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Guided Azerbaijan - Private Sheki Tours
Private Sheki Tours: Sheki History Museum
Private Sheki Tours: Inside View of the Sheki Khan Palace
Private Sheki Tours: Palace of Sheki Khans
Private Sheki Tours: Juma Mosque

Private Sheki Tour

By Guided Azerbaijan
8.8 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is $250 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 12h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

With the Private Sheki Tour you will discover the mysterious city Sheki with its full of historical and cultural background. Sheki is historical city that surrounded by mountains. Main difference of the Sheki from other regions of Baku is that the city kept its originality and even some houses that people currently live in has a historical and cultural values.

Activity location

  • Juma Mosque
    • Nariman Narimanov St.
    • Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Juma Mosque
    • Nariman Narimanov St.
    • Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

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Private Sheki Tour
  • Activity duration is 12 hours12h
    12h
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
$250.00 x 1 Adult$250.00

Total
Price is $250.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional Driver
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAll Fees and Taxes

Know before you book

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

Activity itinerary

Juma Mosque
  • 20m
On the way from Baku to Sheki we visit Juma Mosque in Shamakhi (or Friday Mosque) is one of the tourist attractions often visited by travellers. It is included into our Shamakhi and Gabala tour. Unlike many mosques, entrance to Juma Mosque of Shamakhi is permitted even to non-Muslims. To enter, you need to remove your shoes, but walking barefoot is not a problem, because the floor is covered with thick carpets. In addition, women must cover their heads in order to enter the mosque, so they provide free head cover at the entrance, which is required to be returned at the exit.
Sheki Khan's Palace
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Palace itself built in 1762 as a summer residence for the Khan of Sheki. During the construction of the building, no single nails and glues were used. From inside, all the walls of the Palace are full of paintings which each painting has its own philosophical meaning. In the garden outside of the palace, you will discover 2 plane trees that both are 500 years old.
Church of Kish
  • 40m
  • Admission ticket not included
On the way, visit the first Albanian church in Caucasus, dating back to the 1st century AD. Kish Albanian Church - The brilliantly renovated round-towered Albanian church in pretty Kish village has been lovingly converted into a very well-presented trilingual museum. It’s the best place anywhere to learn about mysterious Caucasian Albania, the Chris¬tian nation that once covered most of north¬ern Azerbaijan.
Karvansaray
  • 1h
. “Caravanserai” historical complex in Sheki is two magnificent caravanserai which reached present days and traditionally named “Yukhari” and “Ashaghi” caravanserai, which means “Upper” and “Lower” Caravanserai in translation from Azerbaijani into English. Construction of these caravanserai is dated back to the 18th-19th centuries AD. “Lower” caravanserai has a rectangular shape with a large inner yard in the centre of which is located a pool. Total area of the caravanserai is 8000 m2 and dimensions are 55x85 meters. Four entries led to the yard from all four corners of the buildings. There are 242 rooms in the lower caravanserai. Earlier there were merchant stores and storage rooms in the coaching inn, but the first floor was intended for guests whom the rooms were leased. Each room had a manhole which was connected to the ground floor with a stepladder and it was very comfortable for merchants who wanted control the safety of their products at any time. Since 1988, the lower caravanserai is used as a hotel complex for tourists, guests of the city and local residents. There is a restaurant of national cuisine with 100 places functioning in the territory of the complex. There are luxury suits in compliance with international standards in the hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESJuma Mosque
    • Nariman Narimanov St.
    • Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEJuma Mosque
    • Nariman Narimanov St.
    • Shamakhi, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan

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