Site · petroglyphs & mud volcanoes
Gobustan
65 km
1 h
Half day
Oct–May
UNESCO
Petroglyphs
Why go
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Six thousand rock carvings spanning 40,000 years, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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The world's greatest concentration of mud volcanoes, a short drive on.
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A Roman graffito — the easternmost Roman inscription ever found.
Gobustan, on a semi-desert plateau south of Baku, holds thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs and, just beyond, a field of bubbling grey mud volcanoes — a half-day that reaches back forty millennia.
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What to see
Site
Type
Entry
Visit
Gobustan Rock Art Reserve
UNESCO
Ticketed
1–2 h
Mud volcanoes
Natural
Free
1 h
Gobustan Museum
Museum
Ticketed
45 min
Ticketed sites are paid on site in Azerbaijani manat (₼).
Tours through Gobustan
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Good to know
- What is there to see in Gobustan?
- Highlights include Gobustan Rock Art Reserve, Mud volcanoes, Gobustan Museum.
- Where should I stay in Gobustan?
- We place guests in vetted, hand-picked stays in Gobustan, from family guesthouses to the best rooms in town. Tell us your dates and group and we match the right one.