Do not forget to take a camera with you, because there is something to capture during your journey through the “Stone Age”.

MAIN POINTS OF THE ROUTE:

Driving through:

Seaside Park (Baku Boulevard) - a favourite holiday spot of Bakuvians and city guests. In 2019, the park celebrates its 110th anniversary.

Azerbaijan Carpet Museum (passing through)
Travel past the unique structure in the form of a carpet that stores a rich collection (more than 14,000 exhibits) of the material culture of Azerbaijan and above all carpets - the most valuable heritage of the Azerbaijani people

Water Palace
Travel past the Baku Palace Sports facilities, built by order of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan for the first European Games in Baku

Visiting

Modern interactive museum
In the museum, you are waited by superbly selected expositions using the most modern technology that will help you to know the meaning of petroglyphs (rock paintings). In 11 exhibition halls (the Halls are equipped with 3D panoramas, touch screens) there is a huge collection of priceless historical exhibits, interesting both for adults and children.

Open-air museum
You can see with your own eyes the cave paintings that will tell you about the culture, economy, world outlook, customs and traditions of people who already at that far time settled this wonderful corner of Azerbaijan. Once the sea was splashing right at the foot of these mountains, but then it retreated, leaving characteristic relief tracks on the polished rocks. Unusual patterns were found on the rocks, already more than 6 thousand (on 1000 rocks) are discovered. Also found ancient primitive dwellings - caves and parking, more than 100 thousand items of material culture. Gobustan petroglyphs belong to different eras. They were made in the period from X - XVIII thousand BC. until the middle ages of our era.