
- Discover Gobustan National Park
- Enjoy a lunch break before…
For those visiting Baku for a brief stay, this activity is ideal, as it covers the city’s most popular attractions in just 8 hours.
Tour Itinerary:
- Meet at your hotel
- Begin the tour at the Double Gates of Baku Old City at 10:00 AM
- Visit Bibiheybat Mosque
- Explore the Mud Volcanoes
- Discover Gobustan National Park
- Enjoy a lunch break before visiting Ateshgah Fire Temple
- Tour Ateshgah Fire Temple
- See Yanar Dag, the burning mountain
- Stop for photos at the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center (entry not included)
- Return to the Double Gates and drop-off at your hotel
4 Reasons Not to Go Solo:
- The attractions are not within walking distance
- Public buses do not reach all the sites
- Using Uber or other taxi services would cost three times as much
- Mud Volcanoes & Gobustan are on one side of Baku, while the Fire Temple & Burning Mountain are on the other, requiring excellent time management to visit all before closing.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Old City Tours
Sabir Street
If to enter to Old City Baku from Double Gates, take the 1st turn to right, and after 15 meters there is another turn to left. You will see the office of TES Tour office in green colours.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.5
(394 Ratings)
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Lorrainewong
Jan 6, 2025
Good tour great value for money - It was a good all day tour visiting 4 sites outside of Baku. Although the sites themselves were not too impressive the tour company was great, the guide was knowledgeable and funny, he made sure all tourists in the group were included, 2 of us were non Russian speakers but he ensured he communicated to us as well as the other 4 Russian speakers.
Tour included transportation and tour guide. All entrance fees were additional.
Only recommendation would be to maybe have some air freshener in the car as smoke smell from the guide smoking in the stops could be smelt in the car. As a non smoker myself, this is very uncomfortable.
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Pshailaja
Dec 11, 2024
Must-do tour! - A must-do tour, especially the Gobustan rock carvings! The Fire Temple was very interesting, and the Azerbaijanis are keen to show off their multicultural heritage and very proud of their heritage of fire worship. ( A lot of buildings and monuments in Baku are flame shaped). There is one room in the Ateshgah Fire Temple museum with a Ganesha idol and background chant of ' Om ganapataye namaha', which our guide said is due to the influence of Indian traders in ancient times on the Silk Route ( I don't know the veracity of this, not the age of the Ganesh moorthy). Our guide Sameer, was very knowledgeable, well read about world history and geopolitics, and a fan of Rock music, which made him a great conversationist! He has a great sense of humor and managed to keep us entertained through the day. Lunch was at a restaurant near the Fire Temple ( I have forgotten the name) , and it was serving local cuisine as well. The chicken fisinjan was truly delicious.
The Burning mountain/ Fire mountain was not very impressive for me personally, as I had expected a larger area of flames ( which was the case quite a few years ago).
My one suggestion to the company would be to provide the customers with drinking water ( at cost, need not be free) and brief them beforehand to carry snacks/ water as we had to make an unscheduled stop for buying all these as most people were hungry and thirsty by 1 pm.
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Gino_k
Dec 8, 2024
Many thanks to Samir and... - Many thanks to Samir and our friendly driver. Great itinerary and descriptions of the historical sites
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756arantzas
Dec 1, 2024
Arantza - It was amazing trip . Elchin was so friendly and give us a lot of information. thank you for everything.he also try to speak a little bit spanish It was helpful for us
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Faduma_h
Nov 21, 2024
Mr Samir is a great tour... - Mr Samir is a great tour guide- very knowledgable and entertaining. Great eclectic music taste too! 🤗
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Keshavkrishna_m
Nov 17, 2024
Must trip for Baku - Non forgettable moments like watching mud volcano, burning mountain, fire temple ... The entire places itself was so mesmerizing, that you really not need guide for the same... The trip is must , if you land in Baku and we did a group tour , so we met many other nationality people. Our guide was very knowledgeable, but he kept cribbing on the agency and the government, which he should have avoided.he was very heavily accented, hence difficult to understand, also he smoked crazy and smelled bad , which they should be more mindful, as we don't like the smoke.smell...thiugh he was very funny and had anwer for most of our questions.. must trip for Baku
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Gurudasn2018
Nov 16, 2024
Super agent... recommended! - Very comfortable vehicles, excellent guide who knew his history well, and was quite funny all the time. Had a great time. Good co-passengers added to the experience.
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Go28359120833
Dec 9, 2024
Very responsive team - We took 3 packages from them. Aynur and team were quite responsive with their reverts to all our queries. Any information needed beforehand was responded well and in time. The tours and tour guides (Ali, Sameer and Seb) are very friendly, informative and helpful. Incase of an issue too they handled the situation well. Would recommend them for any tour in Azerbaijan
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Saltanats361
Nov 25, 2024
Interesting sites, uninterested tour guide. - The tour attractions were very good, but the tour guide showed minimum efforts and provided minimum information….
The driver was nice and helpful.
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Isabel_n
Nov 19, 2024
Aviator Charges much more for the real price Lunch and Tickets - Aviator charges much more than the o price of lunch and tickets. The tour operator wanted us to have lunch for 12Azn ! What we paid to Aviator for tickets and lunch included would allow lunch of over 40 Azn (20 Euro). A scam.
The argument at lunch about how much we could spend ruined the rest of the day.
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