The travelers who visit the Old City have to pass through the long road; we also move ourselves into the past and learn on uniqueness of the city. What's the cultural heritage? Which monuments are inscribed in the list of the Universal Heritage of UNESCO?
While walking around the city we meet caravan-saray, local inhabitants and craftsmen houses, mosques, market-places, handicraft workshops - all these we'll mark on the map and research together. Upon completion of the way in Shirvanshakh's Palace we got info on its restoration and conservation, we also can study the history via local collections.
Age group: subject of interest to younger and middle-age children
How did the inhabitants live in the rural settlement in Absheron in the middle ages? What did they occupy with traditionally? What is the difference between Gala buildings of that period and city buildings in Icheri Shekher? You will find answers to these questions in the course of the historic-ethnographic tour in Gala reserve. Together with a guide you will visit the ancient building of different destinations: fortress with subways, mosques, dwelling house, granary, and bath-house, ovdan (storage pool /artificial reservoir to keep, filling and storage of water). All buildings will amaze you with their fine stone architecture and unique.
We invite you to become the craftsman in the ancient Gala settlement within one day. Together with the professional craftsman you will be able to manufacture the ceramic crockery at the potter's wheel by yourself, paint the ready form you liked and learn the process of kilning. Afterwards while visiting the carpet weaving workshop you will continue to weave the true palas (kind of carpet) or carpet one small knot by another at the ancient loom - khana. Skilled weavers will share with you the secrets of the ancient weaving skill - the way one can roll up felt from the wool and what can be produced from it. For real men we will propose to try themselves as a blacksmith - each of them could forge lucky horseshoe for their families.
The way the clay crockery had been manufactured, purpose of using the ceramic vessels, time and circumstances of appearing and development of the pottery handicraft - you will reveal the interesting info concerning the above mentioned as well as other issues regarding the research of ceramic flotsams, their dating and styling during this fascinating program. 
We propose you to become the members of the "real" archeological expedition. The organizer will define your status - group head, archeologist, cameraman, draftsman or topographer. The real dig lot will be allotted to you as well as all necessary equipment, the professional archeologist to be attached - and probably it will be exactly you who find the treasure or ancient artifacts. Surely, you have to hand over all that you found to the applause of Gala settlement management group, but in order to commemorate your participation in the project each of you will be granted with the "Best Treasure Raider" certificate as well as you will keep in your mind the afterglow on passed tour.
Along with our guides try yourself spending one day in the ancient house with a garden. You have to spend this day for the "family" good. Boys are occupied with farming and cattle-breeding while girls are engaged in useful arts and housekeeping. We have a small herd you can tend at the lake shore as well as we have to make an ordinary meal at the sadj (convex form cast-iron disc flat cakes are baked on) and bake bread. After that putting on the traditional clothes you can visit your neighbors'' holiday and listen the fairy tales.
You can see the petroglyphs arts not only in Gobustan. We also invite you to see the picture stone flags collection in Gala and Apsheron caves. Male and female figures, animals, ceremonies and magic rituals will be under thorough examination along with the professional archaeologist. Children's groups will try painting on the "cave's" wall as primitive artists. One of the magic rituals will "get off" from the stone walls and come alive by means of your group as soon as you try to put on the ritual masks.
If your family intends to spend weekend while searching for treasure there is no doubt that you will be interested in this tour. In the course of this fascinating game we will require you to guess several answers for questions, find a number of hiding-places along with the tasks, get the cherished shovel as well as the gold digger's lot number. As soon as you will select and mark your lot - you can excavate your treasure. If you are lucky you'll get the memorable silver coin. Only lucky beggars will find the silver coins as their number is less than the number of game's participants. But that is the raisin of "treasure raiders".
What does wisdom's wheel mean? Which symbols and ancient artifacts can you find in the real life in the definite time measured by hour-glass? Four teams, four directions, four totems - 24 artifacts, life amulets, difficult tasks and finally the "thread of Ariadne" - all these are expected the participants of historic - ethnographic game "Wisdom's Wheel" in Gala. The winner team is granted with the memorable gifts while other participants get researcher's certificates.
Along with the fancy-dressed tour guides - tribe's mother and hunter, we propose to spend one day together with children while become absorbed into the life of our ancestry - ancient inhabitants of Gobustan caves. Tour's participants will trace the whole day in the children and adults life of that period: their dresses, their food, occupation in their free time, attitude towards nature as well as their knowledge on outward things. We will manufacture the clay crockery and magic figures, furnishings from cockle-shells and leather, tools. We also will study the stages of formation and differences in the cave painting, learn to distinguish the images of men and women, compile the first calendar of the ancient settlers, and trace the connection between the ancient religious faiths and art activity.
"The beauty of a man lies in beauty of his writing, and it is better if this man is a wise one" aphorism adopted in the East used to be the ethic underlying cause of the widely branchy system of books' rewriting. Together with the hand-written book experts - miniature-painter, penman, ornamentalist/designer and bookbinder the tour participants will learn the process of the hand-written book production in the Middle Ages as well as be able to create their first manuscripts together with the experts "as it was in 16th century". We will introduce the principles of the decorative design of the book (12-16 centuries) in the Hand-Written Fund and Museum of History where we could see the original works of the oriental miniature and calligraphy.
Four magic elements - fire, water, earth and air will divide all participants into groups. In the ancient Ateshgah temple we will make the elements' masks for the joint magic movement ceremony around the sacred fire. During the joint creative works the young participants will know a lot about good and evil, Novruz holiday and fire-worshippers.
If you will visit this tour the wealthy world of such a simple at first sight semi-desert region could slightly open you its secrets. The professional ecologist - field expert will tell you on all region terrestrials. You will be able to observe the numerous lizards, snakes from a distance (if you'll be lucky enough), tortoises listed in the Red Book, birds, murine rodent and seals at the Caspian seashore. Our trainers carry out "Let's enjoy nature together with children" program - ecological games at the open air. You are to be accompanied by zoologists-experts, who provide you with all required equipment and materials.
While passing this trip along with our professional ecologists you will take a closer look at present-day problems of environmental protection. You will see the natural mountain landscapes different with each other as you moving from Baku to Khizi and Altyagach. In the red-white mountain sediments you will reveal the remains of elf-bolts - the ancient cephalopodan mollusk - the real "Jurassic Park", you could even imagine how the dinosaurs used to live here. While visiting the Altyagach National Park you will be acquainted with the history of its establishment, animals and flora. Prior you will be trained in tent mounting and usage of the field equipment and determinants. While passing the ecological path you will see the mountain forest, hear the voices of the forest birds, and if you are the lucky one - catch sight of the other animals' vital functions traces. 
The emerald Girkan is the amazing nature possessing the peculiar attraction. Here the originality of the relic ancient forests with the century-old giant trees and remains of the ancient architectural monuments, the mountain snow-clad peaks and alpine meadows, fortresses and sacred pirs (sanctuary, place that inspires the deep worship sense) rose at the high rocks, leopards and subtropical herbages are harmonized with the openness and hospitality of the local inhabitants. During this tour we are going to acquaint you with the famous "magic" Talysh forests - one of the natural resources of the region, where you could find the Girkan flora species that existed at the Earth many million years before a man appeared. In the course of this tour we will stay at the houses of our future friends instead staying at the hotels. As well as it much more interesting to go for a walk along Girkan State Reserve and surrounding settlements with local inhabitant who knows all the ins and outs. 