Mystic Ateshgah and Yanar Dag Tour: Full-day Exploration of Ancient Fire Temples in Baku
4.3
20 Ratings
Bakı
Embark on a full-day exploration of the ancient fire temples in Baku. Discover the mystic Ateshgah and witness the natural phenomenon of Yanar Dag, the Burning Mountain.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ateshgah - Fire Temple - Your guide will pick you up either from Sahil or your accommodation (according to your preferences) and start heading to the ancient Zoroastrian temple “Ateshgah” which is considered as an authentic Azerbaijani exotic site to visit. It is located approximately 30 km from the center of Baku in the suburb called Surakhany. You will learn a lot about the temple from your guide, particularly, more about the history of creation of such a temple in Baku and unique natural phenomenon of burning natural gas outlets.
  • Yanardag State Historical, Cultural and Natural Reserve - In the second part of visit, after visiting the temple you will go directly to “Yanar Dag” (Burning Mountain). It is the most famous and popular tourist site of the \
What's Included
  • Local professional English speaking guide
  • All fees and/or taxes included
  • Entrance tickets provided
  • Transportation to Ateshgah, Burning Mountain (Yanar Dagh) and return
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (if not requested beforehand)
Additional Information

Mystic Ateshgah and Yanar Dag (Burning Mountain) 3-hour tour combines the full-day exploration of two ancient and historical places. These two attractions of Baku have been tied by culture and history for centuries. With your local guide, you will learn about history and further interesting facts and legends related to Ateshgah and Yanar Dag. Ateshgah, the fire temple of Indian fire-worshipers, is one of the most interesting and peculiar historical monuments located near Baku.

Location
Sahil st.
Zarifa Aliyeva
The tour departs from the exit of Sahil metro station. Your guide will have a badge with their name and Baku Tours logo on it. See the image link for the exact meeting point: http://bit.ly/SahilMeet
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Rimlimuk
May 30, 2024
Super Summer holiday at Baku and Azerbaijan! - We were two families who traveled together & experienced Baku and rest of Azerbaijan through Baku Tours. A very comfortable bus was given to us right from Airport pick up and through out our travel. Gunay from Baku Tours was our fantastic tour guide and I strongly recommend her for anyone visiting Baku and around. She’s knowledgeable, enthusiastic, helpful and a superb company! Yousif and Fuad were safe drivers all along. We visited Old Baku, Modern Baku, Gabala - Nohorgul lake, Tufandag resort via cable car, Gobustan - museum, caves & mud volcanoes, Quba - Candycane mountains, Ateshgah Fire Temple, Yanardag Eternal flame mountain, Khinaliq. We enjoyed the special local lunch and Azerbaijani tea at Khinaliq village. (Note: Veg food options are limited) Just some feedback, it will be good to let tourists know beforehand what to expect at Candycane (it had rained and mud covered our shoes which was tough to get rid of. Some other tourists had shoe protection on). For the Khinaliq village lunch, we were not prepared for the uphill walk in the rain. Finally the great lunch made up for it :) Thanks Baku Tours and Gunay for making our holiday memorable!
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Harris_k
Sep 14, 2023
Easy informative Tour - Great short tour to two sites out of town. Very knowledgeable guide! Easy way to take in sights outside the city.
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Stuart
Aug 17, 2023
Great tour, great tour guide - Arif was our guide on a half-day tour to the burning mountain and temples. He was excellent. Arif was knowledgeable, informative and a lovely guy to spend time with. Very polite and professional.
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Simstarsandhu
Nov 5, 2019
Great choice at great price - I landed in Baku without a plan and these guys saved my entire trip. I booked two tours - one for Yanardag and the other for Gobustan. My guides were Shahin and Seymur. These two guys were excellent guides. I was comfortable and well taken care of the entire trip. Communication was great. Discussions were possible cause they are locals with excellent English - both written and spoken. Highly recommended especially for solo travellers because they were excellent company!
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Discover16257788876
Jun 17, 2019
Zoroastrian Highlights - The guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and really keen to showcase the best of Azerbaijan. The temple complex was set out in a way that demonstrated aspects of Zoroastrianism and the fire mountain was incredible for its uniqueness. The driver was good and also highlighted points of interest (e.g. the car rally and celebrations for VE Day).
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Burgzvi2016
May 20, 2018
Fascinating Place to Visit - Ateshgah is a fascinating historical site. It was a Zoroastrian temple and rest stop in the Caucasus, on the historic silk road, especially for Indian travellers. Indian motifs can be seen on some of the structures. It is located on a gas field and the natural gas flames add to its intrigue. Yanar Dag is, literally, a hill on fire. There are natural gas flames all over the hill. A unique natural phenomenon. Not to be missed.
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Chris
Dec 7, 2019
Nice and interesting - The driver and his companion dropped us at the two sites and left us with local good English speaking guides
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Vytautas_s
Jun 4, 2019
Quick and imformative - Very quick and imformative trip to 2 interesting places. Yanar Dag - way worth of visit!!! Never seen such place in my life! ;) Thank you
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Inneryne2016
Oct 19, 2023
If only one could bring marshmallows and graham crackers! - Well worth seeing if only for 5 minutes or so. After all where else can you see the sort of natural phenomenon that may have been instrumental in the origin of Zoroastrianism?
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Dinar012
Jul 3, 2019
Not recomemded - There is nothing to watch at yanardag. only little fire below hill and ateshgah fire is artifical has little muesum to see
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