Absheron Peninsula Tour
Absheron peninsula, Baku, Azerbaijan
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3 Hours
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Max People : 100
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Pickup: Any hotel / accommodation within Baku
Description
In the beginning of Absheron Peninsula tour you will visit Ateshgah Temple (Fire Temple) – The Ateshgah temple is located in the south-eastern part of the Surakhani settlement of the Absheron peninsula, 30 km away from Baku. So, Ateshgah is a fire temple. And built in the 17th-18th century in the place of the eternal flames of natural gas. Additionally, The earliest building of the temple belongs to the 1713 year. And the central temple was built in 1810 by merchant Kanchanagara funds. So, It was sanctified by Zoroastrians, Hindus, and Sikhs at different times.
On the other hand, The Baku Ateshgah was a pilgrimage and philosophical center of Zoroastrians from the Northwestern Indian Subcontinent, who were involved in trade with the Caspian area via the famous “Grand Trunk Road“. Most importantly, The four holy elements of their belief were: ateshi (fire), Badi (air), abi (water), and heki (earth). And the temple ceased to be a place of worship after 1883 with the installation of petroleum plants (industry) at Surakhany. In addition, The complex was turned into a museum in 1975.
Then during Absheron Peninsula tour you will visit Yanardagh (Fire Mountain) – This natural burning flame became as a result of the emergence of natural gas at the foot of the mountain. Additionally, It is located in the Absheron Peninsula near Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, in the territory of Mohammedi village. The history of this monument is unknown.
This tour will definitely wake up your appetite for one of the most amazing historical places in the world.
Tour can be customized based client’s needs.
Price Includes
Personal English-speaking guide (other languages on request)
Air-Conditioned Comfortable Car
Hotel Pick up & drop off
Price Excludes
Any Meals
Entry fees to Museums
Personal Expenses
Travel Styles
City Tours
Location
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Marife J
19/11/2019
Another beautiful tour
The history of the place is fascinating. We are history lovers and I want to say “Thank you to Fuad to organize this trip with very friendly and informative guide Nur”. So temple is like a museum, very good to tell the history of the fire worshippers. After temple, we visited to Yanardagh. This is unbelievable. It burns for ages. Mysterious place!
rickyhulk
23/11/2019
Interesting tour by guide Emin
We learned lot history from our guide Emin. Atashgah name is derived from Atash and gah words, which means fire and place. On there you can see the nice presentation about the building history and time period of changing by centuries from first worshippers until nowadays. Different rooms depict different aspects of life at the temple. Then we went to fire mountain to see the real fire. It has new building and museum as well. Worth to visit both destination.
Bernard g
24/11/2019
Superb!
We took Absheron Peninsula tour with this agency. Guide and driver were very kind, helpful to us. We loved the architecture of the Atashgah temple. Zoroastrians site and Indians merchants history. We learned a lot. Emin said us all history of it. Oil pumps, building period and all cells of building. Had a lot of laughs on our way to Fire mountain. :) :) :) Fire mountain was very unique place for us. Many people stand there to warm up from natural flames) Lovely tour!
Syed A
11/12/2019
Historic Tour
The temple and fire mountain both for leisude and learning since you get to know how it was built and its historical significance to the country. Fire mountain was the unique part of the city. recommended to any tourist!
imeyson d
15/12/2019
4Hours tour to Absheron
We had anopther beautiful day with guide Emin and driver Cavid. We followed upo the program and visited to Fire Temple. The experience of the Zoroastrian sacred temple which spread along with glimpses of Hinduism in the earlier centuries. Gas/Fire it was not orginal. But don't try to touch :) Fire Mountain, it was surprising to see the Yanardag and to know the relatity about this phenomenon.
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