Baku: Absheron (Ateshgah and Yanar Dag) Tour｜Azerbaijan

Explore the Absheron Peninsula on a guided tour from Baku. Visit the Fire Temple of Baku, a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town, and see the natural gas fire that blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula.

Start your tour with pickup from your hotel in Baku. Meet your driver and guide and head to the Fire Temple of Baku. Learn about the temple's history and how it was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship.

Next, visit the Yanar Dag, a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula. See the flames jet into the air 3 meters from a thin, porous sandstone layer.

After sightseeing, be dropped off back at your hotel in Baku.