VIVANT2 Filming Locations & Azerbaijan Highlights: 4 Days
Baku, Shamakhi and Sheki in four days: three of the eight regions where VIVANT season two was filmed, a private vehicle and an English-speaking guide, from $353 per person.
4 days / 3 nights · Baku & Shamakhi & Sheki & Kish · from $353/pp
By Emin Abdulalimov · Pricing & itinerary last updated July 2026 · Operated by Birtour DMC since 2014
- Duration
- 4 days / 3 nights
- Cities
- Baku · Shamakhi · Sheki · Kish
- Group size
- 1–20 people
- Departures
- Year-roundDates on request
- From
- $353/ person
- Film locations
- UNESCO
- Culture
- History
Your 4-day route
Day
01
Heydar Aliyev International Airport to your hotelArrival in Baku
Your English-speaking driver meets the flight in the arrivals hall and takes you privately to the hotel. The rest of the day is yours: the Boulevard, a first dinner, or sleep off the connection. The Old City comes with a guide on day 4.
- Private arrival transfer, any flight, any time
- The rest of the day at leisure
- Arrival at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, welcomed by our English-speaking driver
- Private transfer to the hotel
- The remainder of the day is free. The Baku Boulevard along the Caspian is an easy first walk if you land with daylight left
- Overnight
- Baku (hotel by package tier)
Day
02
Baku to Sheki via Shamakhi, about 300 kmBaku to Shamakhi and Sheki
West out of Baku after breakfast, into the country the crew actually filmed in. Diri Baba on the way, the oldest mosque in Azerbaijan in Shamakhi, and the shebeke windows of the Khan's Summer Palace in Sheki by late afternoon.
- Diri Baba Mausoleum, a 15th-century tomb built into a cliff face
- Juma Mosque of Shamakhi, first built in 743 AD
- Yeddi Gunbaz, the Seven Tombs of the Shirvanshah dynasty
- Sheki Khan's Summer Palace (UNESCO, 2019)
- Sheki Caravanserai
- Departure by private vehicle with your English-speaking guide toward the ancient town of Shamakhi
- En route, a stop at the Diri Baba Mausoleum at Maraza, a 15th-century tomb carved into the cliff so it appears to grow out of the rock
- Shamakhi: the Juma Mosque, first built in 743 AD and the oldest mosque in Azerbaijan, rebuilt many times after earthquakes and standing today in its 2013 restoration
- Yeddi Gunbaz, the Seven Tombs mausoleum complex of the Shirvanshah dynasty, on the hillside above the town
- On to Sheki, a UNESCO World Heritage town and a former Silk Road caravan stop below the Greater Caucasus
- Sheki Khan's Summer Palace: shebeke windows of hand-cut wood and coloured glass, fitted without a nail or a drop of glue
- The historic Sheki Caravanserai, one of the largest surviving caravanserais in the Caucasus
Places this day
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- Meals included
- B
- Overnight
- Sheki (hotel by package tier)
Day
03
Sheki to Baku via Kish, about 330 kmSheki, Kish and the road back to Baku
The local market and a handicraft centre in the morning, the traditional Sheki lunch and tea ceremony, then the village of Kish and its Albanian church before the drive back to Baku.
- Sheki market and a handicraft centre
- Traditional Sheki lunch and afternoon tea ceremony
- Kish Albanian Church, by legend founded in the 1st century AD
- Before departure, a visit to the local market and a handicraft centre in Sheki: silk, hats, and the halva the town is known for
- Traditional Sheki lunch and the afternoon tea ceremony, both included in the package
- The village of Kish above the town: the Kish Albanian Church, one of the oldest Christian churches in the Caucasus, which local legend traces to the 1st century AD
- Private transfer back to Baku with your English-speaking guide
Places this day
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- Meals included
- BL
- Overnight
- Baku (hotel by package tier)
Day
04
Baku, then the airport transferBaku city tour and departure
A guided morning in the capital: the walled Old City, a photostop at the Maiden Tower, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the historic Baku Caravanserai. In the evening, your driver takes you privately to the airport.
- Icherisheher, the UNESCO-listed Old City
- Photostop at the Maiden Tower
- Palace of the Shirvanshahs
- The historic Baku Caravanserai
- After breakfast, a private guided city tour of Baku, starting inside Icherisheher, the walled Old City on the UNESCO list since 2000
- A photostop at the Maiden Tower, the ancient symbol of the city
- The Palace of the Shirvanshahs, the grandest monument of medieval Shirvan architecture
- The historic Baku Caravanserai in the Old City
- In the evening, private transfer to Heydar Aliyev International Airport for the onward international flight
Places this day
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- Meals included
- B
Choose your comfort level
All packages cover the same itinerary, guide, transport, and entries. Only the hotels change. Prices are per person in USD.
Econom Package
Four-star properties in both cities. Same guide, same vehicle, same entries as every other tier.
Hotels
Baku
City Park Baku Hotel★★★★
Sheki
Sheki Park Hotel★★★★
Price per person (USD)
| Group | SNG | DBL | TRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-03 | $1,148 | $666 | $567 |
| 04-06 | $655 | $578 | $552 |
| 07-10 | $581 | $504 | $478 |
| 11-15 | $508 | $431 | $405 |
| 16-20 | $456 | $379 | $353 |
SNG = single · DBL = double · TRP = triple
Deluxe Package
Courtyard by Marriott in Baku and the Sheki Palace Hotel beside the Khan's Palace. A step up in room and location for a small difference in price.
Hotels
Baku
Courtyard by Marriott Baku Hotel★★★★
Sheki
Sheki Palace Hotel★★★★
Price per person (USD)
| Group | SNG | DBL | TRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-03 | $1,339 | $743 | $655 |
| 04-06 | $846 | $655 | $640 |
| 07-10 | $773 | $581 | $567 |
| 11-15 | $699 | $508 | $493 |
| 16-20 | $648 | $456 | $442 |
SNG = single · DBL = double · TRP = triple
Lux Package
★ premiumFive stars in both cities: the Hilton on the Baku waterfront and the Marxal Resort in the hills above Sheki.
Hotels
Baku
Hilton Baku Hotel★★★★★
Sheki
Marxal Resort Sheki Hotel★★★★★
Price per person (USD)
| Group | SNG | DBL | TRP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-03 | $1,662 | $927 | $795 |
| 04-06 | $1,170 | $839 | $780 |
| 07-10 | $1,096 | $765 | $706 |
| 11-15 | $1,023 | $692 | $633 |
| 16-20 | $971 | $640 | $581 |
SNG = single · DBL = double · TRP = triple
- Rates are per person in US Dollars, for ground services in Azerbaijan. International airfare is not included.
- Every tier buys exactly the same programme. The guide, the vehicle, the entrance fees and the day-by-day itinerary are identical. Only the hotels change.
- SNG is single occupancy, DBL is double, TRP is triple. A triple room takes an extra bed or a sofa bed and is smaller than a double.
- Prices fall with group size. At 16 to 20 people the Econom triple rate is 353 USD per person for the four days, against 567 USD for the same room at 1 to 3 people.
- Departures run all year round on your dates. There is no fixed departure calendar to fit into.
- The rates are not valid for blackout dates such as the Formula 1 weekend, Eid, and Novruz.
- Meet and greet, plus all airport to hotel to airport transfers by air-conditioned vehicle
- 3 nights with breakfast: two in Baku, one in Sheki
- All-day transfers and excursions by comfortable air-conditioned transport
- English-speaking guide throughout the tour
- Entrance: Diri Baba Mausoleum
- Entrance: Juma Mosque of Shamakhi
- Entrance: Yeddi Gunbaz
- Entrance: Sheki Khan's Palace
- Entrance: Sheki Caravanserai
- Entrance: Kish Albanian Church
- Entrance: Maiden Tower
- Entrance: Palace of the Shirvanshahs
- Entrance: Baku Caravanserai
- Traditional Sheki lunch and afternoon tea ceremony
- 1 bottle of water per person per day
- International airfare
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners, except where listed above
- Tips, telephone, laundry and other personal expenses
- Any service not listed as included
- 1-2 pax
- Sedan or jeep with professional driver; driver and guide are the same person
- 3-6 pax
- Minivan with professional driver; driver and guide are the same person
- 7-15 pax
- Mercedes Sprinter with driver
- 16-20 pax
- Isuzu coach with driver
- Under 2 yrs
- Free of charge by land.
- Under 6 yrs
- 50% of the full adult rate.
- 7-11 yrs
- 75% of the full adult rate.
- 12+ yrs
- Full adult rate.
- The hotel list and the per-person price for your dates and group size are confirmed on request.
- Any change to the programme is possible. We build the tailor-made version and re-price it.
- Prices are valid for the complete package only. We do not break it down or sell sectors separately.
- If a listed hotel is unavailable at the time of booking we arrange another of similar standard. A different category may carry a cost.
- We reserve the right to review agreed rates if the manat devalues against the contract currency by 5% or more.
- The guide may reorder sightseeing within a day according to the content of the tours and to changes in flight schedules.
- Panoramic city driving does not include museum and ceremonial entrance payments where these are not listed.
- Check-in is generally from 14:00 and check-out until 12:00.
- Birtour acts as an intermediary between guests and consulates and does not guarantee the issue of visas.
- Passports must be valid for at least 6 months beyond the end of travel.
Birtour is a destination management company in Baku, and this is our own short tour. It exists for one kind of traveller: you watched the season, you want to stand where it was filmed, and you have four days rather than ten.
When filming wrapped in November 2025, Baku Media Center, the production company that partnered on the shoot, named eight Azerbaijani regions where the crew had worked. This itinerary reaches three of them: Baku, Shamakhi and Sheki. They are the three that sit on one road, which is what makes them possible in four days without turning the trip into a driving endurance test.
Three regions, one road
The route is the classic western corridor. Baku on arrival, then the climb out of the semi-desert to Shamakhi, where the Juma Mosque has stood in one form or another since 743 AD, and on through the foothills to Sheki, the Silk Road town whose historic centre and Khan's Palace went onto the UNESCO list in 2019. Kish, the village above Sheki with its Albanian church, comes on the way back.
The last morning belongs to Baku itself: a guided walk through Icherisheher, the walled Old City on the UNESCO list since 2000, with a photostop at the Maiden Tower, the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the historic Baku Caravanserai. That puts two UNESCO sites inside the four days, both with a guide, before the evening transfer to the airport.
These are the same three regions covered by the packaged six-day departure sold in Japan, and this tour covers them as a private trip from 353 US dollars per person for ground services. The difference is in how you buy it, and our cost guide sets the numbers side by side. Your vehicle, your guide, your dates, all year round. The price is per person and moves with your group size, so a couple pays a different rate than a party of twelve, and both can see the whole grid before asking us anything.
If you want all eight regions, that is a different trip and we run it: the ten-day Grand Tour with two domestic flights and a Japanese-speaking guide. The regions map shows why eight regions cannot fit in four days; Nakhchivan alone is an exclave you can only sensibly reach by air.
What the price covers
The grid above is per person, in US dollars, for ground services inside Azerbaijan. Guide, private vehicle, three nights with breakfast, every entrance fee on the list, and the traditional Sheki lunch with the afternoon tea ceremony. International airfare is yours to buy, which means you keep control of the airline, the routing and the dates.
Three hotel tiers buy exactly the same trip. Same guide, same vehicle, same entries, same days. The only difference is where you sleep: solid four-star properties in the Econom tier, the Courtyard by Marriott and the Sheki Palace in Deluxe, the Hilton and the Marxal Resort in Lux.
Read the group-size column before anything else. At 1 to 3 travellers the Econom double is 666 USD per person. At 16 to 20 sharing triples it is 353. A private car and guide divide much better by twelve than by two.
The guide is English-speaking
This tour is priced with an English-speaking driver and guide, and for parties of one or two the driver and the guide are the same person. That is a real part of why a private four-day tour can start under 400 dollars per person.
If you want Japanese-language guiding, two honest options. The ten-day Grand Tour includes a Japanese-speaking guide for the whole trip. Or we re-price this four-day programme with one as a tailor-made arrangement; how Japanese guiding works here, and why we confirm it booking by booking, is on our Japanese-speaking guide page.
Dates
All year round, on your dates. There is no departure calendar to fit into. The rates do not apply during blackout dates: the Formula 1 weekend, Eid, Novruz. Those are the weeks when Baku hotel rates triple regardless of who you book through.
Disclosure
Birtour is not affiliated with TBS, with the VIVANT production committee, or with the travel companies selling packaged VIVANT departures. We are a destination management company based in Baku. We did not work on the production. The eight regions named on this page come from Baku Media Center's own statement at the end of filming, and this page describes our own four-day tour and its prices.
Questions travelers ask
- Which VIVANT filming regions does this four-day tour visit?
- Three of the eight: Baku, Shamakhi and Sheki. Baku Media Center, the production company that partnered on the season two shoot, named eight regions when filming wrapped: Baku, Sumgayit, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Shamakhi, Gabala, Sheki and Guba. This itinerary covers the three that sit on the classic Baku to Sheki road. The other five, including the Nakhchivan exclave that needs two domestic flights, are on our ten-day Grand Tour.
- How much does the four-day VIVANT tour cost?
- From 353 USD per person for ground services, at 16 to 20 travellers sharing triple rooms in the Econom tier. A couple sharing an Econom double pays 666 USD per person; a solo traveller pays 1,148 USD. The full grid for all three hotel tiers, five group-size bands and three room types is published on this page. Prices cover the guide, the private vehicle, three nights with breakfast, all listed entrance fees, and the Sheki lunch and tea ceremony. International airfare is separate.
- Is the guide Japanese-speaking?
- No. This tour is priced with an English-speaking driver and guide, which is a large part of why it costs what it does. If you want Japanese-language guiding, our ten-day Grand Tour includes it, or we can re-price this four-day programme with a Japanese-speaking guide as a tailor-made arrangement. The pool of Japanese-speaking guides in Azerbaijan is small, so ask before you fix dates.
- How is this different from the packaged six-day VIVANT tour sold in Japan?
- It covers the same three regions, Baku, Shamakhi and Sheki, but the structure is different. This is a private tour with a dedicated vehicle and guide, and it runs all year round on your dates, not on a fixed departure list. The price is per person by group size instead of one blended figure, and you buy the ground arrangement directly from the company that operates it in Baku. You keep your own airline, routing and dates.
- Is it four days or six days?
- Four days of ground services in Azerbaijan, with three hotel nights: two in Baku and one in Sheki. If you are flying from Japan or anywhere else without a direct connection, the trip is six days door to door, because the first and last days go to international flights. The price on this page covers the four ground days only, so it works with any airline and any routing.
- Can days be added to this itinerary?
- Yes. Any change to the programme is re-priced rather than surcharged, and we tell you what each change costs before you commit. The natural extensions are Gabala between Shamakhi and Sheki, a Gobustan and Absheron day around Baku, or the full ten-day Grand Tour if you want all eight filming regions including Nakhchivan.