Culinary Tour
Tour program
Day 1
Arrival in Baku at 15:10 Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
Free time
Day2
Baku
Breakfast in the hotel. Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby.
09:00 - Sightseeing "Icheri Shahar" (Inner City) - medieval part of the city of Baku, which is under the protection of UNESCO: - Visit to the museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs Palace" (XV century), the ancient mosque of Mohammad (11th century), ancient baths And residential buildings, "Market Square", Karavansaraev "Bukhara" and "Multani" (medieval guest houses X1V-XV1 century), "Gyz Galasi" (Maiden Tower) - the oldest building of Baku, preserved since the time of Zoroastrian religion (worship) Lights).
12:30 Lunch in the national restaurant: national dishes of soup "Dyushbere". (Azerbaijani dumplings are called half the size of ordinary dumplings.) In Azerbaijan they say that the "dushbara" is cooked by a mistress who has a lot of time - as this dish requires a slow and laborious work.) And "Sad Ichi" (Saj - delicious A dish of Azerbaijani cuisine from lamb, veal or chicken, which is prepared on the same pan)
14.00 Transfer to the village. Novhany and visit to the wine factory "Fireland" Today, the factory, which employs 115 people, produces 22 varieties of wine, 60% of which is the basic wine list, 30% - premium, and 10% - top wines.
17.00 Return to Baku. Walking tour with a sightseeing tour of Baku during the "First Oil Boom" era is a walking tour that introduces the history and architecture of the city at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. (Istiglaliet (Nezavisimosti) Street - Nizami Square and Fontanov Square, Baku Embankment - Seaside Park Boulevard).
Dinner at the national restaurant: on the first evening you will try Dolma from the grape leaves. (Dolma is rightfully considered the queen of Caucasian dishes.) Dolma is a dish that is a grape leaves stuffed with minced meat.
And Arishta pilov. (This is one of several varieties of Azerbaijani pilov.) Arishta is a festive dish, which is often served at national weddings)
Return to the hotel.
Day3
Baku - Ismayilli - Gabala
Breakfast in the hotel.
08.00 Check-out from the hotel. Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby
08.30 Transfer to the north-western regions of the republic "Azerbaijan winery" (Shamakhi-Ismayilli-Gabala-Sheki)
Arrival in Ismayilli, visiting, tasting and getting to know the "Chateau Monolit" wines. Wine "Ismailli Wine" Alyshan series "Chateau Monolith" table pink 0,75 l dry made from grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Mattress grown in a unique mountain micro zone near the village of Gideali at an altitude of 850m above sea level.
Vineyards are planted on the southern slopes of the mountains, where predominantly gray-brown alluvial soils.
Lunch at the territory of the wine enterprise "Chateau Monolith" with further wine tasting.
Moving to Gabala (about 40 km.)
A short excursion program in the Gabala district (complex of mausoleums / XV century / near the village of Khazrya, waterfall "Eddi Gyozal" (Seven beauties) and a panorama of the mountain lake "Noour" in the village of Ruskyan)
Visit to the winery "Aspi winery" and wine tasting "Savalan": It is here, far from the noise of the industrial civilization - in the heart of the Savalan Plain, surrounded by the Turian River tea - these wine growers laboriously cultivate the land and produce wines that can satisfy the taste of the most demanding lovers.
Here is the legendary mountain, a magnificent natural monument that covers the area from all winds, and was nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty" by the people, which became the symbol of the Gabala district.
Transfer to the hotel, free time.
Dinner at the national restaurant with tasting dishes of regional cuisine, namely "Dash arasy" (shish kebab in the oven)
Day4
Gabala-Sheki (70km.)
Breakfast in the hotel.
Free time for rest in the spa area of the hotel "Kavkaz Resort".
12:00 Room service and departure to Sheki (70km).
Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby. Transfer to Sheki
13:30 Arrival in Sheki.
Lunch at the national restaurant, in which you try the Sheki dish "Piti" is an Azerbaijani national dish. The dish has its name from the dishes in which it is prepared. Petit are small clay pots with the volume of 1 liter, and the national dish of piti is prepared in them. In food, peas are always added. Basically piti are made from lamb, but no less tasty food is obtained from beef. Petey can be both the first dish and the second, it all depends on the amount of broth-liquid that will remain in the prepared dish.
15:00 After lunch visit the Sheki Wine Factory LLC "Agroinvestcom" and tasting the wines of the "Chinar" line
17:00 Excursion program in the city of Sheki: Inspection of the historical and architectural complex "Yuhari Karavansaray" (XVIII-XIX centuries), familiarity with the work of local artisans and folk craftsmen, a panorama of the city from the mountainous part, an inspection of the mosque Omyar Efendi (XIX century. ), The fortress wall and the towers of the medieval city (XVIII-XIX centuries), the palace of the Sheki Khans (XVIII century), the Albanian Christian temple / museum of folk art (IX-XVI cent.)
Day5
Sheki-Baku (ca.350 km.)
09.00 - Breakfast at the hotel. Exemption of rooms
Visiting the eastern bazaar.
Moving to Baku Ways of following the Muganlina pass. Once again you will see an unforgettable sight of the panorama of the Greater Caucasus mountain range
13:30 On the way, lunch in one of the restaurants.
17:00 Arrival in Baku. Check in hotel. Small rest at the hotel.
19:00 Departure for farewell dinner at the national restaurant "Karvansaray" with show program (restaurant with national color, dishes of Azerbaijani cuisine / "Kutab", "Plov", "Kabab-Assorti" on vertical ramrods)
21:00 Night tour "Fires of Baku" Route: "Azadlig" square - Musical Academy - Palace named after. H.Aliyeva - Rashid Behbudov street - Bakikhanov street - Inshaatchilar avenue and Huseyn Javid street - the square near the monument of Nariman Narimanov with a stop for a review of the evening panorama Baku - Istiglaliai street - Niyazi street - Neftyanikov avenue.
Return to the hotel
Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel