Geokchay - the city of pomegranate

1.5 days
From 75 USD
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Geokchay - two-day pomegranate fun!

In the second half of autumn, an important event takes place in Azerbaijan. It is the collection of pomegranate crops.

Everyone in Azerbaijan knows that the best pomegranate is in Geokchay. It is the center of pomegranate growing. The people of Azerbaijan celebrate here the festival of pomegranate every year in November. It turns into a massive, vibrant, fun fair with songs, dances, and a lot of pomegranates. This is a great opportunity to have fun and fully fill your body with a rich vitamin complex.

We are going with you to the magical city of the “fruit king” Geokchay to fill our hearts and souls with joy, a cheerful mood, get enough of pomegranate goodies (and you do not even know how many different dishes locals can cook using this fruit!). You will improve your health just tasting the pomegranate nectar. 

Who is this tour for?

Those who like noise, laughter, and street food will have a wonderful vacation here. There are a lot of concerts and exhibitions during the festival. You will have a great opportunity to compare the features of the festival in your homeland and a colorful holiday in Azerbaijan. Of course, pomegranate lovers will find themselves in a real paradise.

Pomegranate celebration - you definitely want this fruit to be on your table every day!

Azerbaijanis greatly respect pomegranate. This fruit has been the main source of income for many centuries. Poems and songs are dedicated to it, they consider it as a symbol of the country, arrange festivals in its honor, open monuments, and even girls are named with the word in honor of this fruit - Narmin, Nargiz and so on. Festivals are arranged “in a rich way”. Commonly, leading gardeners, foreign tourists, diplomats, and consuls from other countries are invited for the holiday. Everyone has a chance to get a notable selfie with some important ambassador.

The endless fruit shelving are truly amazing!

We will find out how many varieties of pomegranate exist, try the most delicious juices and “narsharab”. Azerbaijan even produces alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine, vodka, champagne.

After enjoying all the possible gifts of the famous fruit, it is time to have fun. Every year, the organizers of the festival develop new contests that alternate with traditional performances, as well as concerts where we can not only enjoy magnificent national dances and listen to beautiful songs in the Azerbaijani language, but also learn how to make a national “pa” to the sounds of a tambourine or kemancha. So, we get in the mood with interesting contests and national melody “Narchichek”.

Delicious pomegranate is a valuable vitamin!

Pomegranate is so unique fruit that absolutely everything in it is very useful: bark, flowers, grains, juice, seeds, peel, and even internal white jumpers. Therefore, during our tour, we will find out all the possible options for its use for recreational purposes. This fruit perfectly quenches thirst, increases hemoglobin, stimulates appetite, strengthens the immune system, and restores vitality and energy. We will find out who is better to drink pomegranate juice for, who should use infusion from the peel, and who enjoy grains with seeds.

Azerbaijani people use the pomegranate fruits for delicious narsharab sauce and pomegranate wine

Not many people know that sparkling champagne is made from pomegranate. You will take away delicious pomegranate gifts and sincere memories in memory of this land.

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