Baku Departure Ex Delhi With Indigo
Why Visit Baku
Value for Money – Baku is an extremely cheap and you can get great value for money on accommodation and sightseeing. You can get around by walking or via bus and metro which cost around US$1 per journey.
Safety – Although tourist numbers are very low compared to other cities in Asia, Baku is very safe and you shouldn’t encounter any issues exploring this city both during day and night. Local people are very friendly even with the language barrier and they will greet you with smiles and curiosity
Baku’s Old City is a Sight to Behold – The Old City is a walled city, called the Icheri Sheher by the locals. It is a UNESCO heritage site and offers an incredible insight into the lives and times of people living in Baku between the 12th and 16th centuries. You can take a guided tour of Icheri, but if you want to discover it on your own, then it is a good idea to get an audio guide at one of the many Tourism Kiosks throughout the city. Follow the sound guide and fall in love with the glory of a bygone era.
The Fortress Wall – The Fortress Wall in Baku helped protect the city from battles and walls until the 16th century. Initially constructed in the 12th century, The wall as destroyed several times across the centuries. Then in the 16th century, the locals upgraded the wall and added a second fortress wall lower than the original one, to fortify it. That way, if any invaders would dare jump the wall, they’d end up trapped in a water-filled moat between the two walls and easy to catch.
Caravanserais For a Drink or Two – Baku has so many stories to tell because it lies in the Silk Route, the famous road taken by nomads and traders traveling across Asia for better business prospects. Caravanserais are the inns and hotels where they used to rest and recuperate. It’s incredible to note that the architecture of these Caravanserais is pretty standard across thousands of miles of Silk Route.
Maiden Tower For The Climb of A Lifetime – Another UNESCO Heritage Site, the Maiden Tower, has perplexed archeologists and historians regarding its actual purpose and its unique shape. It could have been a part of the defense strategy of the locals in the 5th or 6th century when it was built. Another theory asserts that the locals were trying to study the moon and other celestial bodies and that’s why they created the highest tower they could build. And finally, some believe that the tower was a fire-worshipping temple, and from the above, it does look like a buta, the symbol of fire and light.
Package Inclusion
Flights – Return Economy Class
Accommodation – 4* Star
Accommodation – 4* Star
Airport Transfer -Return Airport Transfer
Transport -Local Transport
Meals -Breakfast, 4 Lunches , 3 Dinners, 01 Gala dinner
Sightseeing – As per Itinerary
Guide -English Speaking Guide
General Terms
- Please note that these packages are customization, which means that you will be able to make changes to the itinerary/activity if you so desire. The final payment will be calculated as per the itinerary and inclusions reflected on the confirmatory e-mail sent to you.
- Please expect to receive your vouchers 72 hours before your departure date (subject to full payment of your package cost).
- Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone calls, room service, alcoholic beverages, mini bars etc., are not included.
- In case your package needs to be canceled due to any natural calamity, weather conditions etc. Pleasure Holidays shall strive to give you the maximum possible refund subject to the agreement made with our trade partners/vendors.
- The passenger names in the booking form should be exactly as per passports. Pleasure Holidays will not bear any liability for the name change fee, if incorrect names and ages have been added at the time of booking.
- Please note that your package includes baggage as per airlines policy. Any addition in baggage will be charged separately.
- Standard check-in time at the hotel is normally 2:00 pm and check-out is 11:00 am. An early check-in, or a late check-out is solely based on the discretion of the hotel.
- In case the selected hotel is unavailable for booking, an alternate arrangement will be offered to the customer in another hotel of a similar category.
- Certain hotels may ask for a security deposit during check-in, which is refundable at check-out subject to the hotel policy.This amount has to be deposited by the traveler.
- Please note that Day at Leisure essentially implies that no sightseeing activities have been included for that day.
- Kindly be on time for your activities, tours and transfers. Pleasure Holidays will not be liable for missing any activity thus for any refund against it in such cases.
- No refund either in part or in full will be made for any unused part of the services provided in the package.
- The package price doesn’t include special dinner or mandatory charges at times levied by the hotels especially during New Year and Christmas or any special occasions. Pleasure Holidays shall try to communicate the same while booking the package. However Pleasure Holidays may not have this information readily available all the time.
- Our package price does not include GST and TCS. Applicable GST and TCS will be charged over and above the package price.
- For queries regarding cancellations and refunds, please refer to our Cancellation Policy.
- For any paid activity which is non-operational due to any unforeseen reason, we will process the refund & should reach the guest within 30 days refund requisition. Also, for any activity which is complementary and not charged to Pleasure Holidays & guests, no refund will be processed.
- Our package prices are on twin sharing accommodation basis thus published prices are applicable for minimum two persons and multiple of two thereon.
- As per RBI guideline every foreign traveler has to provide us his PAN details. The Dollar component of package price will be taken out of your BTQ (Basic Travel Quota).
- The tour cost does not include any Overseas Insurance Premium, but we strongly recommend buying Overseas Insurance Policy. The same after issuance is non refundable.
- These terms are general terms for our tour packages.Any term mentioned in proposal shall be considered part of it and in case of discrepancy term mentioned in proposal shall prevail.
- Disputes, if any, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New Delhi.
- Pleasure Holidays will try to operate each group tour on best effort basis. In case Pleasure Holidays is not able to operate the group for insufficient no. of passengers, Pleasure Holidays will refund 100% money to travelers. Except for this Pleasure Holidays will not have any other liability
Payment Policy
- Payment schedule depends on destination, time of booking, inclusions, airline and hotel payment policy etc thus it is specific to your package booking.
- Payment schedule will be part of our proposal to you for the package.
- If payment is not made as per the schedule provided in the first booking confirmation e-mail, Pleasure Holidays reserves the right to cancel the booking after attempting to get in touch with you. Refunds would be as per the package cancellation policy.
Cancellation Policy
- Once Booking received : INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation + Hotel cancellation as per hotel policy+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 60 – 45 Days prior to departure : 25 % of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 45 – 30 days prior to departure: 50% of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 30 – 10 days prior to departure: 75% of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- Within 10 days: Full.
Details
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- Arrival at Airport.
- Transfer from Airport to Hotel.
- Breakfast in Hotel
- 10:00 Tour starts with the visit to the charming example of modern architecture - The Heydar Aliyev Center– a 57,500 m2 building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003. (Photo shoot outside)
- 13:00 lunch
- 17:00Assembly at lobby. Start tour.
- Visit to Highland Park-Alley of Martyrs, The National Assembly- also transliterated as Milli Majlis, Flame towers-the tallest skyscraper in Baku.
- Walking through Baku Boulevard which stretches along a south-facing bay on the Caspian Sea. It traditionally starts at Freedom Square continuing west to the Old City and beyond. Since 2012, the Yeni Bulvar (New Boulevard) has virtually doubled the length to 3.75 km.
- Later experience the happening street of Nizami Street known for Shopping. The Street’s history could be traced back to Baku's town-planning project of 1864. The street runs through the city's downtown from west to east. It begins from Abdulla Shaig Street, in mountainous part of the city and ends at railroad bed on Sabit Orujov Street, near a monument to Shah Ismail Khatai in “Black City”.
- 20:00 dinner
- Free time – can explore night activities at you own
- Overnight in hotel
- Meals: Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner
- Breakfast in Hotel
- 10:00 Assembly at hotel lobby. Tour starts with Ateshgah (Fire Worshippers Temple)
- Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Atash” is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetra pillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural "eternal flame" went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city
- Trip to "Fire Mountain "-"Yanardag" – a mountain on Abs heron peninsula, 25 km from north of Baku. Literally, word "Yanardag" means "Blazing Mountain". Blazing bodies of flame dance on stones and floor. Yanar dag is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, which itself is known as the "land of fire."
- 13:00 Lunch
- 10:00Our tour program starts with Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls were well protected. In 2007, the Old City had a population of about 3000 people. In December 2000, the Old City of Baku, including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and Maiden Tower, became the first location in Azerbaijan to be classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (walking tour)
- 20:00Transfer for dinner at Indian restaurant at 2000 hrs
- Transfer to hotel at 2230 hrs
- Free time – can explore night activities at you own
- Overnight in hotel
- Meals: Breakfast+ Lunch + Dinner
- Breakfast at the hotel
- 10:00Tour starts with Gobustan which is best known for being the home to the famous rock petroglyphs. The area has been settled since the 8th millennium BC. It is known for hosting thousands of rock engravings spread over 100 square km depicting hunting scenes, people, ships, constellations and animals. Its oldest petroglyphs date from the 12th century BC. In 2007, UNESCO included the ‘Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape’ in the World Heritage list.
- Visit to the Bibi – Heybat Mosque– historical mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. The existing structure, built in the 1990s, is a recreation of the mosque with the same name built in the 13th century by Shirvanshah Farrukhzad II Ibn Ahsitan II
- 14:00 lunch
- 16:00 Start Shopping tour with Local Sweet Shop, Azerbaijan Brand: Aliahmad’S
- Proceed to Local vine and alcoholic drinks shop
- Continue with “Xurcun”dry fruits and sweets shop
- Genclik Mall: - located in 10 minutes’ distance form city center with taxi. Genclik mall is the biggest Mall in Baku and contains over 80 stores, big bowling halls, the biggest movie halls, 3D cinema, Playground for children, Bravo supermarket, VIP restaurants, food courts
- 20:00 dinner
- Free time – can explore night activities at you own
- overnight in hotel
- Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner
- Breakfast in Hotel
- 12:00 Check out Hotel.
- Day free for shopping
- Meals: Breakfast + Lunch + dinner
- Transfer to airport at 2200hrs to catch flight back home.
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