Gobustan Day Trip from Baku
Overview of the tour in Baku
Museum of Petroglyphsis (outdoor museum) – Gobustan or by other name Museum of Petroglyphsis (outdoor museum) located approximately 65 km from Baku. Prehistoric rock drawings – petroglyphs – are an art “archive” of the human evolution on Earth. The “articles” of such archives are the first transmissions from the human “I” to the outer world. There are a few of such outdoor “archives” in Azerbaijan. One of them, the largest, is located in Gobustan, at the Baku State Reserve of History, Ethnography and Arts, near Baku. It is a rocky massif on the bottom of the southeast Part of the Great Caucasus Range, near the Caspian Sea and a modern highway built on the ancient Shirvan road.
In mountains of Gobustan Beyukdash, Kichikdash, Djingirdag and Shighgaya there were concentrated witnesses of the past of azerbaijanian nation of the epoch of Stone Age and ongoing periods – rocky paintings, camp of man, tombstones and etc. The most significant of them are rocky pictures – petroglyphs, carved by primitive men on walls of caves, rocks and stony lumps. The aforesaid primitive monuments of art reflect culture, economy, world outlook, customs and traditions of ancient azerbaijanian peoples.
This activity includes:
- Gobustan National Park Museum
- Port Baku Mall
- National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
- Entrance fees
- Pick-up & Drop-off at your hotel (inside Baku)
- Personal English speaking guide (other languages on request)
- Personal Driver & air-conditioned vehicle
On arrival
Port Baku Mall
Things to note
A MEMORY FOR A TOURIST AT A TRIP TO AZERBAIJAN
Official name:
The Republic of Azerbaijan.
Capital:
Baku.
Official language:
Azerbaijani.
Time:
All times are UTC + 5. The difference with Moscow + 2 hours (daylight saving time)
All times are UTC + 4. The difference with Moscow + 1 hour (winter time)
Currency:
Manat, equal to 100 gyapics.
Free Cancellation
Free Cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity starts. Late cancellation or your non-arrival is not refundable.
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