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Go local in Charming Cities

Find a private guided tour with one of our locals in Azerbaijan and neighbouring countries.

How to pick a city

Each card opens a city page with tours and local guides. You do not need to know the region first. Choose one base, then add a day trip. We book the guide, the car, or both.

If this is your first time in the Caucasus, start in Baku. Stay three nights. Add Gobustan or Absheron for a half-day, or Gabala and Sheki if you want mountains and old towns. Tell us your dates on the contact form if you want a single plan that covers more than one city.

City pages list private tours, not group buses. Group size and language are set when you book. Prices show per person unless the tour says otherwise.

Azerbaijan

Most guests start in Baku, then add a fire-temple half-day, a mountain town, or a Silk Road city. Distances are short enough for day trips.

Baku. Flame Towers, the UNESCO Old City, Caspian seafront and a buzzing food scene – Baku with a local guide reveals layers most visitors miss.
Sheki. Khan's Palace, silk caravanserais and Caucasian hospitality. Day trips from Baku to a city that breathes Silk Road history.
Gabala. Alpine forests, Nohur Lake and mountain villages. The perfect nature escape from Baku.
Gobustan. UNESCO rock art and bubbling mud volcanoes. Ancient wonders just 60 km south of Baku.
Absheron. Yanar Dag eternal flames, Ateshgah Fire Temple and Zoroastrian heritage on the Absheron Peninsula.
Lankaran. Tea gardens, citrus groves, Hirkan forests and Caspian beaches in southern Azerbaijan.
Nakhchivan. Ancient mausoleums, salt lakes and rugged highlands in Azerbaijan's autonomous exclave.

Georgia

Tbilisi pairs well with Baku by air. Batumi is the Black Sea option if you want a beach day after the city.

Tbilisi. Balconied old town, sulphur baths, world-class wine and a vibrant art scene. Tbilisi captivates every traveller.
Batumi. Black Sea resort city with a botanical garden, art nouveau boulevards and lively waterfront promenade.

Turkey

Istanbul is the long-weekend add-on. Trabzon is the green Black Sea coast if you want hills and tea, not the bazaar.

Istanbul. Hagia Sophia, the Grand Bazaar, Bosphorus sunsets and layers of Ottoman, Byzantine and Roman history.
Trabzon. Black Sea tea culture, Sümela Monastery carved into a cliff and green highland plateaus.