From
$1,480
per person · twin-share
Regions
- Baku
- Absheron
- Gobustan
Day 1
Arrival & welcome dinner
Private transfer from Heydar Aliyev Intl. Welcome dinner with Caspian view.
- Arrivals concierge meet at airport
- Hotel check-in (Four Seasons / Fairmont)
- Sunset welcome dinner with regional wines
- Meals
- dinner
- Stay
- 5★ Caspian-front hotel
Day 2
Old City & Modern Baku walking day
Icherisheher, Maiden Tower, Carpet Museum, Flame Towers, Fountain Square.
- Icherisheher (UNESCO Old City) private walking tour
- Maiden Tower + Shirvanshah Palace
- Lunch at a heritage restaurant
- Flame Towers viewpoint at golden hour
- Meals
- breakfast · lunch
- Stay
- 5★ Caspian-front hotel
Day 3
Gobustan & Yanardag full-day
UNESCO petroglyphs, mud volcanoes, fire mountain.
- Gobustan petroglyphs (UNESCO)
- Mud volcanoes 4×4 excursion
- Lunch with a local family in Qobustan village
- Yanardag fire mountain at dusk
- Meals
- breakfast · lunch · dinner
- Stay
- 5★ Caspian-front hotel
Day 4
Caspian sunset yacht + spa
Couple-paced day with hotel spa morning and private yacht evening.
- Hotel spa half-day (couples suite)
- Free time / shopping at Nizami Street
- Private 2-hour Caspian sunset yacht with sparkling welcome
- Dinner at a Michelin-mentored restaurant
- Meals
- breakfast · dinner
- Stay
- 5★ Caspian-front hotel
Day 5
Departure
Late checkout and private transfer to airport.
- Late checkout (subject to availability)
- Private transfer to Heydar Aliyev Intl
- Meals
- breakfast
- All breakfasts at hotel
- Lunches and dinners as listed
- All entrance fees
- Private guide & vehicle days 1-4
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional add-ons
Why this itinerary
Five days is the sweet spot for a Baku-first leisure trip. Long enough to see Gobustan (UNESCO rock-art landscape, 40,000 years of engravings) and Yanardag without losing a day to over-touring. Twin-share pricing held at $1,480 per person for low season 2026, group of 10. Refreshed quarterly.
This itinerary is one product in our Azerbaijan DMC catalogue for international tour operators. It is sample, adaptable, and ready to be re-priced to your contracted hotel rates.
What we deliberately built in
- Day 1 is light on purpose. Most couples arrive on red-eye Europe-via-Istanbul or GCC routings; we've learned to keep day-1 to a single anchor (welcome dinner) rather than packing it.
- Yanardag at dusk, not midday. The natural-gas flames are visually flat in daylight. We default day-3 timing to a sunset window; this is the photo most couples build their trip around.
- Day 4 spa half-morning + free afternoon. The mid-trip slow-down is where couples actually relax. Removing this for "one more excursion" is the most common mistake we see in operator-adapted versions.
What we deliberately left out
- No Heydar Aliyev Center day-trip. It's a great building, but a couple's itinerary doesn't reward a 90-minute architecture walk between Old City and the yacht. We mention it as a viewpoint in passing during the boulevard segment.
- No Sheki extension. The 4h drive to Sheki doesn't pair with a 5-day pacing. Couples who want the extra day are better served by the Gabala or Shahdag side-leg. See our 7-day family adventure for the shape, re-priceable to couples.
What scales differently for honeymoons vs leisure
If you're booking this as a honeymoon rather than a general-leisure trip, see our 7-day Indian honeymoon variant. It adds a Yanardag photographer hour, a vegetarian/jain-confirmed catering manifest, and a Gabala mountain anchor for the back half of the trip.
For tour operators packaging Baku-anchored leisure programs at scale, see our tour-package net rate card. Same supplier list, contracted rates, room blocks held 30 days from quote.