1860 German Roots Winery Tour (Baku-Lahij-Sheki-Ganja)

Summary

Day 1 09:00 – pick up from any address within Baku 12:00 – arrive to Lahij and explore the area 13:00 – local lunch in Lahij 14:00 – leave to Sheki 16:30 – reach Sheki and sightseeing (Sheki Khan Palace, Shebeke workshop, Halva-maker) 18:30 – transfer to Karvansaray Hotel, local dinner, overnight Day 2 09:00 – breakfast at hotel, check out and leave to Goygol Wine Plant 11:30 – reach winery, have wine tasting with snacks 13:30 – finish with winery, visit Ganja (see House from Bottles) 15:00 – leave back to Baku 19:30 – reach Baku

Tour info

Duration
2 days
Group Size
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Meeting Point
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Why take this tour?

You will visit Lahij, Sheki and Ganja with overnight stay in ancient Karvansaray of Sheki. Established in 1860 by Schwab’s Germans, who were then inhabited by present-day Yelenendorf in Goygol. When the Germans lived in this area, that area was called the Hanik village, where the Oguz tribe lived.  Day 1 09:00 – pick up from any address within Baku 12:00 – arrive to Lahij and explore the area 13:00 – local lunch in Lahij 14:00 – leave to Sheki 16:30 – reach Sheki and sightseeing (Sheki Khan Palace, Shebeke workshop, Halva-maker) 18:30 – transfer to Karvansaray Hotel, local dinner, overnight Day 2 09:00 – breakfast at hotel, check out and leave to Goygol Wine Plant 11:30 – reach winery, have wine tasting with snacks 13:30 – finish with winery, visit Ganja (see House from Bottles) 15:00 – leave back to Baku 19:30 – reach Baku

What’s included?

  • 1 local lunch, 1 local dinner

  • Accommodation at Karvansaray Hotel

  • Entrance fee to Sheki Khans’ Palace

  • Entrance to winery

  • Food and drinks

  • Guide services

  • Pick up and Drop off

  • Sightseeing of Lahij and Sheki

  • Snacks

  • Transportation

  • Wine tasting – 5 types of wines

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 2 days

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

Operated by:

Nasimi's Wine Tours

About operator:

We are the first Wine tourism company who specializes in wine tours in Azerbaijan. We offer different wine tours which involves both day trips and 1 night tour and also multi-day tours in Baku, Shamakhi, Aghsu, Ismayilli, Qabala, Ganja. We also offer combined wine tours of Azerbaijan and Georgia – two ancient places, birthplaces of wine-making, South Caucasus. We pay attention to giving back to community, to local people. Instead of taking our guests to touristy restaurants, we take them to local families for authentic meals. By doing that we give them extra income and pay fair prices to them. Apart from wine tours, we offer combination of wine tours with golf, ethno master classes (cooking, pottery, carpet weaving and blacksmith), wine crawl and culinary tour of Azerbaijan. The foundation date is 27 September 2018 which is also considered as World Tourism Day.

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